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2008/09/04

The legendary performers of all-time hits like “Whiskey In The Jar” and “The Boys Are Back in Town” arrive in Sofia. They’ll blow up the National Palace of Culture on October 3. This will be another great music event in 2008.

Thin Lizzy have been the emblems of hard rock in the last four decades. Their last release was “Thin Lizzy Greatest Hits” (2004). Although they have no plans for a new album they still play in concerts to the delight of...

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2008/09/03

“Sofia Dance Week” is the first international festival of the modern dance in Bulgaria. It will start on 22th September and will end up on 29th September. The participants in the fertival program are some of the most popular world-known dance formations.

Especially for the first issue of the festival in Bulgaria will come “Compagnie 111” (France), “Ciplak Аyaklar” (Turkey), “C dans” (France), the National Choreographic center Grenoble...

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2008/09/03

World famous DJ Tiesto is coming to Bulgaria for a second time to stage a unique show on September 17 in Sofia's Festivalna Hall.

The mega party is part of Tiesto's In Search of Sunrise Summer Tour 2008 and promises to be one of the greatest dance events in September.

The party will start as early as 5 pm in front of the hall where fans will enjoy the live sets of top Bulgarian Djs, organizers from Sofia Music Enterprises said. The main show inside the hall...

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2008/09/01

Bulgaria celebrated on Sunday the National Day of Tourism, which is traditionally held on the last day of August and is dedicated to the first organized and mass climbing of Cherni Vruh ("The Black Peak") in Vitosha Mountain near Sofia.

The first mass climbing took place on August 27, 1985 after the famous Bulgarian writer Aleko Konstantinov published his article and invitation under the title "To the Sofia Lovers of Bulgarian Nature."

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2008/09/01

Bulgarian citizens have accidentally come across two stone blocks near a Proto-Bulgarian fortress near Mogila village, Kaspichan municipality. The fortress is a part of the system, constructed for the defense of the capital Pliska. It closely resembles the Madara fortress, but is considerably smaller.

At the initial investigation enormous treasure-hunter decays can be seen, reaching a depth of 4 meters. Up to this moment no regular archeological studies have been carried out, but just on-foot...

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2008/09/01

One of the very last open air festivals for this summer and surely one of the few that would be held up high in the mountainside, Vola Open Air would be situated at the beautiful Okolchica peakр 1058 meters above sea level.
Mostly electronic-oriented, it features a horde of DJs from Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia as well as splendid live acts Merudia and Root Souljah.
Just don't forget to bring some warm clothes along – the nights are chilly out...

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2008/08/28

At the beginning of the week the newly build summer cinema was opened. It is located at the Sport and amusement complex “Mladost” (“Youht”). It has 300 seats for the lovers of the latest films. The films start every evening at 8:30 pm. The tickets cost 7 leva for adults and 5 leva for childen.

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2008/08/28

The International Festival of Rock Music “Rock in Rila” will be held in Beli Iskar (“White Iskar”) village, Samokov district for the sixth time in a row. The fest will take place on 30th August (Saturday) at the stadium in the pretty village. The beginning of the event is at 6:00 pm, and the admission is free. This year the participants are “Revansh”, “Fallen Angels”, “Salt River”. A special guest will be Mitko Shterev.

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2008/08/28

Four treasures of silver and copper coins were accepted in the National Historic Museum (NIM).

Two of these are silver and are the biggest of all Ivan Strazimir (Bulgarian tsar 1371-1396) treasures discovered by now. They were found by accident in the digging on a construction site and were immediately submitted to NIM.

The first coin treasure comes from the Vidin region and consists of 421 coins - early silver aspers of Ivan Strazimir, minted in the 60s and 70s of...

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2008/08/28

The first coin treasure comes from the Vidin region and consists of 421 coins - early silver aspers of Ivan Strazimir, minted in the 60s and 70s of 14th century. They differ with bigger cores and consequently - they are heavier and also with the craftier work, expressed in detailed and carefully etched images.

The second coin treasure consists of a total of 905 coins and also comes from the Vidin region. It differs by its models from the later phase of silver minting of Ivan...

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