Today is Archangel All Souls' Day (zadushnitsa), a day on which we honour the memory of the dead and of the Bulgarian soldiers and officers who have lost their lives in times of war and peace and in peacekeeping operations. Memorial services will be held in churches across Bulgaria.
A Bulgarian delegation, headed by deputy chief of defence lieutenant general Plamen Atanasov will take part, at the Bulgarian military cemetery in Tsapari village, Macedonia, in a memorial service for the Bulgarian soldiers who lost their lives in World War 1. The ritual commemorating the fallen Bulgarian soldiers has taken place since 1924. The tradition was broken in 1946 and reinstated in 1992.
On March 10, Bulgaria marks the rescue of Bulgarian Jews during World War II and commemorates the victims of the Holocaust and crimes against humanity. The date has been chosen because of the so-called "Kyustendil Action" of 1943. Then, with the help..
Plovdiv has been selected as the wine capital of Europe for 2025, indicates a survey by the European Best Destinations tourist organization, Plovdiv Mayor Kostadin Dimitrov has announced. More than 284,000 people from 82 countries chose..
“There is a consistent trend towards a drop in numbers and a curbing of the migration pressure,” Border Police Director, Chief Commissioner Anton Zlatanov, Director said in an interview for bTV. “When I took office, illegal migration had reached..
Citizens who cross at a pedestrian crossing while holding a mobile phone will be fined, according to proposed legislative changes. According to..
An official ceremony and a March of Tolerance named ''We Remember'' took place in Sofia to mark the 82nd anniversary of the rescue of Bulgarian..
It will be sunny on Monday. There will be light to moderate southerly and southwesterly wind and temperatures will continue to go up. The lowest..
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