SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Plovdiv, the oldest city in Bulgaria, has been officially inaugurated as the European Capital of Culture for 2019. Some 50,000 people gathered on a main square Saturday to watch ...

Hundreds of guests gathered on November 6 at Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel in Los Angeles for a major cultural event honoring Bulgarian achievements in art, science, education, and culture. The ...

The Consulate General of Bulgaria in Los Angeles, in partnership with the BgFACE Foundation and Bulgarian Classical Concerts - LA, will present an upcoming celebration of Bulgarian culture and ...

Bulgarian flags of red, white and green and European Union flags - blue with yellow stars - were hanging all around the Reitz Union's Arredondo Room. There was a martenizi, a kukeri and a survachka - ...

The first thing you notice about Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s 2019 European Capital of Culture, are the so-called cobblestones. These are no genteel cobblestones; the downtown streets are paved with small, ...

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the "Regina Coeli" prayer in Alexander Nevsky Square in Sofia, Bulgaria, on May 5, 2019 (CNS photo/Paul Haring). On his first visit to Bulgaria, Pope Francis ...

The 9th UN Tourism Global Conference on Wine Tourism opened in Plovdiv, bringing together representatives from international organizations, academia, institutions, winemakers and tourism experts from ...

The southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv celebrated its inauguration as a European Capital of Culture with an opening show on January 12. The city shares the honor in 2019 with Matera, Italy. Plovdiv is ...

WELLS — Every Saturday this school year, a group of teachers and students have gathered at the Wells Elementary School voluntarily to pursue a particular type of education. The students, ranging in ...

A proposal would convert the home of a catering venue and seafood store into a Bulgarian cultural center and cemetery. BG-Social Learning Center is seeking a variance and special exception from ...