Bulgaria - with a focus on the promotion of cultural heritage in 2015 During the meeting of the National Tourism Council, which took place on January 20, 2015 in the city Sofia, Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova presented the vision of Bulgaria as
International Festival of Masquerade Games Surva, town of Pernik The International Festival of Masquerade Games Surva in Pernik is the most authoritative event for traditional national masked games and customs in Bulgaria and the Balkans. Since 2008 the International Festival of Masquerade Games has
The Chiprovtsi carpets are added to the world list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which met in Paris on its ninth session, on November 26th unanimously entered in the World Representative List
Bulgaria with good opportunities to develop river cruise tourism The survey of opportunities to develop river cruise tourism in Bulgaria was started in early summer and had two main components - the state of cruise tourism in the Bulgarian section of the Danube
Plovdiv - the European Capital of Culture in 2019 An international jury chose Plovdiv to be the European City of Culture in 2019. Three other Bulgarian cities - Sofia, Varna and Veliko Tarnovo – had also succeded to reach the last stage of the
The Architectural-Ethnographic Complex "Ether" turns 50 From September 5th till 7th the open air museum was hosted the 12th International Fair of Traditional Crafts "Ether 2014". The Architectural-Ethnographic Complex "Ether" in Gabrovo is the first and only open-air museum in
Varna is a finalist in the competition for European Youth Capital 2017 After having successfully passed the second round of the competition, the city of Varna is one of the finalists for European Youth Capital in 2017. Rivals of the sea capital of Bulgaria for
