The "Surva" festival is the oldest festival of masquerade games in Bulgaria and one of the largest in Europe. Due to the record number of participants - over 10,000 people, for the first time the festival was held for three consecutive days....
These are photos from South Park, Sofia on Saturday, March 27th. Bulgarian and Ukrainian children chase soap bubbles together; children's noise is heard in Bulgarian and Ukrainian....
One of our readers in Washington DC sent us photos of a rally in support of Ukraine. There were chants and signs favoring the Ukrainians in the war against Russia....
On 6th of January every year, Bulgaria marks St. Jordan’s Day (Epiphany)....
The Municipality of Ruse has prepared a special gift for the people of Ruse on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the local Society of Artists. A jubilee exhibition was organized presenting over 80 works of famous names from the Ruse art scene....
The special Eurovision show "Europe Shine A Light", which took place on May 16, was watched by 73 million spectators in 38 countries. The replacement television program paid tribute to the songs and performers who had to take part in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. ...
Everybody talks about the changing season with eager anticipation - but have you ever slowed down to contemplate the strangeness of this quarterly makeover of nature? The color of the sky, the quality of light, a carpet of blossoms, leaves, or snow: all in one transform a moody landscape into a tranquil paradise Budget Direct decided to capture this magic in a series of images showing the same location across the four seasons. ...
The National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences presents to its visitors a temporary exhibition "The Rescued Treasures of Bulgaria". The exhibition is organized by the National Archaeological Museum (NAIM) jointly with the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Bulgaria, with the support of Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria and the assistance of Sofia Municipality. ...
Halo optical phenomenon was spotted in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia at lunch time on 22nd of September. Halo is an optical phenomenon produced by sunlight interacting with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere, having various forms, ranging from coloured or white rings to arcs and spots in the sky....
A team of street artists are recreating the 20th century’s greatest masterpieces in a small village in central Bulgaria. Katarzyna Piriankova and Ventsislav Piriankov, a Polish-Bulgarian husband-and-wife team, have been slowly transforming the sleepy hamlet of Staro Zhelezare into an open air art gallery for the last three years. ...
Webit.Festival Europe is part of the EU Digital and Innovation Week - the digital and tech flagship event of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of EU under the theme "re:Inventing Europe's Future". ...
April 3, 2018, LARGO - HOLIDAY CONCERT OF THE SOFIA WIND ORCHESTRA, 139 YEARS OF THE SOFIA DECLARATION FOR BULGARIA'S CAPITAL. CONDUCTOR - VASIL DELIEV....
2017 has certainly been a memorable year, but in spite of a deluge of seismic political events, it hasn’t all been bad. Across the New East, 2017 has also been a time of adventure, of travel across breathtaking landscapes, and of growing success for emerging artists....
An impressive ceremony officially put an end to the 23 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Nearly 35,000 spectators of the Olympic Stadium, as well as the millions in front of the television screens in more than 200 countries witnessed the amazing program the hosts had prepared to close the Games. ...
Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe