Plovdiv, Bulgaria - Current News - 23-26 June ? Visit of General Jeremy McKenzie

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23-26 June ? Visit of General Jeremy McKenzie

6/24/2003 12:00:00 AM

General Sir Jeremy McKenzie, consultant to Bulgaria's Defence Ministry and General Staff on armed forces reform and on Bulgaria's accession to NATO, is to pay an official visit to Bulgaria June 23-26. The sides are to discuss issues relating to the Strategic Defence Review. General McKenzie is scheduled to confer with Minister of Defence Nikolai Svinarov at the Ministry of Defence on June 25 at 16.00. At 17.00 both are to give a joint statement before the media.

July 7, 1550: Europeans Discover Chocolate

7/7/2023 8:00:00 AM

1550: Chocolate is introduced in Europe, and the Mexican drink creates a passion that endures after nearly half a millennium.

International Kissing Day

7/6/2023 11:00:00 AM

Today is International Kissing Day or World Kiss Day. As the author of The Science of Kissing, what better way to celebrate than to share some fascinating facts about kissing:

128 years of the bloody murder of Stefan Stambolov (January 31 1854 – July 6 1895)

7/6/2023 9:00:00 AM

Stambolov was born on January 31st, 1854, in the town of Veliko Turnovo. His ancestors originated from the small town of Tryavna.

SUMMER ATANASSOVDEN

7/5/2023 10:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Atanas, Atanaska (although they rather celebrate on January 18th of each year).

July Morning- once again on the seashore with Uriah Heep

7/1/2021 10:00:00 AM

The sun rises every day, but it is probably only on 1 July that the sunrise is given a rapturous welcome accompanied by beer, rock music and bonfires.

Balkans's biggest agriculture business forum AGRA 2020 opens today in Plovdiv

2/19/2020 11:03:23 AM

How high technology changes the path from the field to the table - this is the main topic of the largest forum in the Balkans for agricultural business, wine, food and equipment - AGRA, which starts today in Bulgaria's second-biggest city Plovdiv.

Three enormous moons will shine down on NIGHT festival in Plovdiv

9/13/2019 11:35:09 AM

Town squares, churches, galleries, but also ancient Plovdiv’s nooks and corners will turn into shared spaces for art, the visions and the values of the world. After a one-year pause the NIGTH festival is back to make conversations more sincere, heighten the senses and open the hearts to new experiences, greater understanding and human contact.