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Bulgaria’s Legendary Gabrovo April and Always Fools

2013-04-01 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Black cat exhibit at the House of Humour and Satire in Gabrovo

Bulgaria’s city of Gabrovo, also known as the “laughter capital” of the country, celebrates April Fool’s Day today. Situated to the North and East of Sofia, this city is famous for the populace’s strange sense of humor.

Tags: April Fools, Bulgaria, Europe towns, funny museum, Gabrovo

Bulgaria Travel: Welcome Spring in Kyustendil

2013-03-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Kyustendil Spring

Bulgaria welcomes the season with the Spring Festival in Kyustendil. This festival goes way back, to Thracian and Roman times when it was associated with the veneration of solar divinities.

Tags: beauty contest Kyustendil, Bulgaria, Kyustendil, Spring festival, Spring festival Kyustendil

Germany, Finland to Veto Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen Entry

2013-03-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Schengen Zone

Corruption hurts Bulgaria and Romania’s chances to enter the Schengen Area. Germany and Finland are both against the countries’ entry, and Finland even implies that the two were accepted too easy in the EU.

Tags: Bulgaria, romania, Schengen area

Bulgaria – a Treasure of Speech Exhibition in Brussels

2013-02-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Baška tablet

Bulgaria – a Treasure of Speech is a fascinating exhibition now on display at the European Parliament in Brussels. To celebrate the 1150th anniversary of the so called “Great Moravian Mission” of the creators of the Slavic alphabet, St.Cyril and St. Methodius, their translation of the Holy script assumes the right by which Bulgarian should co#exist with Latin, Greek and Hebrew.

Tags: Bulgaria, Bulgarian, Bulgarian language, Europe patrons, history, Slavic

Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat to Open on Europe Day

2013-02-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Danube Bridge 2 inspection

A new bridge which will unite Bulgaria and Romania, also known as Danube Bridge 2, will be ready for the official opening on May 9th, on Europe Day, Novinite.com reports. Boyko Borisov, the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, announced that José Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, and Johannes Hahn, the Regional Policy Commissioner will personally attend the opening ceremony on May 9th.

Tags: Bulgaria, Calafat-Vidin Danube Bridge, Danube Bridge 2, romania

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