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Screening of the Bulgarian film "Letters from Antarctica" at the European Film Weeks in Helsinki
On 16th of November 2021 at Eurooppasali in the European Commission Representation in Finland was presented the Bulgarian movie “Letters from Antarctica”. European Film Weeks are organized by the European Commission Representation in Finland and the European Parliament Liaison Office in Finland, together with the embassies and cultural institutes of EU countries. This year's motto of the film weeks is "Green and Sustainable Europe". Ambassador Nina Simova briefly presented the...
Bulgarian Architects and Designers with Awards from the BIG SEE 2021 Festival
Architectural and design bureaus and designers from Bulgaria won awards from the BIG SEE Design Month festival in Slovenia, which were presented at a virtual ceremony last week. Due to the Kovid pandemic, the 19th edition of the festival under the motto "Southeast Europe - Where Life is Creativity" was held only online. Traditionally, the awards for achievements were awarded in six areas - design in the field of tourism; fashion and accessories; Interior Design; architecture; product...
Presentation of the Exhibition "Bulgarian Cities: Living Antiquity" in Reco, Italy
The Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Milan Mrs. Tanya Dimitrova presented the exhibition "Bulgarian Cities - Antiquity that Lives" in the municipality of Reco on 11.11.2021. The photo exhibition is a traveling exhibition of the State Institute for Culture to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. It includes 30 photo-posters of 20 Bulgarian cities, including Pleven, Ruse, Varna, Kazanlak, Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo and Blagoevgrad. Capturing the simultaneous presence of traces of different...
Participation of the Embassy in Seoul in the European Day of Languages
The Embassy in Seoul, together with eighteen other diplomatic missions of EU Member States and their educational institutes, took part in the European Day of Languages organized by the Delegation of the European Union, which took place on 13 November 2021 in the city center. The participation of the Bulgarian diplomatic mission was carried out jointly with professors and students majoring in Bulgarian Studies at the Department of Greek and Bulgarian Studies at the University of...
Bulgarian artist Alzek Misheff Made a Donation to the Art Fund of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
A working meeting took place in Milan in early November between the director of the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Snezhana Yoveva, Ilian Lolugov, the head of the Cultural Policy Department, and the Bulgarian artist Alzek Misheff, who lives and works in Italy for more than fifty years and has become a true legend in contemporary art in Italy. Ideas for further promotion of the current retrospective exhibition "ALZEK MISHEFF - Aqui - Milan - Sofia" in Square...
The State Institute for Culture is a Partner of the Sixth Edition of the Project "Poetry in the Subway"
Between November 8 and December 12, 2021, passengers in the cars and stations of the Sofia metro will be able to diversify their journey with poems by European authors in Bulgarian and in their original language. The stations where the poems can be found are: "Serdika", "Sofia University", "St. V. Levski”, “IEC-Tsarigradsko shose”, “Beli Dunav”, “Nadezhda”, “Khan Kubrat”, “Central Railway Station”, “Lion...
The Photographic Exhibition "Directions" Visits Milan
On the occasion of the Day of the National Leaders, the photographic exhibition "Directions" of the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs is visiting Milan. The initiator and organizer of the event is the Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Milan Mrs. Tanya Dimitrova, who greeted the Bulgarian and Italian audience, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps, emphasizing the visit of the exhibition on this special Bulgarian holiday. In her address...
Two Bulgarian films at the European Film Festival in Delhi
The Father, a film by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, represents Bulgaria in the contemporary film section Window to Europe of the annual European Film Festival in India. The festival also pays tribute to the European cinema heritage. Among the seven movies selected in this section is the masterpiece We Were Young of the director Binka Zhelyazkova, along with other prominent authors such as: Márta Mészáros, Wanda Jakubowska, Juan Antonio Bardem and Luis...
The State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs is a Partner of the Fourth Edition of the Nikola Gyuzelev International Award
2021 marks the 85th anniversary of the birth and 60th anniversary of the debut on the stage of the famous Bulgarian opera singer and artist Maestro Nikola Gyuzelev, Commandant of the Italian Republic, Dr. Honoris Causa of Bulgarian Academy of Science, awarded the prestigious Golden Giuseppe Verdi Award for Merit in Belcanto and many other awards in Bulgaria, Italy, France and other countries. The events on the occasion of the anniversaries and the International Award "Nikola Gyuzelev"...
The Facade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was Lit on the Occasion of the Day of the National Leaders
A three-dimensional projection illuminated the facade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria on the occasion of the Day of the National Leaders - November 1 and in honor of their eternal work. The light animation, designed by the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs, can be seen until dawn on November 2, 2021. Portraits and quotes of famous Bulgarian writers, poets and revolutionaries are projected. Among them are Paisii Hilendarski, Ivan Vazov, Vasil...
The Art Installation"Bulgarian Letters" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Institute for Culture
From the beginning of November 2021, five of the letters-benches are returning to Sofia and on the occasion of the Day of the National Leaders they have been restored and located in the park space of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Institute for Culture, where their permanent home will be. “Bulgarian Letters” is a project that combines poetry and typography in an urban environment to create new places for reading and outdoor meetings. "Bulgarian Letters" is a...
The Exhibition "Bulgarian Monuments under the Protection of UNESCO" is Presented in the City of Podgorica
Due to the proven interest in the exhibition of the State Institute for Culture at the Minister of Foreign Affairs "Bulgarian monuments under the protection of UNESCO" and at the initiative of the Bulgarian Embassy in Montenegro, the exhibition is presented in the period October 26 - November 1, 2021 in the Montenegrin capital Podgorica, in Delta City Mall - the largest and most visited shopping center in the host country. The exhibition was opened for the first time in Montenegro on October...
ПРЕДСТАВЯНЕ НА НОВА КНИГА ЗА ИСТОРИЯТА НА БЪЛГАРСКАТА ДИПЛОМАТИЧЕСКА МИСИЯ ВЪВ ВАРШАВА
На 27 октомври в обновената галерия „Мисията“ се състоя представяне на новата книга на журналиста и изследователя Петко Мангачев – „Варшава, „Алейе Уяздовские“ № 33/35. Из историята на Българското посолство в Полша (1919 - 2019)“. Изданието е част от програмата на Държавния културен институт към министъра на външните работи (ДКИ) „Пишещите дипломати“, и излиза с подкрепата на Института, на Дипломатическия институт към министъра на външните...
Initiatives on the Occasion of the Day of the National Leaders
The renovated Mission Gallery of the State Institute for Culture in August 2021 presented the documentary exhibition "Miraculous Icons and Holy Relics of the Balkans" and the echo of it once again gave us confidence of the importance of intercultural dialogue in the region as a means of understanding. Over the years, the Institute has implemented numerous projects in the Balkan countries - documentary exhibitions and film presentations, literary meetings and readings, forums dedicated to...
The Exhibition "Miraculous Icons and Holy Relics of the Balkans" Presented in the Republic of South Africa
The Day of St. Ivan Rilski, patron of the Bulgarian chapel in Midrand and spiritual patron of the Bulgarian people, was celebrated on October 24 at the Bulgarian Club in Midrand, South Africa. The members of the Bulgarian Embassy actively contributed to the preparation of the holiday with the logistical support of the panels of the exhibition "Miraculous Icons and Holy Relics of the Balkans" - a joint project of the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the...
Alexander Shpatov is the Bulgarian Author in the "Europe Readr" Project of the Slovenian EU Presidency
Alexander Shpatov is the writer who represents Bulgaria in the project "Europe Readr", initiated by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU in the period July-December this year. It is a digital platform that, with the help of literature, raises current public issues for readers. The project under the motto "Open a book for a better future" is implemented in partnership with the networks of national cultural institutes and centers EUNIC in the EU and other non-European countries. One...