The 95th anniversary of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee has been marked with a festive ceremony and planted trees. A number of sports legends, lecturers, members of the Olympic clubs, etc. were present at the event held in the "Vasil Levski" National Sports Academy.
The Bulgarian Olympic Committee was founded on the initiative of the military on March 30, 1923 and its first chairman was Colonel Eftim Kitanchev. Bulgarians, however, had participated in Olympic Games before that date. They were among the participants in the first modern Olympics since 1503 - those in Athens from 1896, in which a total of 245 athletes from 14 countries - Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, USA, France, Chile, Switzerland, Sweden and Italy.
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The son of the US President - Donald Trump Jr. and Gila Gamliel, Minister of Science and Technology of Israel, will participate in a business forum in Sofia on April 27, organized by the global digital asset platform Nexo , the company announced...
On January 1, 2026, Bulgaria will take over the presidency of the Danube Strategy for the second time (after 2018) . This is happening at a difficult time for Europe, a time when the world is changing rapidly, when it is more important than ever..
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Bulgaria’s Ambassador to the United States Georgi Panayotov has requested an early end to his term, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. The..
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