An Excerpt from the Book Triumph of the Light about the Sozopol-Born Artist Yorgos Gounaropoulos

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The Memory of Kevin Ireland, the Translator of Botev into English, was Honoured in Sofia

A literary evening in memory of the New Zealand poet Kevin Ireland (1933-2023), translator of Botev and other Bulgarian authors into English, took place on 22 June this year at The Mission Gallery. It was organized by the Europe and the World Foundation with the assistance of the State Cultural Institute under the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The Greek Thread in Alvar Aalto’s Works

The great Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto was so fascinated by ancient Greek architecture that in 1925 he designed a classic Mediterranean atrium for his brother’s house (“Casa Väinö”) in Alajärvi. This is just one of the curious facts that the Greek architect Konstantinos Xanthopoulos cites in his richly illustrated book, Alvar Aalto and Greece: Trailing Ariadne’s Thread (MELISSA Publishing House)

THE TICKET by David Clark

Every Monday without fail, Miss Harper visited her local library and took out two books. One on murder, the other on travel. In her mind, she had visited many countries and knew many details of their history and culture. She could lecture at length, to anyone who cared to listen.

Swedish Academy Prize for the Sofia University Department of German and Scandinavian Studies

Scientists Discuss How to Fight Plagiarism

Cultural Centre from Gudevitsa Village gets European Citizen’s Prize for 2015

Symmetry in Nature, Science and Art

Samira Negrouche en Bulgarie