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The premiere of Zlatina Ruseva’s SEVT THE IMMORTAL
The premiere of Zlatina Ruseva’s SEVT THE IMMORTAL, The Secrets of a Thracian King in the 13th Edition of the Sofia Film Festival, 05-13 March 2009Film-show date and place: March 11, Lumier Hall, National Palace of Culture Screenwriter and filmmaker Zlatina Ruseva and her team present viewers with a film story on the Thracian King Sevt III. The story is built on the set-up of Sevt’s psychological design and revealing role in complex times, those of the Old World...
Sboryanovo – Nature and Monuments, Gods and People Exhibition at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria – Introduction
On the 24th of February 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the opening of the exposition Sboryanovo – Nature and Monuments, Gods and People. The exposition is part of the Travelling Exhibitions Programme run by the Institute of Culture at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Radion Popov opened the exposition and was followed by the reading of Deputy Minister of Culture Ivan Tokadjiev’s Address. Senior...
The Discharge – A Photosculpture at Instituto Cervantes in Sofia
“The Discharge” or who made Pablo Picasso’s exhibition “I am not searching, I am finding” and how is presented at Instituto Cervantes in Sofia. The non-traditional photo exhibition goes beyond the boundaries typical of the genre in a quest for who and what is behind the arrangement of an exposition. The authors, Boris Misirkov and Georgi Bogdanov, have followed the people who have packed, loaded, transported and arranged Picasso’s large-scale exhibition in...
Calendar of Cultural Institute
The Bogidar Ikonomov's poster series 'European images' justaposes in a common ground emblematic portrait images from the European and Bulgarian painting and plastic traditions. Beyond their visual ttre these characters impress with certain projected dignity and emotional influence. The European images of recent or Renaiscance Madonnas, classic narratives and legendary figures are easily recognisible. Their visual paralels created by Bulgarian artists Maistora, Vassil Stoilov, Zlatyu...
В МВнР бяха наградени победителите от фотоконкурса „Поглед към толерантността”
Днес, 11 декември 2008, в Министерството на външните работи бяха наградени победителите от фотоконкурса „Поглед към толерантността”, организиран от Дружеството за ООН в България в рамките на инициативата Алианс на цивилизациите. Наградените автори са Мирослав Милев за снимката „Ален”, Димитър Варийски за „Другари” и Христо Николов за „От двете страни на линията”. Призовете връчи заместник-министърът на външните работи Тодор Чуров. Младежкият...
ХХVІІ International Book Fair Sofia presents photo album 'Traditions'
“Traditions” is a gallery of prose describing old Bulgarian customs that have survived until this day, and ethnic and confessional communities to be found here. It also includes unique photographs presenting the most picturesque customs and rituals selected from the classical folklore calendar of the Bulgarians and coming from Pirin, the Rhodope Mountains, the Black-Sea coast and Strandzha, practiced by Christians and Muslims, Bulgarians, Turks and Roma. In “Traditions”...
Stone sculptures from Japan and Bulgaria
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Radion Popov opened the exhibition of Stone sculptures from Japan and Bulgaria at the Ministry. The exhibition includes works by seven Bulgarian and seven Japanese sculptors working in stone. The exhibition is part of the traditional festival Days of Japanese Culture in Bulgaria and is the result of many years of collaborative projects of Bulgarian sculptors from the Ilindentzi Art Centre Foundation with artists from the Ibaraki district, Sakuragawa....
An exhibition entitled „The Power of Civil Society: the Fate of Jews in Bulgaria” was opened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
An exhibition entitled „The Power of Civil Society: the Fate of Jews in Bulgaria” gathered together at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs diplomats, community leaders, representatives of the Jewish community in Bulgaria, researchers studying the events that took place in 1943.The social protest and action following the decision of the Bulgarian government to deport Jews from Bulgaria in 1943 are not just a sign of vital civil consciousness, but also a constant reminder about decisions...
“Europe about Bulgaria” presented in Prague
This documentary exhibition compiled within the framework of the "Traveling Exhibitions" Programme was opened on October 16 at the gallery of the Bulgarian Institute of Culture in Prague and is due to close in mid-November. The exhibition, which features old maps of Bulgarian territories dating from the antiquity through the last century, was presented to the participants of the international conference entitled “The Role of Czech Intelligentsia in post-Liberation...
Edrine Opens the Restored Ekmekcioglu Ahmet Pasha Caravansary as a Regional Cultural Centre
On November 20, 2008 in Edrine was opened the restored Ekmekcioglu Ahmet Pasha caravansary, which will be functioning as a multifunctional cultural and community centre. The restoration of this extraordinary example of Ottoman architecture, designed by Sedefhar Mehmet Aga, the architect of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, was made possible by the EU Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Bulgaria - Turkey.The opening ceremony was attended by the Governor of the Edrine District, European Commission...
Copenhagen hosts an exhibition of works by Svetlin Roussev
The Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Kingdom of Denmark and the State Institute of Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs organizes a large exhibition of works by Academician Svetlin Roussev to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bulgaria’s independence in the municipality of Frederiksberg, surrounded by the municipality of Copenhagen. The exhibition will be opened on November 21 by Mr. Ivan Dimitrov, Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria and Mr. Mads Lebech, mayor of...
Exhibition of Turkish video art entitled „Truths and Illusions” at the 6 “Shipka” Str. Gallery
The “Truths and Illusions” exhibition – contemporary Turkish video art, was opened Friday, November 7 by the Ambassador of the Turkish Republic, His Excellency Mehmed Tourgoul Gyudzhuk and the chair of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA), Prof. Ivaylo Mirchev. The exhibition is open for public display until November 23 on 6 “Shipka” Str. The exhibition was organized by the UBA, the Museum Association of Sculpture and Painting and the “Process-Space”...
'Beautiful Science Network' - meeting of Bulgarian researchers in Istanbul
The Istanbul event 'Beautiful Science Network' (23-26 October 2008) brought together researchers from Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and the UK with a passion for communicating science to the general public. The event was one of the core elements of the British Council’s multinational project Beautiful Science which started in 2006. The young scientists gathered mainly to meet each other face-to-face after months of online...
The State Institute of Culture participates for the second time in the exhibition of Bulgarian books at the Frankfurt Book Fair
For the second consecutive year the State Institute of Culture will be contributing to the successful exhibition of books at the Bulgarian pavilion at the world’s largest trade fair for books, scheduled to take place in Frankfurt am Main between October 15 and October 19, 2008. The State Institute of Culture will organize the transportation of books, to be exhibited in the pavilion. This year the Ministry of Culture made a selection of Bulgarian books and provided funding to more than...
Meeting of foreign translators and publishers of Bulgarian literature in the town of Balchik
Foreign translators and publishers of Bulgarian literature meet at the “Palace” Cultural Centre in the town of Balchik on September 23 through September 29. The meeting is expected to be attended by 25 guests from Europe, the USA and Mexico, as well as by Bulgarian publishers, translators and representatives of artists’ organizations and associations. The State Institute of Culture is represented by Ms. Liudmila Dimitrova who is going to make a presentation of the...