The official start was given to the international Peace Run, embodying humanity's universal aspiration for peace, with a symbolic ceremony at the Vassil Levski National stadium in Sofia.
Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova lit the torch which the international team will carry to dozens of countries. This is the first time Sofia is hosting the big start in the 31-year long history of the run. In the days to come it will pass through 11 towns in Bulgaria and then all countries of Europe. The run has so far covered a total of 635,000 sq. kms. in more than 150 countries. The most popular torch bearers in its history have been Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vaclav Havel, sporting legends Mohammad Ali, Carl Lewis, Paul Tergat and many other celebrities.
This year, as always, hundreds of brave men from the town of Kalofer and the whole country will embark on January 6 - Epiphany - in a men's dance in the icy waters of the Tundzha River . It is believed that anyone who enters the cold water of Epiphany..
On Monday the weather in Bulgaria will be mostly sunny with scattered high clouds . Before noon around the Danube, in the valleys and western regions of the Upper Thracian Lowland there will be fog. There will be a weak, in Eastern Bulgaria to moderate..
Currently, there are no negotiations about a coalition, but about a "cabinet of priorities" . This was announced by the co-chairman of the parliamentary group of "BSP - United Left" Borislav Gutsanov in Plovdiv in response to a journalist's question..
The problems with electricity supply during the Christmas and New Year holidays are the result of neglect of the electricity grid and the lack of control..
Cadets from Vietnam are training at the Georgi Benkovski Air Force Academy in Dolna Mitropolia. This year they will study Bulgarian,..
Armenians celebrate Christmas Eve on January 5 . On this occasion, a pre-holiday service will be held in the Armenian Church in Sofia. Pomegranates..
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