Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Service in memory of victims of Saint Petersburg terrorist attack held at Saint Nicholas the Miracle-Maker church in Sofia

Photo: library

A service in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Saint Petersburg was served on Tuesday at Saint Nicholas the Miracle-Maker downtown Sofia, also known as the Russian Church. The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sofia Anatoly Makarov attended the memorial service. Dozens of laymen also prayed for the souls of the victims of the terrorist attack in Saint Petersburg’s subway. The terrorist attack in Saint Petersburg is an atrocious act of vandalism and terrorism and only the joint efforts of the countries against terrorism will stop that terrible phenomenon of the 21st century, Ambassador Makarov said before the start of the memorial service. Ambassador Makarov thanked the Bulgarian people for their sympathy with the Russian people after the terrorist attack in Saint Petersburg.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Vice President Iliana Iotova: "Because of the changes in the Constitution, MPs are unable to elect Parliamentary Speaker"

Vice President Iliana Iotova pointed out that the changed texts in the Constitution have turned against their creators.  Yotova told journalists that "because of these changes in the Constitution, the Speaker of the National Assembly cannot be..

published on 11/21/24 4:45 PM

Bulgaria is among the first in the EU in new car registrations

New car sales in Bulgaria in October increased three times more than the average for the European Union , where the purchase of new cars is only 1.1%.  According to the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers, 75.9% of cars registered in..

published on 11/21/24 3:45 PM

Teachers in Bulgaria ready to go on strike, demand pay rise

77 per cent of those employed in Bulgaria's secondary education system are ready to go out on strike demanding a pay rise in the sector, according to a national survey by Podkrepa trade union. Half of those surveyed are in favour of a nation-wide..

published on 11/21/24 1:30 PM