Country:
Bulgaria
Capital city: Sofia
Currency: lev
Population: 7,364,570
Capital city: Sofia
Currency: lev
Population: 7,364,570
Biggest cities:
Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse, Stara Zagora, Pleven
Boarders with:
Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and
Turkey to the south, Black sea to the east
Flag: white, green and red
Flag: white, green and red
Religion:
Orthodox Christians 83%, 17% others
member of EU or ? yes, Since 2007
Prime Minister name: Boyko Borisov
President name: Georgi Parvanov
hero' s name: Vasil Levski – national hero of Bulgaria, dubbed the Apostole of freedom. He was captured by the Ottoman authorities and executed by hanging in Sofia.
The most important events in history:
member of EU or ? yes, Since 2007
Prime Minister name: Boyko Borisov
President name: Georgi Parvanov
hero' s name: Vasil Levski – national hero of Bulgaria, dubbed the Apostole of freedom. He was captured by the Ottoman authorities and executed by hanging in Sofia.
The most important events in history:
- 681 –
establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire.
- 886 – the
Bulgarian Empire introduced the Glagolitic alphabet which was devised
by the Saints Cyril and Methodius in the 850s.
- The Preliminary
Treaty of San Stefano (1878). March 3, the day the treaty was signed,
is celebrated as Liberation day in Bulgaria.
- Unification of
Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia – 06.09.1885.
- The independence
of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire was proclaimed on 22 September
1908.
the most famous food/drink/dessert/ dishes: tarator – a cold soup made of yoghurt, cucumber, garlic and wallnuts; lukanka – pork or beef spicy salami; Shopska salad – traditional cold salad; lyutenitsa – a relish made of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, onion, garlic and spicies; banitsa - breakfast and dessert pastry which appears in both sweet and savory forms; Bulgarian sour milk - Today the word yogurt is used to describe the fermented milk product containing L. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus, a product called in its native home Bulgarian sour milk. Yogurt in its original variety can be produced only in Bulgaria; cozonac – a traditional Bulgarian sweet bread usually prepared for Easter.
the most famous food/drink/dessert/ dishes: tarator – a cold soup made of yoghurt, cucumber, garlic and wallnuts; lukanka – pork or beef spicy salami; Shopska salad – traditional cold salad; lyutenitsa – a relish made of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, onion, garlic and spicies; banitsa - breakfast and dessert pastry which appears in both sweet and savory forms; Bulgarian sour milk - Today the word yogurt is used to describe the fermented milk product containing L. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus, a product called in its native home Bulgarian sour milk. Yogurt in its original variety can be produced only in Bulgaria; cozonac – a traditional Bulgarian sweet bread usually prepared for Easter.
Rakia is an
alcoholic beverage that is produced by distillation of fermented
fruit
Celebrities in :
Celebrities in :
Actors and actresses
- Nina Dobrev –
a Canadian actress, born in Sofia, Bulgaria.
(stars in The Vampire Diaries)
TV News presenters
- Ralitsa
Vassileva (born 1965 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a CNN International
television news anchorwoman
Singers and musicians
- Boris Christoff
(May 18, 1914, Plovdiv, Bulgaria – June 28, 1993, Rome, Italy) was
a Bulgarian opera singer. He is considered to have been one of the
greatest basses of the 20th century.
- Raina
Kabaivanska is a Bulgarian opera singer, one of the leading
lyrico-spinto sopranos of her generation, particularly associated
with Verdi and Puccini
- Valya Mladenova
Balkanska (born 8 January 1942) is a Bulgarian folk music singer
from the Rhodope Mountains known for singing the song "Izlel e
Delyu Haydutin", part of the Voyager Golden Record selection of
music included in the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977.
Politicians
Simeon Borisov of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Tsar Simeon II is an important
political and royal figure in Bulgaria.
Scientists
Stamen Grigorov – physician
and microbiologist - he discovered that a certain strain of bacillus
is the true cause for the existence of natural yoghurt –
Lactobacillus bulgaricus
John Vincent
Atanasoff - inventor of the digital electronic computer
Peter Petroff
(October 21, 1919 – February 27, 2003) was a Bulgarian-American
inventor, engineer, NASA scientist, and adventurer.
Sports
Stefka
Kostadinova (born March 25, 1965 in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian
athlete and the current women's world record holder in the high jump.
Veselin Topalov
- World Chess Champion (men, 2005)
Hristo Stoichkov
- World Cup 1994 Top Scorer, European Footballer of the Year (1994)
