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author: Gergana Mancheva

Ema Gateva: The job of a mountain chalet manager as a cause

There has been plenty of media attention recently given to the Ambaritsa mountain chalet in the Central Balkan Range. Alpine climbers, photographers and many volunteers have joined forces to raise charities and help rescue the famous..

06.03.16 08:10 |
Vanga (l) and Slava Sevryukova (r)

Good times ahead for Bulgaria, soothsayers claim

Bulgarian fortune teller Vanga used to be very popular in this country and abroad. Some people even believed the woman contacted other worlds. The Vanga phenomenon was not the only one in Bulgaria, as many other people with supernatural abilities..

28.02.16 10:00 |

Villa Armira – the marble palace of the river valley

The ancient Villa Armira, built in the second half of the 1 st century AD, is the most opulent Roman palace in what are today the Bulgarian lands. It once belonged to an eminent Thracian noble and was the manor house of his land tenure. It..

21.02.16 09:30 |

Professionalism, dreams and boldness place Hristo Tenchev among world's most successful leaders

Sometimes people call Hristo Tenchev “The Bulgarian Zuckerberg” because of the similar age and because of Tenchev’s successes in the sphere of software and entertainment industry. The name of the Bulgarian engineer and entrepreneur has appeared..

12.02.16 16:10 |

Pernik hosts the most colorful masquerade festival "Surva 2016" in Bulgaria

Colorful, noisy and festive - this was the atmosphere in Pernik during the three days in which the small town southwest of Sofia turned into the masquerade capital of Bulgaria, the Balkans, and perhaps Europe. From 29 to 31 January, the town..

01.02.16 15:41 |

The names of Bulgarians today combine the latest fad with tradition

All parents want to choose beautiful names for their children. And they go through hundreds of names, together with family and friends, names of celebrities or people who have been a success in life. In search of an original name, some..

01.02.16 11:03 |

Los nombres de los búlgaros contemporáneos compaginan moda y tradiciones

Cada padre desea escoger un bello nombre para su hijo. En la búsqueda del nombre idóneo, los padres analizan centenares de nombres de la lista de familiares lejanos y cercanos, nombres de personalidades famosas que han cosechado éxitos. En su afán por..

31.01.16 09:15 |
The traditional Babinden chain dance in the town of Razlog

Midwives' Day (Babinden)- honoring the hands that welcome us to this world

Children, the most important thing in our lives, are placed at the center of many traditional Bulgarian rituals and folk customs. Bulgarians have always traditionally paid special tribute and respect to those women who help the offspring come alive and..

21.01.16 12:03 |

Consumer protection from unfair traders becomes part of purposeful state policy

Bulgaria's Commission for Consumer Protection received dozens of complaints about unfair competition in its offices in Sofia and the countryside in one month only. Consumers often complain about vague terms and conditions in contracts signed..

18.01.16 14:42 |

Bulgarian Food Bank throws lifeline to poverty-stricken school children

The biggest challenge Bulgarian society faces is poverty. Poverty, on its part entails a string of negative phenomena such as demographic decline, depopulation of whole regions and emigration. The growing poverty rate is particularly..

12.01.16 10:38 |