Part of the relics of St. George the Victorious and a miraculous icon with his face from Mount Athos (The Holy Mountain) will arrive to Pernik region in the days after the Easter holidays , announced the board of the Monastery to the Saints Kozma and..
For three days, the mining town of Pernik lived and breathed kukeri. The 29 th International Festival of Masquerade Games Surva 2023 officially closed there yesterday, with a record number of participants from Bulgaria and abroad, Pernik..
Surva is here! After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Kukeri, Chaushi, Arapi, Babugeri and other fairytale characters will once again chase the evil forces with a bang. The long-awaited festival of masquerade games will be held from January..
More than 200 survakari , master mask-makers and folk dancers descended on Borisova Gradina Park in Sofia to present the festival Surva which is to be held in Pernik at the end of January, a festival going back to 1966...
The father of the 12-year-old boy Sashko who disappeared a week ago has announced a cash reward for finding his son. The father does not rule out the police version that the child was kidnapped, but he did not receive any threats before..
The father of a 12-year-old boy with autism who disappeared a week ago near Pernik underwent a polygraph test after accusations that he could be involved in the disappearance of his son. He spent over 4 hours in the police station in..
On November 10, the second edition of the "Spiritual Bridges" festival is held in the Palace of Culture in Pernik, where works by composers from six Balkan countries will be presented. Quintet for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano by..
Bulgarians living in Chicago and originally from the town of Pernik raised $4,000 to help the 8th elementary school "Krakra Pernishki" in the town near Sofia renovate its gym so that students can play sports in winter. The funds, transferred from the US..
80 kg of high quality marijuana were found in a meat transport refrigerated truck , the prosecutor's office in Pernik said. The approximate value of the find is €400,000 . The truck was transporting 22 tons of pork. The cannabis was hidden in..
A fresco recreating the forging of the nails for the Crucifixion can be seen in the Zemen Monastery in central Western Bulgaria. It was painted in the 14th century and is the only one of its kind, as the scene is not found in world religious painting ,..
