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Bulgarian Calendar Highlights 2017
Important dates are easy to forget while living in a foreign country. So, to help you avoid embarrassment this year, we have compiled a short list of Bulgarian calendar highlights for 2017. Bulgarian Public Holidays Bulgaria celebrates 11 public holidays each year. Orthodox Easter and Christmas are multiple day affairs. All the rest are single day commemorations. In late […]
Rumen Radev Wins Bulgarian Presidential Race
The Bulgarian Central Election Commission announced that Socialist backed General Rumen Radev prevailed against the ruling party candidate Tsetska Tsacheva in the run off Bulgarian Presidential election held on Sunday, 13 November. With 100% of votes counted, the Bulgarian Central Election Commission reported that Radev received 2,063,332 votes (59.37%) to win by a commanding margin […]
Happy Saint George’s Day!
GERGIOVDEN Gergiovden is the 6th of May, the day of Saint George, patron saint of shepherds and also the Bulgarian Army. Bulgarians celebrate this day with a feast of roast lamb, and many locations stage military parades. Гергьовден е празник, на който православната църква в България почита паметта на Свети Георги Победоносец, който е и […]
New Sofia Parking Regulations
The Sofia municipality has enacted a new, two toned parking scheme for central Sofia. If you drive in Sofia, you will want to know how this works and how much it costs. Falling outside the rules can be a costly and time consuming mistake! Learn more on BULSTACK
USA Absentee Voting Instructions
Attention US citizens! The following is an announcement sent out from the US Embassy – Sofia regarding registration and information for absentee voting in 2012. Read carefully and follow instructions to exercise your right to vote! 2012 ELECTION CYCLE – BEGINS NOW Be an active voter. Start thinking about your participation in the U.S. 2012 […]
WTB Lends a Hand in Tran
One of our corporate goals is to forge public/private partnerships to promote life transformation in local municipalities. As it turns out, the Tran municipality applied for and won EU funding for a community center for at risk families. They called on us for help implementing the programs on offer through the center. We were happy […]
