Wearing the ornament made of red-and-white intertwined thread called martenitsa on the first day of March is one of the most viable traditions Bulgarians share, no matter where they may be living on the planet. This is one of the reasons why..
In the late autumn of 2009, patriotic Bulgarians - parents and teachers working and living in Athens - founded a Bulgarian school named Paisiy Hilendarski (St Paisius of Hilendar). Two years later, a second school was opened on the island of..
This year, Radio Bulgaria invited children from Bulgarian schools abroad, named after Vasil Levski, to record and film their thoughts about the hero, to read an essay or recite a poem, to sing a song or to paint a picture depicting Levski. Our..
Pain, fatigue, uncertainty and fear for tomorrow. This bitter cocktail of emotions is what the citizens who have not been able to leave the Russian-occupied territories since the start of the war in Ukraine a year ago live with. These include..
Studying the Bulgarian language in schools in regions of Ukraine that are currently occupied by Russia has been suspended. The issue has been discussed in the parliamentary committee on foreign policy. The Minister of Foreign..
The Agency for Bulgarians Abroad is sending off a year filled with various challenges. The institution continues to support and organize its traditional initiatives aimed at compatriots abroad. Essay and drawing contests on the topics..
Many Bulgarian children around the world have already started their classes in native language, history and culture in the Sunday schools they visit, while others go in class on September 15, just like their peers in Bulgaria. Wherever in the world..
From July 27 to 30, the University of Veliko Tarnovo "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" hosts the third international Erasmus+ week "Bulgarian schools abroad" for teachers in Bulgarian Sunday and weekly schools in Europe . There are 45 participants..
The town of Veliko Tarnovo (Central North Bulgaria) hosts the photo exhibition “Together Around the World on May 24” . The selected photos show how the Bulgarian schools abroad celebrate May 24, Day of Slavonic Script, Bulgarian Enlightenment..
“Many Bulgarians returned to the country with their children because of the coronavirus pandemic and this is what the new mission of the Sunday schools abroad is connected with,” Snezhina Mecheva and Boyanka Ivanova, principals of the Bulgarian..
