Our new column “Bulgarians Abroad” is aimed at bringing you the stories of Bulgarians living near and far outside Bulgarian borders. Today, there are more than two million Bulgarians living in different corners of the globe –studying, working, raising their families and building “their own” Bulgaria far from its geographical boundaries. Their stories and the conversation with them and about them awaken a host of patriotic feelings and emotions, give rise to nostalgia and yearning for one’s homeland…
Bearing in our hearts the thought of Bulgarians and all things Bulgarian existing out there, far from our native land, the team of Radio Bulgaria is committed to go deeper into the joys and sorrows, the choices, achievements and important decisions in the lives of our compatriots all around the world.
We will be really excited if you get in touch us with, completing the stories of those people we talk about!
You can write to us at: radiobulgaria@bnr.bg
“Our dreams need your support”. That is the appeal by the Bulgarian school Ivan Vazov in Paris, which is celebrating its 10 th anniversary. The teaching staff and the parents’ board are calling for donations for their charity initiatives. The..
Christmas Eve according to the Bulgarian tradition was organized in Rome by the members of the cultural association "Bulgaria". Created more than 2 decades ago to support our compatriots who go to seek livelihood in Italy, today the organization..
The still existing concerns among some of our compatriots to freely define themselves as representatives of the Bulgarian national minority have their genesis in previous historical periods , but the world is already different. These are words of the..
The Bulgarian cultural association in Cyprus is named after a renowned Bulgarian revolutionary, one of the organizers of the April Uprising of 1876 – Atanas Shabanov from Koprivshitsa. “We wanted the association to bear the name of a Bulgarian..
Few people know that the legendary Bulgarian wrestler Dan Koloff, before his world title, started out in Hungary. Before leaving for the US in 1909, the future champion worked, since the age of 13 and for 4 whole years, in an orchard in Budapest. The..
The Governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs, has announced with a proclamation the month of December, 2023, as the Month of Bulgarian-American Friendship in the US state. The proclamation, issued at the initiative of Bulgaria's Consul General in Los Angeles..
The collection is an annual publication of the League of Bulgarian Writers in the US and the World. It is called Luboslov , after the title of the first Bulgarian cultural almanac abroad, published by Konstantin Fotinov in 1844 in Smyrna. This..
Norway is not a country known to attract large numbers of immigrants from Bulgaria. Nevertheless, there are around 6,000 Bulgarian citizens registered at the Bulgarian embassy in the Norwegian capital Oslo. Most Bulgarians in Norway work in..
December comes with the anticipation of holiday season and spending time with family and friends. At the beginning of December, the Bulgarians living in Dusseldorf, Germany, around 5,000 in number and growing, are looking forward to a special holiday..
Meet the rising star of percussion music - Vivi Vassileva . Thus begins Deutsche Welle's short video story about the 29-year-old Bulgarian woman who, at the beginning of the year, became the first percussionist to be awarded the prestigious award named..
Bulgaria took part in the traditional May 1 Parade of vintage cars in Presidencia Roque Saenz Peña, Chaco province, in distant Argentina , when the..
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