Bulgaria Today

Dear friends, welcome to Bulgaria Today on March 23! We open up with a summary of leading news and stories today and weather report for tomorrow. Next,Boyko Borissov’s detention – a demonstration or a step to fight corruption in Bulgaria In our music slot, we bring you Stoyan Yankulov’s and Elitsa Todorova’s song „Water“. The song was the Bulgarian entry at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. Stay t...

What’s on the programme on March 22: A summary of the leading news from Bulgaria today first. Next, we bring you a conversation with Georgi Kaish from Moldova who is about the launch a videocast in Russian as part of Radio Bulgaria. Also, the Bulgarian National Radio and the Bulgarian National Television organise a charity concert to aid the people of Ukraine – we learn more from an interview with...

Welcome to “Bulgaria Today” on Monday, March 21. A summary of the leading news from Bulgaria today first. Next, is Bulgaria prepared to receive refugees with special needs – an interview with a volunteer and activist at the first line of help. In today’s music slot, a well-known pop song from a well-known film. Stay tuned! 01’53 – News 17’21 – Song of the Day: After the end of the world

Welcome to “Bulgaria Today” on Friday, March 18 A summary of the leading news from Bulgaria today first. Next, for the first time, foreign art lovers will have the opportunity to see the works of one of the great Bulgarian artists - Ivan Milev at exhibition in Rome. In today’s music slot, the traditional spring concert of the Children's Radio Choir to take place is taking place tonight in Sofia. S...

Dear friends, welcome to Bulgaria Today on March 17! We open up with a summary of leading news and stories today and weather report for tomorrow. Next, for the third year in a row, Bulgaria’s State Agency for Child Protection honours people and organizations that have helped children and their families regain their faith that kindness exists. In our music slot, we bring you a fragment of “Floris”...

Welcome to “Bulgaria Today” on Tuesday, March 16 A summary of the leading news from Bulgaria today first Next, a look into Bulgaria’s construction industry and the crisis it is facing due to shortage of building materials – opinion of Plamen Mihalev, chairman of the Construction Chamber in Stara Zagora. In today’s music slot, White Moon – a song about contemplating life. Stay tuned! 01’50 - News 1...

Welcome to “Bulgaria Today” on Tuesday, March 15. A summary of the leading news from Bulgaria today first Next, a look into Bulgaria’s construction industry and the crisis it is facing due to shortage of building materials – opinion of Plamen Mihalev, chairman of the Construction Chamber in Stara Zagora. In today’s music slot, White Moon – a song about contemplating life. Bulgaria Today – 15 March...

Dear friends, welcome to Bulgaria Today on March 14. We open up with a summary of leading news and stories today and a weather report for tomorrow. Next, we tell you how pets that refugees from Ukraine bring with them also need registration and care. In our music slot, we bring you Bulgarian folklore music. Stay with us! 01’30 – News 11’58 – Pets refugees from Ukraine bring with them also need reg...

Dear friends, welcome to Bulgaria Today on March 11! We open up with a summary of leading news and stories today and weather report for tomorrow. Next, a ray of hope after the nightmare – Ukrainian babies born in Bulgaria Finally, in our music slot, we bring you the piece Sarabande from the “Classic and Romantic” cycle by Pancho Vladigerov, to the rendition of the BNR Symphony Orchestra. Stay tune...

Dear friends, welcome to Bulgaria Today on March 10! We open up with the leading news today and a weather report for tomorrow. Next, we tell you more about the coordination of support efforts aimed at refugees arriving from Ukraine. In our music slot, we bring you some classical music. Stay with us! Bulgaria Today – 10 March 2022 01’17 – News 12’28 – Is the state administration coping with the coo...

Dear friends, welcome to Bulgaria Today on March 9! We open up with a summary of leading news and stories today and weather report for tomorrow. Next, hundreds of Bulgarians have started to provide assistance, care and accommodation to mothers and children from Ukraine. Finally, in our music slot, we bring you the song “Come to Me, Love” to the rendition of Bulgarian pop diva Lili Ivanova. Compose...

A summary of the leading news from Bulgaria today first Next, what is the economic impact on Bulgaria of the war in Ukraine and are Bulgarian institutions prepared to cope with a large influx of refugees? Also, we mark today International Women’s Day and we bring you an interview with a Bulgarian female artist based in Vienna who has now unveiled an exhibition in Sofia. In today’s music slot, a pe...

Welcome to “Bulgaria Today” on Monday, March 7. We start with a summary of the leading news today. Next, we tell you more about how volunteers provide free medical care to refugees from Ukraine. At the end, it is time for some music. Stay tuned! 01’14 - News 10’25 - More than 100 volunteer doctors provide free medical care to refugees from Ukraine 14’12- Song of the Day

Welcome to “Bulgaria Today” on Thursday, March 3. On March 3, Bulgarians marks Bulgaria’s National Day, the signing of the San Stefano Peace Treaty and the Liberation of Bulgaria from five centuries of Ottoman rule. On our podcast today, we have a special programme dedicated to March 3, with a focus on history and Bulgarian music in the spirit of the day. First, we will go back to the period of 18...

Welcome to “Bulgaria Today” on Wednesday, March 2. A summary of the leading news from Bulgaria today first, with a focus on Ukraine, the evacuation of Bulgarian citizens and efforts of authorities to accept refugees. Next, a new feature film about Bulgaria’s 19th century revolutionary poet and publicist Hristo Botev, presenting his heroism through little-known facts, is to have its premiere on 3 M...

A summary of the leading news from Bulgaria today first, with a focus on Ukraine, the evacuation of Bulgarian citizens and the response of Bulgarian authorities with aid efforts. Next, we bring you an interview with Prof. Ivaylo Dichev, professor of cultural anthropology at Sofia University, on the eve of Bulgaria’s National Day on March 3, who believes that Bulgarians suffer from a national compl...

Dear friends, welcome to Bulgaria Today on February 28! We open up with a summary of leading news and stories today and weather report for tomorrow. Next, are Bulgarian “chitalishte” community centres a dying species? Poor funding coupled with the Covid pandemic have put the institution on the brink of survival Finally, in our music slot, we bring the song “Help Me” to the rendition of No More Man...

In “Bulgaria Today” on Friday, the 25th of February, we bring you, first, the latest news stories from this country. Next on the show:  Bulgarians in Moldova worried about war in Ukraine 01’38 – News 13’18 – Bulgarians in Moldova worried about war in Ukraine 16’37 – Song of the day

Welcome to “Bulgaria Today” on Thursday, February 24. Today’s programme starts with the leading news stories with a focus on Russia's attack on Ukraine and reactions of the Bulgarian authorities. Next, we bring more information about evacuation of Bulgarian nationals from Ukraine with contacts of diplomatic missions in Kyiv and Odessa, also reactions of Bulgarian Aleksey K...

Dear friends, welcome to Bulgaria Today on February 23! We open up with a summary of leading news and stories today and weather report for tomorrow. Next,Bulgaria still has no alternatives to its energy dependence on Russia. Bulgaria‘s energy system depends largely on gas imports from Russia. The country lost too much time in which the interconnection with Greece could have been completed, says th...

Dear friends, welcome to Bulgaria Today on February 22! We open up with a summary of leading news and stories today and weather report for tomorrow. Next, Museums and galleries in Bulgaria have been called upon by the Culture National Federation at the Podkrepa Labour Confederation to close their doors to visitors as a token of protest against the parameters of the funds provided for the developme...

Welcome to “Bulgaria Today” on Monday, February 21. We open up a summary of the leading stories today, the latest news about the Covid pandemic and a weather report for tomorrow. Next, we tell you more about how the Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated inequalities when it comes to women’s participation in the labour market. In the final minutes of our podcast, we tell you more about the International...

Welcome to “Bulgaria Today” on Friday, February 18. We open up a summary of the leading stories today, the latest news about the Covid pandemic and a weather report for tomorrow. Next, 149 years after the death of national hero Vasil Levski we tell you more about how Bulgarian children in Vienna have created an online book about him. In the final minutes of our podcast, we bring you Bulgarian musi...

In Bulgaria Today on Thursday, the 17th of February, we bring you, first, the latest news from this country. Next on the show: City tours reveal the history of early 20th century buildings Finally, in our music slot: What’s going on, and Kerana and the Cosmonauts Bulgaria Today – February 17, 2022 01’39 – News 12’31 – City tours reveal the history of early 20th century buildings 16’36 – Song of th...

Dear friends, welcome to Bulgaria Today on February 16! We open up with a summary of leading news and stories today and weather report for tomorrow. Next, emergency aid from the state is the only thing that can save stockbreeding in the midst of crisis. “Bulgarian stockbreeding is dying unless we take urgent steps to save it,” representatives of the farming sector state in a declaration sent to po...