BULGARIA
BULGARIA
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www.bulcom.net is one of the most interesting and fast growing Bulgarian poetry site I am currently aware of. Maintained by Vladimir Geshanov.
It contains a small section of Classic Bulgarian Poetry
as well as a very representative Modern Bulgarian Poetry section
As of 5 January, 1998 it contains 43 poems by 20 modern Bulgarian authors.The Bulgarian Poetry Archive, maintained by Dragomir Radev is another excellent source.
Welkya -- one of the best online magazines totally dedicated to reflecting and promoting Bulgarian Art, Bulgarian Literature (Bulgarian poetry and prose)
A cultural internet magazine from the town of Bourgas. Contains a poetry page with poems by:
ELKA VASILEVA, HRISTO FOTEV, IVAN SUHIVANOV
PETYO PEYCHEV, ROSEN DROUMEV, ROZA BOYANOVA
SILVIA TOTEVA, VENDA RAIKOVA, YANAKI PETROV
ZORNITSA PETROVA
Adriana Edenbaum's site (Archergirl) contains 36 poems from
"The Gardens of Love" by
Stanka Pentcheva in Cyrillic
P. Miltenoff's site: http://members.tripod.com/~zlatnite/
-- a collection of:
Old Bulgarian Literature
Classic Poetry
Young Bulgarian Poets
Prosa
LinksThe Archive of Swarthmore College Slavic Department -- they have a collection of Classical Poetry as well as some works of young Bulgarian poets. Some of the poems are in English translation.
Some young people have put their original poems on the Talents' Page of bulcom.net or on their own pages:
Some of them are: Smile, Web, Asi, Veronica
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Bulgarian Icons
A good collection of Bulgarian Icons is maintained at Welkya's site by Boyko Kortzanov
Another collection of east-orthodox icons at the ortodox's Home Page
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Bulgarian Monasteries
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A site dedicated to Bulgarian monasteries -- by Roumi Radenska -- contains a photo album and rich bibliography, some of the represented monasteries: the Rila, Bachkovo, Rozhen, Troyan, Ivanovo etc.
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Bulgarian Art Galleries
has 34 members and 630 artworks online for sale :
Christian Icons
Graphics
Jewelry
Miscellaneous
Mixed media
Paintings
Posters
Sculptures
Textile
Watercolours
Woodcarvings
A cultural internet magazine from the town of Bourgas. Contains a gallery with some paintings by Georgi Baev
SAMUIL SAFEROV (SULI) -- two exhibitions by a very interesting and productive artist.
contains some masterpieces, as well as Plamen Kapitanski's gallery and glass works by Roumen Tarnev and Krasimir Raikov
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Bulgarian Folk Music
Gaida.org: -- An extensive collection of Bulgarian music: Folk Pop Rock Classical Orthodox
Tambura Web and Musical Notes from Eastern Europe with Smilen Savov A Radio Program
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Bulgarian Traditions
Find "Bulgarian Christian and Folk Holidays" -- based on Rachko Popov's book hereGo to Top
There are at least three different online chats frequented by Bulgarians:
Bulgaria.com -- the popular i-chat is used. It has hundreds of users,
more than 170 of which have specified additional information about themselves at the Bulgarian Profiles site (www.bulcom.net).
A list of links to all profiles by nickname will be displayed by clicking here.Bulcom.net --another good Bulgarian chat site. This one is faster than Bulgaria.com above as it doesn't display ads (yet!) to earn its living.
The #bulgaria irc channel
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Bulgarian Online News Media
Bulgarian Usenet News
The soc.culture.bulgaria newsgroup is the Usenet forum for all Bulgarians around the world.
Bulgarian News Agencies
Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA) News
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Bulgarian Online Newspapers
The following is just an English translation of what can be found in
GYUVETCH.BG -- The first Bulgarian Web-only newspaper
with mirror sites in New York and San Diego
24 hours (24 часа) -- daily
Banks, Money, Investment (Банки, Пари, Инвестиции)
Bulgaria Today (България Днес) -- published by the Agency for Bulgarians Abroad (ABA)Bulgarian Physician (Български Лекар) -- in Bulgarian and in English
Democracy (Демокрация) -- a daily of the Union for Democratic Freedoms (UDF) party
Bulgarian Business Week (Делова седмица) -- a fee-based weekly on management and finance
Diary (Дневник) -- published in Macedonia
Reverberation (Ek - published by ABABanner (Знаме) -- published in the town of Pazardjik
Sparks (Искри) -- communist -- propaganda
Capital (Капитал) -- The best weekly at present -- has a Bulgarian site and an American site
Culture -- The weekly on cultural events and reviews has a Bulgarian site and an American site
Continent (Континент) -- one of the most popular online Bulgarian daily newspaper
Zone168 (Зона 168) -- the Internet edition of the "Monitor" Daily
Standard (Стандарт) -- a daily newspaperMacedonian Sun (Македонско сонце) -- a Macedonian nationalist magazine
Maritsa Today (Марица днес) -- issued in the town of Plovdiv
Money (Пари) -- A good fee-based daily
Now (Сега) -- not a bad left-oriented weekly
Statistical Barometer (Статистически Барометър)
Gadfly (Стършел) -- the best (and possibly only) Bulgarian satirical weekly
Black Sea-shore (Черноморие) -- issued in the town of Varna
Bulgarian Business News - a fee-based weekly published in English
by Пресгрупа "168 Часа"Bulgarisches Wirtschaftsblatt -- in German
Internet -- on and about the Internet
Nedelnik - a fee-based weekly
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Bulgarian Online Magazines
Welkya -- one of the best online magazines totally dedicated to reflecting and promoting Bulgarian Art, Bulgarian Literature (Bulgarian poetry and prose).
Ustoi (Устои) -- Published by the Bulgarian Internet Club
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Bulgarian Radio/TV Online
Warning: A Progressive Networks RealPlayer
is required to view these sites!
Bulgarian National TV -- latest audio/video recordings of popular emissions, TV programs, etc.
Bulgarian Internet TV -- here you can download recent TV news or other popular broadcasts
Scola - channel1
-- 30 minutes TV Broadcasts recordings in Real Video
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All of the above, and those extremely useful sites about Bulgaria:
Maintained by Dragomir Radev:
The Bulgarian Universe -- a catalog of 900+ Web pages
Bulgaria on the Internet -- maintained by Penio Penev
The first Bulgarian Bookstore on the InternetBulgarian Dictionary -- by Vladimir Alexiev
MS-Windows Bulgarian Cyrillic Fonts -- maintained by Plamen Bliznakov
Bulgarian Cousine maintained by Jan Terzyiski
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General Reference
BULGARIA - A Country Study, ed. by Glenn E. Curtis, at the
American Library of Congress
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Current weather conditions
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Map of Bulgaria
Click here for a satellite view of Bulgaria
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