As the BNR’s initiative “Awakener (enlightener) of the year 2024” enters its last stage, we present one of the most active volunteers from the Bulgarian community in Chicago, the US. Her name is Zhechka Geshovska, she was born in Dimitrovgrad in..
Twenty-seven years ago, a Bulgarian mountaineer left his country in the grip of social and economic instability to fulfil a long-held dream. With about $3,000 in his pocket and a backpack, Constantine Zlatev set off for the US to climb one of the..
Anabell Casaboff is one of the thousands of descendants of Bulgarians in Argentina who do not speak the language of their grandparents but Bulgaria is still present in their lives. She is a charming ballerina who dances and teaches..
Mihaela Aroyo is a professional photographer from Varna, Bulgaria. She has no family or close friends who are Bessarabian Bulgarians. But in 2019, after attending a youth festival in a Moldovan village, she was deeply impressed and decided to dedicate..
It is 116 years today since 22 September in 1908 when Bulgaria proclaimed its independence, taking its due place alongside the other free and independent countries of Europe at the time. Though unlike the unification, the proclamation of Bulgaria’s..
The Bolhrad region of Ukraine is considered the heart of the Bessarabian Bulgarian community, home to the largest and most concentrated population of ethnic Bulgarians outside of Bulgaria. More than 200 years ago, Bulgarian emigrants fled the Ottoman..
She is a professional storyteller, telling stories from all over the world, but most of all tales from Bulgaria. But she is also a poet, a photographer and a tour guide, telling people stories while she shows them around. Meet Nana Tomova. She was..
Living abroad is nothing new for Marin Yotov. In fact, he could be considered a global citizen, having lived in several European capitals by the age of 34. Currently living and working in Berlin, Marin's life has taken him through Sofia, Vienna and..
Nickolai Kolarov is a Bulgarian cellist who has been building an academic career and giving concerts in Minnesota, the US for almost 30 years. His life overseas started with a master’s degree in string instruments in Kansas City. He left in 1995 to..
Bulgarian football legend Hristo Stoichkov has accepted an invitation from FIFA President Gianni Infantino to join his team . "It is a great honor for me to accept Gianni Infantino’s invitation to work for FIFA. I will represent both myself and..
The sea waves have pushed the oil ashore, which was released by a ship in the waters near Varna on the morning of March 31. The pollution was localized..
April 1 was declared International Bird Day in 1906, under the International Convention for the Protection of Birds. The date symbolizes mankind's..
Partial state of emergency on the territory of the municipality of Varna is in effect until April 6 due to a fuel oil spill in the Black Sea, which has..
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