Our new column “Bulgarians Abroad” is aimed at bringing you the stories of Bulgarians living near and far outside Bulgarian borders. Today, there are more than two million Bulgarians living in different corners of the globe –studying, working, raising their families and building “their own” Bulgaria far from its geographical boundaries. Their stories and the conversation with them and about them awaken a host of patriotic feelings and emotions, give rise to nostalgia and yearning for one’s homeland…
Bearing in our hearts the thought of Bulgarians and all things Bulgarian existing out there, far from our native land, the team of Radio Bulgaria is committed to go deeper into the joys and sorrows, the choices, achievements and important decisions in the lives of our compatriots all around the world.
We will be really excited if you get in touch us with, completing the stories of those people we talk about!
You can write to us at: radiobulgaria@bnr.bg
On September 10, the school bell rang to announce the start of the new school year for Bulgarian children in central and northern New Jersey. The doors of the Roden Krai Bulgarian School New Jersey are open to all our compatriots who wish to maintain..
Bulgarian artists living in America are presenting Bulgaria in Chicago at the international celebration of cultures - Mount Prospect Celebration of Cultures 2023. We learn about the event from the cultural center "Bulgarica", which has been operating..
Bulgarian embroidery festival will take place in the period September 22 to 24 in Vancouver and it is organised by the Bulgarian-Canadian Society of British Columbia. The festival is called "Kanatitza" after a type of traditional symbol..
“You are latter-day enlighteners – far from home you keep the Bulgarian spirit alive and pass it down the years.” With these words Minister of Education Prof. Galin Tsokov addressed the annual conference of the Association of Bulgarian Schools Abroad...
Every year during the summer holidays, children from Bulgarian families living abroad come back to this country. Many of them do not speak Bulgarian and have difficulty understanding the language. Many of the families are multicultural and in them..
We may not know how many Bulgarians there are living in London, but they must run to tens of thousands because every time the amateur comedy company “The Bulgarians” put on a show, the hall is full. It was founded by enthusiasts, Bulgarian expats,..
Nina Ivanova, deputy chair of the Bulgarian association Otechestvo (homeland) in the Ukrainian town of Reni said, in an interview with the Bulgarian news agency BTA, that for the first time since the beginning of the war, Russia was subjecting..
Teachers from the Bulgarian Sunday schools abroad have gathered at an annual meeting at the University of Veliko Tarnovo "St. St. Cyril and Methodius". "We are the modern awakeners, because we preserve and transmit the Bulgarian language. To teach in..
The State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad has published instructions regarding the procedure for the authentication of Bulgarian origin. Applicants for visa D at Bulgaria’s diplomatic missions abroad on grounds of Bulgarian origin can go to a consular..
It is the Easter of 1864. Deacon Vasil Ivanov Kunchev takes off his cassock, cuts off his long monastic hair and gives up his religious service to devote himself to the liberation of his homeland. On St. George's Day of the same year, he starts work as..
Interest in the academic study of the Bulgarian language in Slovakia dates back almost a century. The Comenius University in Bratislava was founded in..
More than 7,000 children from the Bulgarian historical diasporas in Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania have turned into ambassadors of..
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