A record number of participants took part in the first round of Kangaroo Global Linguistics’ prestigious international English spelling bee. The students are from 137 schools from all over the country, members of the Cambridge Schools Association in Bulgaria, the organizers say. The internal tests for the contest were held on 10 February and the results have been made public. More than 800 students from 135 schools have been admitted to the national round, scheduled for 16 March in Kurdzhali. At this year’s internal tests there were 160 students with a maximum of 100 points in the different levels. After the national round, the representatives of the country will be known for the international contest, comments Paolina Andreeva, expert and event organizer at Klett Bulgaria publishing house, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports.
On January 2, the Bulgarian National Bank is putting into circulation gold commemorative coins on the theme "St. Virgin Mary - Golden Apple". The coins are in denominations of 10, 20, 50 and 100 levs, with no set mintage, the BNB..
During the night, the sky will be clear in many places, but in the valleys there will be fog. On Thursday afternoon, visibility will improve and over most of the country it will be sunny. The lowest temperatures in most places will be..
The Energy and Water Regulatory Commission has approved the price of natural gas for January at 81.94 BGN/MWh, excluding taxes. Although the approved price of 81.94 BGN/MWh is higher than the price for December by 7.97%, it is..
On the first day of the new year 2025, the Green Balkans Wildlife Rescue Centre found a total of 606 Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla), of which 591..
Heavy traffic is expected on the first working day of the New Year. The most intense traffic is expected to be from Greece, as according to tour..
An international police contingent of 100 officers from Bulgaria, Austria, Romania and Hungary is expected to be deployed on Bulgaria's..
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