The initiative “3 Euros for the Bulgarian Nature” launched in 2008 by Odysseia-In and was supported by 10 tour operators from France, Spain, Great Britain, Switzerland and Austria. A total of 2,080 Euros were collected (50% were contribution of Odysseia-in). The amount was donated to “For […]
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Experience a traditional Bulgarian Easter Easter is probably one of the most celebrated holidays in the country of yogurt. It’s a favourite time for children and grown-ups alike. The tradition starts with the painting of boiled eggs on the Thursday, crawling under the shroud of Christ on Good Friday, followed by a candle-light procession on Saturday at midnight and ending up with a delicious lunch on Sunday of roast lamb and ‘kozunak’ for dessert. Undoubtedly, the most joyful part of this week of celebration is the painting of the eggs and the […]
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6 Reasons to Visit Bulgaria/ This was the third stop on my Eastern European jaunt. (See Why Travel to Slovakia? and A Little Taste of Transylvania for the other round-ups.) As a writer, it’s the one I found most interesting, to the point there will be […]
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by Lubomir Popiordanov and Bulgarian Association of Alternative Tourism In recent years, ‘Green’ has gone through all sorts of metamorphoses. Businesses are also highly sensitive to that color. Energy efficiency and passive houses are widespread as a topic, so is food of ecological origin, and […]
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In Bulgaria one can enjoy many winter holidays starting in December with ‘Nikulden’ and probably ending up in March with ‘Martenitsa Celebrations’. ‘Nikulden’ is the Eastern European version of St. Nicholas Day celebrating the miracles of the ‘Wonderworker’. Saint Nicholas is also the patron saint of all […]
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The Confession of a Pianist By Emil Kolarov and Lubomir Boyadjiev, DiVINO Ivo Varbanov is not an ordinary winemaker; neither is he an ordinary wine lover and respectively that somehow makes him an exceptional musician. When a world known pianist and a real wine worshipper […]
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The Bulgarian Cartoonist TCHAVDAR NIKOLOV By Lyubomir Popiordanov Tchavdar Nikolov was born in 1959. Democrat at heart with a subtle sense of humor, elegant style and simple line, he demonstrates a bold look on politics as a participant in the first opposition newspaper ‘Independence’ […]
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Within sight of the Black Sea city of Burgas lays a small area of land, so precious for its wildlife that it has been granted the highest possible level of International recognition and legal protection. And here the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds has […]
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For The Greatest And Little Things (*) Interviewing Wladigeroff brothers is a challenge. Alexander is sending jokes to Constantine, who receives them and send them back, with an impressive speed. Our meeting in Vienna, the city of Otto Wagner and Gustav Klimt, is about people and things they like, and about music that is decorated with Balkan embroideries and […]
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Diverse landscapes, sculpted across millennia in and of themselves ought draw curious travelers deep into the mysteries of Bulgaria’s Rila, Rhodope and Balkan Mountains. Yet, the rather unknown mythology within this Balkan country’s borders one would think would do the trick. From Orpheus, musical prodigy and […]
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