Responsible diesel vehicle owners are already familiar with AdBlue® – the additive that reduces harmful emissions and enhances fuel efficiency by optimising engine combustion. Remarkably, this high-performance solution is not only produced in Bulgaria according to the strictest manufacturing standards – it has become a market leader thanks to the vision and initiative of a woman, Krassimira Hristova.
Аs President Donald Trump's sweeping and at times apparently controversial actions cause at best raised eyebrows in Europe, Bulgarians have found a new dividing line: whether to approve of the American President, the "new sheriff in town," as his VP J. D. Vance has called him, or to join the chorus of the acrimonious critics who increasingly denounce him as a new Hitler.
What comes to mind when you think of energy vortexes? Stonehenge, Machu Picchu and the Great Pyramid in Giza, probably. But you do not have to travel that far to visit a place brimming with strange powers, where odd creatures and supposedly UFOs get spotted on a regular basis and where sick-and-lame folks flock, seeking supernatural cures. All you have to do is visit one, or all, of the places on our list of energy vortexes in Bulgaria. As a bonus, most of them are located at stunning natural locations.
This government was born in treason and is doomed to die in disgrace, and very quickly at that.
Kostadin Kostadinov, leader of Vazrazhdane, on the GERB dominated government supported by the BSP, the There Is Such a People party, and the Alliance for Freedom and Rights
In times of climate change and unpredictable weather, Bulgarians stick almost religiously to celebrating a rite dedicated to the arrival of spring. Come mid-February stores, shops and dedicated street stalls start selling ornaments of red-and-white thread in a variety of shapes and sizes. On 1 March everyone puts on at least one of these ornaments on their wrists or coat lapels, as a symbol of being healthy and happy throughout the year. They would wear them until they see a blossoming tree for the first time, or the first stork or swallow for the year.
1. Which part of Bulgaria is not a designated wine producing region?
A. Valley of Roses
B. Struma Valley
C. Sofia Plain
2. The longest river running entirely in Bulgarian territory is...
A. The Iskar
B. The Maritsa
C. The Danube
3. Where can you see ancient Thracian art?
A. Aleksandrovo Tomb
B. Boyana Church
Lions have not been seen in the Bulgarian lands since Antiquity or the early Middle Ages, when the last species were hunted down to extinction. And yet, the lion is embedded in the Bulgarian consciousness as a national symbol. The first lions in early Bulgarian art appear in reliefs, from Madara and Stara Zagora, dated back to the 8th-10th centuries. A standing lion was depicted as the heraldic symbol of the king of Bulgaria as early as 1295, and later a similar image appeared in Western collections of coats-of-arms.
A successful negotiation of the cobbled streets, which can become treacherously slippery in wet weather, will open up a new world for you, both out- and indoors. Many of the splendid mansion-type houses can be visited, and you can sample the atmosphere of the local well-to-do folk who studied in Western Europe, whence they imported both goods and customs, and did successful business all over the world – all that at a time some Bulgarians still refer as the Turkish Yoke. Some of Bulgaria's best painters lived here: do not miss the art galleries and the antique shops.