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Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with Estonia with the Exhibition "Bulgarian Cities - Antiquity that Lives"
On April 6, Deputy Foreign Minister Vasil Georgiev opened an exhibition in the newly renovated building of the EC Representation in Tallinn, entitled "Bulgarian Cities - Antiquity That Lives". The event was attended by ambassadors and representatives of EU member states, MPs from the Friendship Group Estonia - Bulgaria in the Riigikog of Estonia, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Honorary Consul of Bulgaria, Mr. Indrek Laul and representatives of the...
The Mobile Exhibition "Bulgarian Monuments under the Protection of UNESCO" is a Guest at the Regional Historical Museum - Shumen
The State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs is visiting the Regional Historical Museum - Shumen with a mobile exhibition "Bulgarian Monuments under the Protection of UNESCO". It presents the uniqueness and beauty of the Bulgarian sites included in the list of world cultural and natural heritage. It is dedicated to two anniversaries - 65 years of Bulgarian membership in the organization and 75 years since its founding. Professional art photographs and...
The Film Festival Master of Art Conqueres Sofia cinemas again in April 2022
The seventh edition of the Master of Art Film Festival opens on April 7 at 19:00 at the Lumiere Cinema. As a sign of solidarity and support with the Ukrainian people, this year the festival presents a special program with Ukrainian films - "Focus Ukraine". The festival will be opened with the American film "KURT VONEGAT - INDEPENDENT OF TIME". Work on this film began 39 years ago, when the then young director Robert Wade wrote a letter to his literary idol, offering to make a film about him....
THE EXHIBITION "DIPLOMACY AND ART II" VISITS THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MONTENEGRO
A representative exhibition of the rich collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy and Art, Part II will be shown at the National Museum in the historical capital of Montenegro - Cetine. The project is organized by the State Institute for Culture to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Podgorica in collaboration with the National Museum of Montenegro and the media partnership of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. It is a logical...
Exhibition of the Bulgarian Sculptor Ventsislav Petrov in Barcelona
On March 30, in the prestigious Art Gallery "Mrs. Toolip Art Gallery ”in Barcelona, the exhibition “Faces of the Forest” by the young and talented Bulgarian sculptor Ventsislav Petrov was presented. Ventsislav graduated in sculpture at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia as a student in the class of Prof. Angel Stanev. The event was organized by Ms. Montse Ferrer, a Catalan art critic, with the assistance of the Art Gallery "Mrs. Toolip Art Gallery ”and the support...
THE BILINGUAL CATALOG FOR THE EXHIBITION "MIRACULOUS ICONS AND HOLY RELICS OF THE BALKANS" HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
A bilingual representative catalog for the traveling exhibition "Miraculous Icons and Holy Relics of the Balkans" has been published. This is the result of a joint project of the Center for Slavic-Byzantine Studies "Prof. Ivan Duychev" at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski ”and the State Cultural Institute under the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The phototype exhibition has already been presented to the general public at home and abroad - at the Bulgarian Cultural Information...
PRESENTATION OF THE ALBUM CYRIL AND METHODIUS. IMAGES. MEMORY. IDENTITY / CYRIL AND METHODIUS. IMAGES. MEMORY. IDENTITY
The National Scientific Program "Cultural and Historical Heritage, National Memory and Social Development", the Cyril and Methodius Research Center at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs will present on the occasion of the Assumption of St. Methodius on April 6 at 5.30 pm at the Mission Gallery, Sofia, 2 Alfred Nobel Str., the bilingual albumCyril and Methodius. Images. Memory. Identity. This is a unique edition dedicated...
Bulgarian Participation in the Week of Francophone Cinema in Tunisia
With the kind assistance of the State Institute for Culture, the Bulgarian Embassy in the Republic of Tunisia took part in the Week of Francophone Cinema in Tunisia (March 21-27, 2022) with the Bulgarian documentary "To Love Carmen" by producer Nayo Titsin. The screening took place on March 24, 2022 at the Cinémathèque. The film rediscovers Carmen's first performances and her place in art, literature, music and cinema. In parallel, "To Love Carmen" follows the...
Bulgarian Participation in Cambodia European Film Festival
Between February 24 and March 1, 2022, Cambodia hosted the European Film Festival with screenings at four of the main film centers in the capital Phnom Penh. 21 films from a number of European countries were screened, as well as 18 short films in the genres of drama, comedy, family and documentary. The film festival passed with great interest among the Cambodian audience and ranks among the most important European events in the cultural calendar in the country for 2022. The festival was held...
Presentation of the Novel
"Absolvo te" was presented in Frankfurt on March 15, 2022 - the second novel by the writer Georgi Bardarov, winner of the European Prize for Literature for 2021. The event at the Consulate General in Frankfurt was attended by fans of the author from the Bulgarian community and many distinguished guests from Germany, including the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Federal State of Hesse Dr. Ingo Endrik Lankau, Yumas Madoff - Head of the...
Israeli Writer with Bulgarian Roots Won a BBC award
Israeli-born Bulgarian writer Vacko Sauf won the BBC Short Story Award. Sauf won the award for his short story "Table for Two". The short story competition has been running since 2006. This year, exceptionally, authors from outside the UK were admitted. Vacko Sauf has been living in Germany since 2015. Sauf, 34, currently teaches creative writing at the University of Freiburg. South African writer Henrietta Rose-Ines won second prize for her story "Asylum". ...
30th Anniversary of Bulgaria's Accession to the International Organization of the Francophonie
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria in partnership with the International Triennial of Stage Poster - Sofia, National Bureau of the University Agency of Francophonie - Bulgaria and the Francophone Center of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski” organized the art event “MOLIER WITHOUT BORDERS & IN DIALOGUE WITH MOLIER”. The initiative, dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the birth of the great playwright, who became the personification of the...
Commemorating March 10 - Day of salvation of Bulgarian Jews, victims of the Holocaust and crimes against humanity
On the occasion of March 10, the day Bulgaria celebrates as "Day of Rescue of Bulgarian Jews, Holocaust Victims and Crimes against Humanity", the State Cultural Institute presents four documentaries on the fate of Jews in Bulgaria during the Holocaust. The films were made in different years, but they ask the same questions - what kind of memory of history and cruel trials can one keep without losing the landmarks of good and evil. The forgotten word "war" on European soil has crashed...
International Women's Day Gathers Female Ambassadors in Sofia
The State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs hosted an international event marking March 8 - International Women's Day. A large part of the ladies ambassadors in Sofia from a number of countries gathered in the renovated gallery "Mission" on the initiative of the Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to Bulgaria HE Donika Hodja and the Chairperson of the Commission for Protection against Discrimination Assoc. Prof. Ana Djumalieva. The guests were greeted by the...
Celebrating the National Holiday of Bulgaria in Zagreb
On the occasion of the National Holiday of the Republic of Bulgaria - March 3, the Embassy in Zagreb organized an exhibition "Bulgarian monuments under the protection of UNESCO." It was presented at the gallery of the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb. The exhibition is the work of the State Cultural Institute under the Minister of Foreign Affairs and is on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of UNESCO and the 65th anniversary of Bulgaria's accession to this organization.The...
Women for Multilateralism
In November 2021, at the initiative of Gabon, the General Conference of UNESCO adopted a Resolution on the International Day of Women in Multilateralism, which was celebrated for the first time on 25 January 2022. On the occasion of this year's International Women's Day, the Permanent Mission of Bulgaria to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva took part in the project "Women for Multilateralism", initiated by the Delegation of the European Union to the UN in Geneva and...