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
There are no precise statistics on the number of Bulgarians living in Israel. It is estimated that the Bulgarian Jews who moved there from Bulgaria are about 50,000. Regardless of their number, as in other countries around the world, some of our..
24 September marks the establishment of a new Bulgarian association in Albania – Association of Bulgarian Identity – registered in Tirana. Its chairman is Besim Muca. Besim was born in Orjanovo in the region of Golo Bardo where he spent his entire..
Only a few kilometers west of the border between Greece and Albania and some 40 kilometers from the regional center Korçë is the Albanian town of Bilishta (Bilisht in Albanian). A member of the urban intelligentsia there is Lazo Nestori - a..
"You realize what your homeland is when you lose it. When you're at home, you turn on the radio, hear folk music, speak Bulgarian, and go to the theater where you also hear Bulgarian speech. It is only when you lose all that that you realize how much..
Some say with irony that people in North Macedonia usually acquire Bulgarian citizenship for self-serving purposes. In the last official census in the neighbouring country just 3504 people were registered as Bulgarians. However,..
520 students from the Bulgarian community in Ukraine have been admitted as freshmen to higher education institutions in Bulgaria for this academic year. Another 34 people have enrolled in master's degree programs and 8 people have been accepted in..
"I love Bulgaria, this is the country of my historical roots," says Mariya Hüseynova, chairwoman of the public association "Support for the Development of Azerbaijani-Bulgarian Friendship", her voice full of excitement. Once a year she comes to Bulgaria..
As the BNR’s initiative “Awakener (enlightener) of the year 2024” enters its last stage, we present one of the most active volunteers from the Bulgarian community in Chicago, the US. Her name is Zhechka Geshovska, she was born in Dimitrovgrad in..
Hurricane Milton, which hit the west coast of the US on Thursday, did not cause the catastrophic storm surge that had been expected. But the damage is nonetheless considerable. Authorities have reported 10 deaths so far, and that number is expected to..
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is in Poland, where he is participating in the 19th meeting of the heads of state of the Arraiolos group at the invitation of his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda. The main theme of the forum this year is the opportunities..
Bulgarians and Serbs from the towns of Tsaribrod and Pirot marched in support of the student protests in Serbia , reports BTA. "We want the students'..
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