The towns of Gabrovo, Teteven and Elena are hosting today and tomorrow the European days of artistic crafts. This international project was launched in France, and later other European countries joined in, including Bulgaria. It seeks to promote artistic crafts, their continuity and public interest in them. The motto this year is With Respect for the Future. In Elena the highlight is pottery more notably the ancient technique of graphite ceramics, as well as woodcarving. Demonstrations are underway at Etara ethnographic complex near Gabrovo and at the architectural reserve of Bozhentsi. The program includes the screening if the first animation series based on Bulgarian folklore, The Golden Apple.
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev cancelled the meeting, scheduled for today, of the National Tripartite Council on the draft budget for 2006 after, in an unprecedented move, businesses decided not to take..
The European Commission has presented a proposal for developing high-speed railway lines within the EU until 2040, linking the capitals in the EU, among them a direct link Bucharest-Sofia-Athens. According to the plan, using the trans-European..
President Rumen Radev has returned for a new discussion in parliament the adopted legal amendments, according to which the sale of assets of Russian company Lukoil in the country will take place after a decision of the Council of..
The Ministry of Finance and the Bulgarian National Bank are organizing a high-level conference today titled ''Bulgaria on the Doorstep of the Eurozone''...
The euro will help, but it does not on its own guarantee higher standards of living, said Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International..
On Tuesday , the lowest temperatures will be between 8 and 13°C; in Sofia - about 8°C. During the day, it will remain cloudy. There..
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