The 39th edition of the Apollonia Arts Festival opens in Sozopol, a resort town on the Black Sea combining antiquity with modernity. The festival features various literary events, music, theatre, cinema and exhibitions, and will go on until 5 September.
The opening is at 8.30 tonight with a gala concert by the Stefan Makedonski national music theatre with magnificent music by Lehar, Kalman and Johann Strauss II. In the course of the week visitors to the festival will be able to see exhibitions at the Art Gallery in Sozopol’s old town, plays staged by renowned Sofia theatre houses, as well as other performing arts, and popular Bulgarian rock bands. Master classes for young artists and performers are an important part of the festival programme.
Booker prize winner Georgi Gospodinov will head the creative writing master class, while instructor of the violin master class will be renowned violinist Mincho Minchev. The fans of Bulgarian cinema will be offered documentary as well as feature films.
Chefs from Bulgaria, Ireland, France, Italy, Romania, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, United Arab Emirates, China and Japan are among the finalists of the prestigious World Paella Day CUP competition in Valencia, Spain...
On Friday it will be cloudy, as in the afternoon cloudiness will be significant. There will be precipitation in some places, as in the south-western massifs and in the south-eastern areas of the country it will be intense. The..
The majority of Bulgarians declare stable trust in democratic models, in the European Union and in the democratic world in general . This is shown by the results of a survey by the sociological agency "Gallup International" conducted between..
MEP Elena Yoncheva is in the city of Sanaa, Yemen, aiming to reach the port city of Hodeidah on the Red Sea. There lies the hijacked ship Galaxy Leader,..
In response to media reports that a company registered in Bulgaria supplied pagers to the Lebanese organization Hezbollah, which were subsequently..
GERB leader Boyko Borissov has called for the resignation of North Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski because of his..
+359 2 9336 661