People are silhouetted as they walk in the old town of Plovdiv, ahead of the opening ceremony of Plovdiv as the European Capital of Culture, in Bulgaria, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Plovdiv is the first ...

In a drive to better acquaint the world with Bulgarian culture, the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in France has put up some unusual benches in the shape of Cyrillic letters in Paris. An installation of ...

Hundreds of guests gathered on November 6 at Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel in Los Angeles for a major cultural event honoring Bulgarian achievements in art, science, education, and culture. The ...

This is the first of a three-part series by Dessislava Dimitrova and Nevena Borisova about how women entrepreneurs drive the revival of culinary traditions in different parts of Bulgaria, as part of ...

Bulgaria's Rose Valley is a hidden gem, famous for its stunning landscapes and rich cultural heritage. The valley, located ...

With their mock-up of prefabricated tower blocks currently on display at a Bulgarian gallery, two twentysomething artists are inviting the Bulgarian public to "come home" and reflect on their ...

Rene Karabash tells BIRN how the ancient Albanian custom of women becoming ‘sworn virgins’ became the subject of her acclaimed novel – which put Bulgarian literature in the spotlight as a contender ...

The first thing you notice about Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s 2019 European Capital of Culture, are the so-called cobblestones. These are no genteel cobblestones; the downtown streets are paved with small, ...

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the "Regina Coeli" prayer in Alexander Nevsky Square in Sofia, Bulgaria, on May 5, 2019 (CNS photo/Paul Haring). On his first visit to Bulgaria, Pope Francis ...

On BNT this morning, DARA said Bulgaria’s historic Eurovision victory should change the way the country views itself, insisting that success on the international stage must no longer be seen as ...

In a emotional ceremony at the close of an anti-Semitism conference in Berlin last year, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy presented his German counterpart, Joschka Fischer, with the yellow ...