Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Voting for Bulgaria's favourite tree kicks off

The century-old mulberry tree in the town of Veliki Preslav
Photo: bepf-bg.org

The voting for a favourite Bulgarian tree has begun in the 11th consecutive edition of the competition, which collects the stories of trees that have left deep memories in people's hearts. The voting is open from December 25, 2020 to January 20, 2021 on the website of the EcoCommunity Foundation. 

The jury has selected 3 finalists in the Century-old Trees category and 10 finalists which will compete for the title Tree with a root in 2020. 

The three century-old trees are a chestnut tree in the yard of the nunnery of the Presentation of the Theotokos in Kazanlak, a mulberry tree in the town of Veliki Preslav and cerris oak tree near the village of Klisura, Samokov municipality.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Mineralni Bani village hosts ethno-festival “The children of the Balkans”

More than 2,200 children from all over Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Moldova, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Ukraine are taking part in the 22 nd International Children's Ethno-Festival "The Children of the Balkans..

published on 5/30/25 3:14 PM
Dimitar Totev

Goats vs. red tape: Dimitar’s fight to farm in the village of Turia

According to official statistics, the number of goats in Bulgaria has dropped by almost 30% in the last decade, with some native breeds teetering on the brink of extinction. However, amid this decline, Dimitar Totev from the village of Turia in the..

published on 5/30/25 12:47 PM

‘My Village – A Multicolour Story’: Exhibition of children's art opens in Nova Zagora

Drawings by over a hundred children from across the country — including fifteen from the Bulgarian Sunday School “Ivan Vazov” in Paris — will be featured in an exhibition opening today at the DP Sivkov Community Centre in Nova Zagora, according to the..

published on 5/30/25 8:20 AM