On April 17 Catholics and Armenians in Bulgaria celebrate Easter. There are more than 20,000 Catholics in Plovdiv district only. Many believers went to church in the town of Rakovski and the Municipality of Kaloyanovo, the BNR reported.
On the occasion of the Orthodox Palm Sunday and the Resurrection of Christ, celebrated by the Catholic and Armenian communities on April 17, Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev wished all Bulgarians health, strength and faith. “Easter is a glorious victory of life over death, of light over darkness, or truth over injustice”, Bulgaria’s head of state noted in his address.
The Culture Committee of the Bulgarian National Assembly failed to approve, at first reading, a bill on amendments to the Public Libraries Act to rename the National Library Sts. Cyril and Methodius to People’s Library. 2 MPs voted “for”, 4 voted..
A proposal for the establishment of a state-run company for trading in groceries, primarily produced in Bulgaria, via chain stores, was approved by the National Assembly’s Committee on Budget and Finance. The proposal was tabled between the..
The Eurogroup encourages Bulgaria to adopt the euro, according to a letter by its President Paschal Donohoe to European Council President Antonio Costa. The letter comes in connection with the upcoming meeting of the European leaders in Brussels on..
EUR 87 million under the operational programme Transport Connectivity, earmarked for the Russe-Veliko Tarnovo motorway is being redirected to the Europe..
Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States Georgi Panayotov and Raycho Raychev, founder and CEO of the Bulgarian company EnduroSat , met with experts..
The prehistoric complex "Provadiya-Solnitsata" - the oldest salt production and urban centre in Europe (5600 - 4350 BC) - is among the sites nominated..
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