Huge territories in Bulgaria are already abandoned, their people are gradually dying out. This is shown by an analysis of the declining demographic and economic viability of 75% of the municipalities in Bulgaria by the Institute for Population and..
Welcome to Vrav - the northernmost settlement in Bulgaria and the first Bulgarian port along the Danube River! In the not-so-distant past, Greek and other merchant ships loading grain, as well as passenger steamers on the Vrav-Vidin line, docked here...
Many photographs, including those taken from a bird's eye view, of depopulated villages, which served as the terrain for the construction of some of the water reservoirs in Bulgaria, are presented in the "Submerged Heritage" exhibition. It has been..
In the space of three decades, the population of Bulgaria has shrunk by 1.5 million. The average life expectancy in the country is 71.4 years, as compared to 80 in the European countries. In practice this means that one whole Bulgarian..
A photographer, motorcyclist and musician, Georgi Hadzhiev has dedicated much of his time to exploring the forsaken territories in his native Bulgaria. He is looking for villages hidden high up in the mountains at over 1,000 metres altitude...
Wind in the branches, birdsong, raindrops and cracking glass from broken windows – this is what Bulgaria’s ghost villages sound like. In the region around Tryavna, a small town in the Balkan Range, there are some 100 old villages and..
According to demographic data of the NSI, at the end of last year the number of inhabitants in 23% of settlements in Bulgaria rangeд from 1 to 49. Veliko Tarnovo district is second in this country when it comes to the high number of..
According to demographic data of the National Statistical Institute from the end of the past year , in 23 per cent of villages in Bulgaria the number of local residents varies between 1 and 49. The district of..
In 2018 there were a total of 591 depopulated villages and villages with less than ten residents in Bulgaria. 72 villages had one resident only and 164 Bulgarian villages did not have any permanent residents last year. At the end of 2018 there were..
