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Voters queuing to cast their ballots in the UK on election day.

A Multi-member Constituency 'Abroad' will prevent manipulation of the votes of Bulgarians living outside the country

Nearly a month after the 27 October early parliamentary elections, the 51st National Assembly is still not able to begin its work because MPs are unable to elect their first among equals. Bulgaria's political impasse is compounded by burning concerns..

20.11.24 13:45 |
Associate Professor Spas Tashev

There is a need for administrative autonomy of the regions in Albania inhabited by Bulgarians

The Bulgarian national minority in Albania is one of the largest in the country, according to data from the latest official population census. A total of 7,057 individuals identified as Bulgarians. For comparison, 23,000 people identified as Greeks,..

18.11.24 14:20 |
Тетяна Станева

The OKO film festival has a mission - to show Bulgarians what is happening in Ukraine

Over 100 films and various discussions on current issues await those who seek a first-hand account of events in Ukraine at the fifth edition of ОКО - International Ethnographic Film Festival. For the first time, the festival is a Ukrainian-Bulgarian..

08.11.24 18:20 |

Rayna Mandjoukova: The war should not divide the Bessarabian-Bulgarian community in Ukraine and Moldova

The Bessarabian Bulgarians are "an integral part of the Bulgarian national body, of the Bulgarian spiritual and cultural community, and they will always be, because the bond between us and them is unbreakable" - wrote the only issue of the newspaper..

29.10.24 08:25 |

A marathon in Frankfurt and a change of polling station address made voting there difficult

Election day in Frankfurt went smoothly, Katya Zlatkova, a member of a polling station committee in the city, told Radio Bulgaria. She noted two factors that made voting a little difficult, but they were mainly logistical. One is that this election is..

27.10.24 23:12 |

Reading voters get a book as a present

Polling day in Reading, south-east England, is going smoothly. About 300 people are expected to vote. The town's only polling station uses only paper ballots. This is the second time the polling station has been moved to a new address, but it is not..

27.10.24 22:12 |

From rifle to flute: Constantine Zlatev's art for peace

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..

02.10.24 15:49 |
Израелски въздушни удари в Южен Ливан, 01 октомври 2024 г.

David Avishai from Israel: Tel Aviv acted in Gaza and Lebanon for good reason

With two flights of the government Airbus in two days, the Bulgarian state managed to evacuate 169 Bulgarians and their families from Lebanon after the escalation of tensions there. "Thank God we're back, " says one of the Bulgarians with..

02.10.24 12:33 |

Photographer Mihaela Aroyo on the importance of knowing the history of Bessarabian Bulgarians

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..

25.09.24 13:24 |
Ambasadorul Extraordinar și Plenipotențiar al Republicii Populare Chineze în Bulgaria E.S. dna Dai Qingli

E.S. dna Dai Qingli: Bulgaria și China au o cooperare practică pe care sperăm să o aprofundăm

Bulgaria și China au stabilit relații diplomatice în urmă cu 75 de ani - în 1949. Un an mai târziu, Republica Populară Chineză și Republica Populară Bulgaria, cum se numea atunci această țară, au făcut schimb de ambasadori, dezvoltând relații la scară..

11.09.24 14:45 |