An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter was registered 15 km southeast of the city of Plovdiv, indicate data of the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre. The epicentre of the earthquake was north of Asenovgrad. The earthquake occured at..
The President of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bulgaria, Seda Kuzucu, and the deputy mayor of Plovdiv, Stefan Stoyanov, have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation and deepening of the partnership for the support and protection..
There will be direct flights to Manchester from Plovdiv Airport. In the next three years, the line will operate from November to March, and the planes will fly every Monday, the executive director of the airport, Krasimir Peshev,..
A 50-year-old man fell with his paraglider on the newest church in Plovdiv - the Church of St. Archangels in the Old Town. The man was not injured and refused medical attention, reports BNR Plovdiv. The pilot explained to the police that his..
After celebrating International Dance Day by assistant-staging a French choreography in Stara Zagora, Bulgarian artist Christian Bakalov is now in Plovdiv to take a director's role - this time of one of his art projects. Three..
GloBalKan is an ethnic jazz project that combines folk rhythms with jazz melodies, author's compositions and arrangements, characterizing the musical palette of different parts of the Balkans. The formation was created in 2018 by..
The largest Francophone music festival in the world, Les Francofolies, will return to Bulgaria this year. The Bulgarian edition of the festival will take place at the Rowing Base in Plovdiv, on June 16 and 17. Among the first big names..
The Roman Catholic Church celebrates the Resurrection of Christ. In Bulgaria, north of Plovdiv lives the largest Catholic community in Bulgaria, numbering over 20,000 people. Among the kozunaks characteristic of Bulgarian lands, in this part of..
Magic was part of life for Bulgarians of old, with numerous rituals for fertility, or to ward off disease, or to attract love. What were the beliefs in the Bulgarian lands? What were the characters and the items that played an important role in the..
Bulgarians and Ukrainian citizens, who found a second home in Bulgaria after the outbreak of the war, participated in rallies in different cities in Bulgaria. Over 100 refugees from Ukraine gathered in front of the Sports Hall in Varna to call..
