Bulgaria was elected a member of the World Heritage Committee at the session of the General Conference of UNESCO held in Paris. The World Heritage Committee meets once a year, an consists of representatives of 21 of the States Parties from the Convention elected by their General Assembly. This is a recognition of Bulgaria’s active work under the UNESCO programs in the field of world cultural and natural heritage, this country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
There are ten World Heritage Sites listed in Bulgaria: The Boyana Church, the Madara Rider, The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak, the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo, Rila Monastery, the Ancient City of Nesebar, Srebarna Nature Reserve, Pirin National Park, the Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari, the Primeval Beech Forests of Europe.
The Culture Committee of the Bulgarian National Assembly failed to approve, at first reading, a bill on amendments to the Public Libraries Act to rename the National Library Sts. Cyril and Methodius to People’s Library. 2 MPs voted “for”, 4 voted..
A proposal for the establishment of a state-run company for trading in groceries, primarily produced in Bulgaria, via chain stores, was approved by the National Assembly’s Committee on Budget and Finance. The proposal was tabled between the..
The Eurogroup encourages Bulgaria to adopt the euro, according to a letter by its President Paschal Donohoe to European Council President Antonio Costa. The letter comes in connection with the upcoming meeting of the European leaders in Brussels on..
EUR 87 million under the operational programme Transport Connectivity, earmarked for the Russe-Veliko Tarnovo motorway is being redirected to the Europe..
Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States Georgi Panayotov and Raycho Raychev, founder and CEO of the Bulgarian company EnduroSat , met with experts..
The prehistoric complex "Provadiya-Solnitsata" - the oldest salt production and urban centre in Europe (5600 - 4350 BC) - is among the sites nominated..
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