Irina Bokova, Bulgaria’s representative to UNESCO and ambassador in Paris, won Tuesday’s final round of voting to become the next head of the organisation.
Bokova defeated Egyptian culture minister Farouk Hosni in the fifth round, gathering 31 votes in favour against Hosni’s 27 in the Unesco council. Ranked as an outsider at the start of the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bulgaria’
23 Sep
Bulgarian chosen to head UNESCO
18 Sep
Unique golden chariot from Ancient Thrace
An exhibition displaying an absolutely unique golden decoration of a chariot from Ancient Thrace was opened Wednesday in the Mall of Sofia, in the downtown of the Bulgarian capital.
The Thracian chariot in question was technically in fact found in 1976 near the village of Karanovo but no one had realized its existence.
Only at the beginning [...]
16 Jan
Ancient city of Nessebar – Bulgaria
Date of Inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List: 1983
The Nesebur Peninsula – the ancient Mesambria, which was called Mesemvria in the Early Middle Ages and later – Nesebur, was populated more than three millenniums ago, at the end of the Bronze Age. The ancient Thracians named it Melsambria, what in their language means “the [...]
