BNR: 80 years in 80 weeks

2015: Bulgarian National Radio - 80 years on

published on 12/30/15 3:05 PM

2014: Nikola Gyuzelev – an artist in the world of opera

published on 12/26/15 10:20 AM

2013: Government in isolation

published on 12/19/15 9:00 AM

2012: Alexis Weissenberg – everything is sound

published on 12/12/15 8:25 AM

1942: A memorable meeting between Tsar Boris III and Boris Christoff

In 1942 in the midst of World War II, a brief conversation turned around the life of a young lawyer and singer in the choir of the St. Alexander Nevski cathedral. The memorable meeting took place on Epiphany, January 6 between two people..

published on 7/25/14 9:00 AM

1941: Bulgaria and WW II

1 March 1941 is a date that stirs a great deal of controversy in Bulgarian history; on that date Bulgaria joined the Tripartite Pact. As a result, for a while it got back some of the territories it had been deprived of after WW I under..

published on 7/17/14 4:00 PM

1940: Treaty of Craiova and the return of Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria

The first live report of the Bulgarian radio, broadcast back in 1940 takes us back to an event of paramount importance to this country – the return of the southern parts of Dobruja within the borders of the Kingdom of Bulgaria. “There they..

published on 7/11/14 12:04 PM

A small-scale model of the National Library building by architects Vasiliov and Tsolov

1939: Onward! Knowledge is like the Sun

24 th May is a feast with no analogue across the world, a day when Bulgarians celebrate their alphabet, education and culture. How was the celebration held in 1939? We go back in time in our rubric BNR 80 Years in 80 Weeks based on..

published on 7/5/14 12:15 PM

Bulgarian composers and music directors at BNR: Dimitar Nenov, Parashkev Hadjiev and Boyan Ikonomov

The 1930’s – radio as a stage for Bulgarian composers and performers

Nowadays we take radio for granted, but at the start of last century it was regarded as a veritable phenomenon. To begin with, it would bring people together in town squares, at inns where there was wireless, in the drawing-rooms of the..

published on 6/28/14 8:10 AM

1937: Petar Ouvaliev and the BNR international service

Early 2015 will mark the 100 th birth anniversary of Bulgarian diplomat, erudite, polyglot, screenplay writer and film director, art critic, pedagogue, writer, translator and broadcaster Prof. Petar Ouvaliev. During the Cold War era he..

published on 6/18/14 11:47 AM

The first children's music programs

In the early years of Rodno Radio, music was what dominated the program. Along with live concerts from the studio the first children's music shows were created. Their author was young Parashkev Hadjiev, at the time a name unfamiliar to the..

published on 6/11/14 2:20 PM

The Rodno Radio building in Benkovski St. where the first broadcasts started (left) and a later building in Moskovska St. (right).

1935: Bulgarian National Radio - the beginning

“Good evening, dear listeners,” these words have been on the air in this country for almost 80 years. And throughout these years the Bulgarian National Radio has invariably been part of the country’s political and public life, a treasure trove..

published on 6/3/14 3:56 PM