Despite the pandemic, the pre-holiday traffic in the capital Sofia and the exits to the Trakia and Hemus highways has become intense. Traffic police call for careful driving and remind that the rules must be followed. Traffic police teams will be..
Because of the coronavirus, 23% of Bulgarians have changed their plans for the holidays. 3 out of 4 say the holidays will not be the same because of the pandemic. 59% will refrain from meeting friends and relatives during the holidays. Nearly 2.5..
The drawings of hundreds of children from Bulgaria and abroad will warm the hearts of medics on the front line against the epidemic in 4 hospitals in Sofia today. "For two weeks, children from all over the country and abroad have sent their..
When Victoria Vlahovska moved to Reading, UK, it turned out that the Bulgarian school that her daughter was supposed to attend to study her native language was more than an hour’s drive away. However, the Bulgarian diaspora in Reading is large,..
All hotels in the "Albena" resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast remain closed for Christmas and New Year, despite the opportunities for sports, recreation and spa outside the active season. However, the complex can be used for walks. "The most..
Bulgarians plan to set aside 25% of their monthly income, or an average of 269 euros per household, for Christmas holiday expenses. This is shown by the data from the international survey Christmas Barometer 2020, in which nearly 20,000 households from..
In eager anticipation of the holiday season many of us have been searching the internet for “ideas for presents”. As 11 months have rolled by, 2020 has proved to be a year like no other, something that will inevitably affect the way we shall be..
Today in the park in front of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, the lights of the Christmas tree of the capital city were officially lit. This year the event took place without the traditional concert and celebration. The decorated..
"Today I am going to congratulate you on the arrival of the New Year and to inform you that I have received your portrait. I wish you pleasant new acquaintances in the New Year,” reads a greeting on a card from December 30, 1905. The image..
After the liberation of the country in 1878 a process of Europeanization of Christmas and New Year rituals began in Bulgaria. The sovereigns and of the ruling class turned their ambition to one cherished goal – to make everything just as it is in..