It was announced that the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima was vandalized by two employees from the Sofia Opera technical staff. The two have been fired and removed from the opera house’s company currently on tour in Japan, Sofia Opera Director Plamen Kartaloff said, as quoted by Bulgarian National TV.
The Japanese police are conducting an investigation into the three graffiti of the name of a Sofia football club which desecrated the Peace memorial Park in the Japanese city built in memory of the victims of the Atomic bombing in 1945. Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the desecration of the Peace Monument in Hiroshima and apologized to Japan for the hooliganism. We find the expression of football bias over this UNESCO cultural monument in memory of the victims of the nuclear bombing outrageous and utterly inappropriate, the statement of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry reads.
Due to the outbreak of Peste des Petits Ruminants (sheep and goat plague) in Velingrad and the subsequent protests by farmers, 300 new samples will be taken today. Currently, 1,700 sheep are at risk of being forcibly euthanized. The decision for a..
Exactly a month after the parliamentary elections on October 27, the first session of the 51st National Assembly, which started on November 11, continues today. MPs will make a sixth attempt to elect a speaker. During the fifth..
Wednesday will be mostly sunny. There will be weak to moderate west-northwesterly wind. The lowest temperatures are expected to be between minus 3° and 2°C; in Sofia - around minus 1°C. The highest temperature will reach 10°C to 15°C;..
According to unofficial information, the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU has drafted a decision for the full admission of Bulgaria and..
The first marble statue discovered in the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica on 3 July, is probably of Lucius – grandson of Roman Emperor Octavian..
The Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association (BHRA) presented its annual awards for professional achievements in the field of tourism. The Bulgarian..
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