Bulgaria Culture

Bulgaria's star movie and drama actor and former Culture Minister, Stefan Danailov, delivers an eulogy at the wake for colleague Georgi Cherkelov.

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SOFIA, Jan. 16 -- An online film festival titled "Weeks of Chinese Cinema" was officially launched at a ceremony held in St Kliment Ohridski university on Monday.

Velko Kanev, who died in December at the age of 63 after a lengthy and public battle with vocal cords cancer, blazed a trail in the history of Bulgaria's theater and cinema.

Bulgaria will not purchase new military aircraft in times of crisis and unless the problems in the education and culture sectors are solved.

Feo Mustakova-Genadieva, one of Bulgaria's top ballet legends, has died at the age of 102, the Ministry of Culture said on December 30 2011.

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Guests celebrated the arrival of this year's new Beaujolais Nouveau with a large party at the National Palace of Culture on November 17 hosted by the French-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce under the patronage of the French ambassador to Bulgaria, Philippe Auti.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said that the current Deputy Ministers of Culture and Transport, Information Technology and Communications will be removed from their posts.

Peace Corps volunteers in Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya and Bulgaria are using sign language to conduct classes in science, social studies, creative arts and life skills for hearing-impaired students.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister , appointed Wednesday, Georgi Stoev , as a new Deputy Culture Minister, the cabinet's press center reports.

Bulgaria's Museum of Socialist Art is now open for visitors. The general admission fee is BGN 6. Photo by BGNES The inauguration ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov , Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov , Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov , Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Defense Minister Anyu Angelov, ... (more)

Sofia's Soviet Army monument was painted by unknown street artists to represent a set of US pop culture characters.

DAYS OF ARMENIAN TRADITIONS AND CULTURE OPEN IN Bulgaria'S BURGAS Katya Nikolova Focus News Aug 30 2011 Bulgaria Burgas.

After reports that martial arts master Donnie Yen had been offered a role in the follow-up to the most testosterone-pumped movie in action history, China has now been indicated as a possible shooting location.

Variety reports that Nu-Age and Millennium are in talks with a Chinese distributor to co-produce The Expendables 2, which they will do on the condition that Yen officially signs on.

If the deal goes through, The Expendables team will head to China, at least for some scenes.

The Simon West-directed second outing is due to start filming in Bulgaria next month.

Donnie Yen is the latest prospective addition to a growing dream-team cast that could also include John Travolta, Chuck Norris and JCVD, as well as the line-up from the original.

The Expendables 2 is set for release in the UK on 17 August 2012.

Last month an anonymous street artist in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia transformed a Soviet-era war monument into a team of American pop culture icons , including Superman , Captain America , and the Joker .

'Everything in our bilateral relations is on the table. We can talk about everything, about co-operation in economic relations, technology, culture, political, military and defence co-operation.' Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria is an important country for Israel for a wide range of reasons and the visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ...

Classical music connoisseurs will have the opportunity to hear the masters from Strauss symphony Orchestra Vienna in the National Palace of Culture , hall 1 on December 9 2011.

Those of you in Washington DC and surrounding areas have a chance to see the world premier performance of A Melancholy Beauty, which features 300 musicians.  Composed by Georgi Andreev, the oratorio depicts the heroic rescue of 49,000 of Jews from the Nazis in Bulgaria during World War II.  Performers include the Indianapolis Children's Choir, KHORIKO Choir, Victor Valley College Singers & Master Arts Chorale, the Philip Kutev National Folklore Ensemble, and the world renowned National Philharmonic.  The performance takes place this Tuesday (June 21st) at the Kennedy Center at 8:00 PM.  For more information, visit the Kennedy Center website.

Bulgarian Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov participated in an official ceremony in Ottawa , where Canadian authorities returned to Bulgaria 21,000 antique objects seized when trafficked into the country.

Bulgarian Culture Minister Rashidov with members of the Bulgarian folklore ensemble "Rodina" and the Bulgarian communities in Ottawa and Montreal at the ceremony in Bulgarian Embassy in Canada.

A 66-year old man who was suspected to have died of E.coli bacteria infection in a hospital in the town of Haskovo had died of heart attack, according to the death certificate, but culture samples would be taken to carry out conclusive tests, Bulgaria's Health Ministry said on June 10 2011.

Bulgaria's Panagyurishte treasure, the mask and ring of Teres along with newly excavated antique from the sea town of Nessebur will be on display from June 3 2011 at culture centre Sea Casino in Bourgas, BNT reported.

Article by Giuseppe Dell'Agata, University of Pisa, for the "International Survey: Bulgaria-Italy" of Novinite.com A Before the Second World War Italy was probably the country most opened towards and knowledgeable of the Bulgarian literature.

Article by Yanna Yancheva, Music Manager and Producer, J&K Production Ltd, Sofia, for the "International Survey: Bulgaria-Italy" of Novinite.com (Sofia News ...

A radio show was taken off the air in Sofia, Bulgaria after political leader Volen Siderov decked rival Korman Ismailov in a scuffle during a live show about the growing influence of Islamic culture on the country.

Bulgarians from around the country and the world are paying tribute Tuesday, May 24 , to the deed of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius , the creators of the Cyrillic alphabet.

Children at a Driffield school have been transported to Eastern Europe. Northfield Infant School recently held a Bulgaria Day to learn about, and celebrate, a different culture.

The Bulgria-China forum, an organization dedicated to the promotion of bilateral relations, was officially launched at a ceremony in Sofia Monday. Bulgarian Vice-President Angel Marin, Chinese ambassador to Bulgaria Guo Yezhou and Angel Orbetsov, head of the Asia, Australia and Oceania Directorate at the Foreign Ministry, attended the founding ceremony at the National Palace of Culture. Sergei Ignatov, Minister of Education and Science, Vesselin Pavlov, Transport Minister in the 1990s, Ale ...

Its goal is to create rich library fund of scientific, historical and classical literature of both countries.

Anna Amendolagine, the director of the Italian Culture Institute in Sofia, at the first exhibition in Sofia of renowned Italian sculptor Valerio Capoccia.

Bulgaria will bid farewell to one of its favourite actors, and most iconic television and cinema figures, Georgi Roussev, who passed away on April 1 2011.