http://www.bgnewsnet.com/ The latest bulgarian news online in English. The shortest cut to the heart of the Balkans. Section: Culture. en Copyright 2002-2004, Bulgarian News Network (BNN) Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:55:37 +0300 comment@bgnewsnet.com webmaster@bgnewsnet.com http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=23341 Hundreds of friends, colleagues, and admirers gathered to pay last respects to maestro Vili Kazasyan in the temple of St Sedmochislenici Church in the capital, news portal Dnes.bg reported. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:55:37 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=23336 The hegumen of the Rila Monastery Bishop Evlogii commented on the visitors and history of the place, Information Agency Focus reported. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:43:44 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=23173 The Bulgarian National Opera in Sofia will open doors once again on Friday evening after months of being closed down for repairs. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:00:41 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=23085 Bulgaria hosts the second UNESCO Committee Session on Cultural Heritage, that will discuss the protection of intangible cultural heritage. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:59:22 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=22945 Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in a Lower Manhattan apartment. He was 28. The still unconfirmed cause of his death was a drug overdose. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:55:18 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=22938 Actor Kiefer Sutherland was released from Glendale prison, California, where he spent last several weeks. He was convicted for driving drunk. This is his second sentence. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:55:38 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=22926 Five new Bulgarian films will be presented from Friday till Dec. 2 in Brussels in the framework of the international arts festival Europalia. Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:31:50 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=22797 Pop star Geroge Michael dazzled fans in Sofia late Monday and joined an international campaign to free five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya on charges of causing an AIDS outbreak. Tue, 29 May 2007 11:42:14 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=22796 Pop star Geroge Michael arrived in Sofia Monday for an open-air concert he was going to give at Bulgaria's capital stadium of Lokomotiv. Mon, 28 May 2007 19:30:22 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=22742 A painting by U.S. abstractionist Mark Rotcho was sold for US$72.84 million at an auction in London, reports said Wednesday. Wed, 16 May 2007 19:17:48 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=22721 Serbia's Maria Serifovic scored 268 points to snatch the first prize in the annual Eurovision song contest in Helsinki Saturday. Sun, 13 May 2007 01:21:12 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=22717 SOFIA (bnn)- Ukrainian Verka Serdyuchka is the bookies' favourite as 24 nations brace to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki on Saturday, the BBC reported. Sat, 12 May 2007 13:16:06 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=22679 SOFIA (bnn)- Famous Bulgarian theatre and film director Grisha Ostrovski died Sunday, the Union of Bulgarian Actors announced. He was 89. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:19:27 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=22662 SOFIA (bnn)- Archaeologists in southern Bulgaria have unearthed a two-wheel three-horse Thracian chariot, possibly from the first century B.C., the Focus news agency reported. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:06:05 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=22655 SOFIA (bnn)- Bulgarian piano jazz veteran Milcho Leviev opened with a concert the "Balkan Fever" jazz festival in Vienna late Saturday. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:44:27 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=22621 SOFIA (bnn)- Deep Purple's former bass and vocal Glenn Hughes became Wednesday honorary citizen of Bulgaria's Black Sea town of Kavarna, the local administration said. Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:49:50 +0300