In June the Bulgarian tourist business has made up for the decline of tourists last year however it is still behind results seen in the same month of 2013 and 2014. Last month holidaymakers from Russia came in the largest numbers – at 128 thousand (25.5% up on June of 2015), followed by Germans 103.5 thousand (44.4% up) and Romanians– close to 67 thousand (57% up). There is a substantial rise in the numbers of Polish tourists - 2.5 times to 19,320. Guests from Israel increased by 42%. The number of British holidaymakers shrank by 18% to reach about 20 thousand. Bulgaria has been losing tourists from Greece – the decline is 40% to 22.5 thousand. The number of French tourists shrank close to three times: from 14 thousand to just 5 thousand.
The Bulgarian Orthodox church marks the day of St. Archangel Michael today, one of the most popular immovable Christian feasts. In Bulgaria it is also known as Arhangelovden . In popular belief, Archangel Michael – the angel closest to God –..
A protest organized by nationalist organizations in front of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre last night against the premiere of Bernard Shaw’s play Arms and the Man , directed by John Malkovich, turned violent. The protesters occupied the entrances..
The Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is organizing today a scientific conference on the topic "The Western Bulgarian Outlands - History and Perspectives" on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of..
A protest organized by nationalist organizations in front of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre last night against the premiere of Bernard Shaw’s play..
There Is such a People (ITN) has collected 67 signatures and are submitting a complaint to the Constitutional Court for the partial annulment of the..
The protest in front of the National theatre was pre-announced and more than 60 law enforcement officers were dispatched to secure the theatre building,..
Mostly Cloudy
Cloudy