The first bottle of the new Beaujolais vintage arrived to Bulgaria. As tradition has it, each year, on the third Thursday of November, the first bottle of the famous French young wine is opened. In Bulgaria this happens for the 13th year in a row. The event is organized by the French-Bulgarian Trade and Industrial chamber. Photo: BTA
A joint project of the municipalities of Montana (Bulgaria) and Pirot (Serbia), financed by EU funds and sponsored by the budgets of the two sides, is restoring an archeological site at Kaleto Hill near Montana. The site is an early Christian basilica from the 4rth century functioning in the Roman settlement of Montanensium. The restoration project was to the cost of 695 thousand euro. Photo: BTA
Bulgarian bagpipe player Kostadin Ilchev, who conducted the formation, which had registered a Guinness Book record for the performance of 333 bagpipes in Sofia back in 2012, celebrated his 70th birthday with a concert. The event took place at Hristo Botev community center in Smolyan. All musicians from Ilchev’s family came out on stage to sing and play the bagpipe with him. The women’s bagpipe ensemble as well as bagpipe performers from all over the region also joined the concert. The region of Smolyan, in the Rhodope Mountain, is famous for its large groups of bagpipe players and individual virtuosos. Photo: BTA
The Haskovo military garrison launched Open Doors Day on the occasion of the Day of Infantry (November 19). Photo: BTA
For the first time this year, at the initiative of Sofia Municipality, November 16 is proclaimed as Day for Cleaner Air. The Municipality calls the citizens of the capital city to use, on this particular day, public transport instead of their own cars. Photo: BTA
The residents of Sofia and the guests of the Bulgarian capital are "privileged" with a mountain only a stone's throw away from the city centre. In less than 30 minutes, using the Simeonovo-Aleko cable car and the two chairlifts "Vitoshko Lale 1" and..
The “Eagle’s Eye” sightseeing platform in the Rhodope Mountains offers an astounding view. The popular tourist attraction is a platform located on a cliff above the village of Yagodina, at an altitude of 1,563 meters above sea level...
At the height of summer, and with temperatures hitting sizzling highs, everyone wants to spend time by the sea. Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast has a lot to offer in summer besides beaches – sporting activities, cultural tourism, natural..
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