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Electronic Register Presents Monuments, Sights in Sofia
December 14 (BTA) - Sofia already has an electronic register of monuments of culture and tourist sights. The register, unveiled on Wednesday by Sofia Deputy Mayor in charge of culture and education Todor Chobanov and head of the Sofia Regional History Museum Nadezhda Kirova-Yovch...
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Marijuana Use in Bulgaria Is Nearly Epidemic, Expert Alerts
December 12 (BTA) - The use of marijuana in Bulgaria is assuming nearly epidemic proportions, and the use of amphetamines has increased in the past year, Associate Prof. Vassil Atanassov of the largest specialized toxicological laboratory in the country at the Military Medical Ac...
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Sofia Public Transport to Have New Ticketing System
December 9 (BTA) - The Sofia Centre for Urban Mobility, which manages public transportation in the capital, has drawn up a new plan to renovate the public transportation system. The new system will again have a combined fare for more than one means of transport, and will make it ...
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Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival Selected for UNESCO's Register of Best Safeguarding Practices
December 2 (BTA) - The Folklore Festival in Koprivshtitsa has been selected for UNESCO's register of best safeguarding practices, said the Culture Ministry on Friday. This happened during the 11th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible C...
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HIV-Positive Cases in Bulgaria Number 2,460
November 30 (BTA) - There are 2,460 people living with HIV in Bulgaria, with 193 new cases found so far this year, the Health Ministry said ahead of December 1, marked as World AIDS Day. Of the newly registered HIV-positive cases, 88 per cent were infected through sexual conta...
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Newly-discovered Inscription Dates Construction of Plovdiv Ancient Theatre A Century Earlier
November 28 (BTA) - A newly-discovered inscription dates the construction of the ancient theatre in Plovdiv in the 90s of the 1st century AD, and not in 116-117 AD, as it was thought so far, Plovdiv Mayor Ivan Totev told journalists Monday. Totev was accompanied by archaeologist ...
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Sofia International Women's Club Organizes Its 22nd Christmas Charity Bazaar
November 28 (BTA) - The International Women's Club Sofia (IWC) is preparing the 22nd edition of its annual Christmas charity bazaar. The event is due on December 4 and will feature over 60 world cultures. The Bazaar offer countries a chance to showcase handmade crafts, clothes...
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Nearly 120 Bulgarian Companies Take Part in 9th Golden Lion Exhibition
November 19 (BTA) - Nearly 120 Bulgarian companies are taking part in the 9th Golden Lion Exhibition, Made in Bulgaria Union Honorary President Hristo Droumev said at the opening of the shopping venue at Sofia's Universiade Hall on Saturday.
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World Wide Fund for Nature Starts Campaign to Protect Pirin National Park
November 15 (BTA) - The international environmental protection organization, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is starting a campaign to protect Bulgaria's Pirin National Park, said the organization on Tuesday.
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Bulgarian Four Paws Team Helps Confiscate Last Three Circus Bears in Serbia
November 3 (BTA) - A team of the animal rescue organization "Four Paws" has helped Serbian authorities confiscate the last circus bears in that country. One of them is expected to be sent to the 'Dancing Bears' park near Belitsa (Southwestern Bulgaria), the organization said.
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Bulgaria Uses Cutting-Edge Equipment to Monitor Underwater Noise in Black Sea
October 31 (BTA) - Bulgaria is monitoring underwater noise in the Black Sea with the help of state-of-the art equipment, Black Sea Basin Directorate Director Dessislava Konsoulova told BTA in an interview.
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Daylight Saving Time Ends on October 30
October 13 (BTA) - Daylight Saving Time in Bulgaria will end at 4 a.m. local time on Sunday, October 30, the Bulgarian Institute of Metrology said. This means that clocks will be turned back one hour.
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Bulgaria Has Europe's Fifth Worst Child Obesity Record
October 10 (BTA) - Bulgaria has Europe's fifth worst child obesity record, Prof. Svetoslav Handjiev of the Bulgarian Association for Study of Obesity and Related Diseases, said here Monday. He was speaking at a BTA-hosted news conference a day ahead of World Obesity Day, October ...
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Bulgaria Nominates Four Biosphere Reserves for Inclusion in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves
October 10 (BTA) - Bulgaria has nominated four biosphere reserves for inclusion in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves: Central Balkan, Chervenata Stena (The Red Wall), Ouzounbadjak, and Sreburna, the Environment and Water Ministry said in a press release.
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Bulgaria Leads EU in Lavender Production
October 4 (BTA) - Since 2015 Bulgaria has become a EU leader in terpeneless oil exports with an output worth of 10 million euro. Together with France Bulgaria accounts for two thirds of EU exports, said Inteli Agro after a sectoral analysis of lavender production in Bulgaria. It ...
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Education Trade Union Analyses System in Wake of New School Law
August 17 (BTA) - The Education branch of the Confederation of Labour Podkrepa has made an analysis of the educational system after the new Pre-school and School Education Act became effective, the trade union said. The first conclusion of the analysis is that Bulgarian educat...
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Association of Turkish Travel Agencies Assures State of Emergency in Turkey Will Not Affect Daily Life of Civilians, Int...
July 26 (BTA) - We would like to hereby take the opportunity to express that, in light of the declarations by RepubIic of Turkey, Prime Minister H.E. Binali Yildirim, the security measures throughout Turkey and in major cities like Ankara and Istanbul have been raised to the high...
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Association of Turkish Travel Agencies Asks for Cooperation
July 22 - The Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB) would like to hereby take the opportunity to express that а 3 months State of Emergency has been declared upon the decision taken bу the Turkish Government as of 20th July 2016 in accordance with the recent unfortunate...
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Per Capita Beer Consumption at 73.4 L in 2015
July 19 (BTA) - In 2015, per capita beer consumption increased to 73.5 l, said Ivana Radomirova, Executive Director of the Union of Brewers in Bulgaria at a news conference marking the union's 25th anniversary. She said that the average per capita beer consumption was 72 litres o...
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Sofia Ring Mall Signs with Lidl for 1st in Bulgaria ‘New Concept’ Store
July 18 (BTA) - Sofia Ring Mall makes a bold move around its supermarket offering by signing with Lidl for their ‘new concept’ store in Bulgaria. The store will open in Fall 2016 and it will be the first Lidl store in a shopping center in the greater Sofia region. The rented area...
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