The 28th International Festival of Masquerade Games Surva begins today in the town of Pernik (Southwest Bulgaria). The festival will be opened with a torch procession and a concert programme of foreign groups Friends without Borders. Surva is regarded as the most prestigious manifestation of traditional folk games and customs in Bulgaria and the Balkans. An international scientific forum will be held on the first day of Surva under the motto Weekdays and Masks with the participation of prominent cultural anthropologists and historians from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Macedonia and Serbia. Over 7,500 people will take part at the Surva festival between January 25 and 27.
The planned annual maintenance of Unit 6 of Bulgaria's only NPP, Kozloduy, has been completed. The unit was connected to the national grid at 10:07 following an inspection by the Nuclear Regulatory Agency. In addition to the repairs made to improve..
A quadripartite meeting of the interior ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria and Romania in Budapest on 22 November made it clear that Austria would lift its veto and that Bulgaria and Romania would probably become full members of Schengen from the..
President Rumen Radev met with Bulgarians living and working in Singapore during his visit to the Asian country on November 22-24. There are an estimated 400 Bulgarians living in Singapore. "Our diaspora in Singapore occupies a very special..
According to an analysis by the Electricity System Operator, a shortage of electricity is expected as early as January and February next year. At a..
“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she..
The Constitutional Court has opened a case following the request by President Rumen Radev for the amendments to the Constitution, endorsed by the 49 th..
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