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A major fire destroyed the roof of the National High School of Applied Arts "Trevnenska Shkola" in the Bulgarian town of Tryavna on April 4 with three firefighting teams arriving from Tryavna and Gabrovo Although the blaze has since been brought under control authorities continue working at the site to investigate the cause and manage the aftermath Seventeen students were in the school’s dormitory at the time of the incident staying for a practical training session during the spring vacation They were promptly evacuated and accommodated in the Tryavna Municipality building where they have been provided with food and water there were no injuries or casualties as a result of the fire Initial indications suggest the fire may have started due to a short circuit in the computer room The flames spread quickly through the roof which was built with wooden beams dating back to 1932 Two-thirds of the roof structure was destroyed along with parts of the third-floor offices The dormitory itself was not damaged by the fire The educational process at the high school has been suspended for at least two weeks and the students will be returning to their hometowns School director Orfey Mindov stated that declaring a short-term break in attendance was necessary to ensure safety and to assess the damage properly described the damage as severe and emphasized the need for urgent support from the state and the Ministry of Culture He stressed that a significant amount of funding would be required for restoration and called for fast and adequate intervention Traffic in the area around the high school is being managed as police and fire department teams continue their work Local authorities have praised the coordination between services during the emergency which helped ensure the safe evacuation of the students and staff We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria A 33-year-old man from the village of Semchinovo has been taken into custody by the police for physically assaulting a 10-year-old child Israel has turned to Bulgaria for assistance in battling the rapidly advancing wildfires in areas near Jerusalem A woman sustained serious injuries after being attacked with pepper spray and an electroshock device and subsequently set on fire inside a hospital in the Bulgarian town of Botevgrad The Ministry of Education in Bulgaria has proposed that mathematics high schools be restructured into specialized institutions with new admission criteria set to take effect after the fourth grade A significant fire broke out on Wednesday night in Sofia's Lozenets district A recent Trend survey has revealed that nearly 60% of Bulgarians are in favor of introducing religion as a subject in school The Bulgarian mobile operator A1 has confirmed that it is experiencing technical difficulties affecting both calls and text messages across its network A series of minor earthquakes were recorded in the Nessebar area with the strongest tremor measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale A 25-year-old man is in critical condition following an accident at the amusement park in Yambol A serious traffic accident in the Bulgarian town of Harmanli has left a 13-year-old child in critical condition after he was struck by a car while riding an electric scooter Google Street View Cars Return to Bulgaria for Major Mapping Update Housing Prices Soar in Bulgaria’s Major Cities as Demand and Supply Strain Increase the Czech artist and folklorist Ludvík Kuba travelled to Bulgaria with one goal in mind: to explore the country's rich song heritage The melodies he collected were published in a separate volume of his Slavic Song. the feasts of Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday are related holidays From Lazarus Saturday  (Lazarovden in Bulgaria) which is performed on the morning of Palm Sunday In April and May the visitors of the Strelcha Historical Museum will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the traditions connected with the Easter holiday cycle through the exhibition A Fine Easter english@bnr.bg а после продължава борбата с немци и българи.Participates in the April Uprising in the battles of the Trevnenska detachment and then continues the fight against Germans and Bulgarians Tsvanu Zahariev accompanied Levski on one of his trips to Gabrovo "I felt deceived when I ended up with your scholars in Tryavna I would have done more work," Levski go Критична точка за Европа беше решението за пълна и безусловна подкрепа на .. We have reached a point where parties with single-digit results Хората от телевизиите – раята - сякаш вече окончателно са убедени че ние можем да влезем в период на много висока .. MRF - NEW BEGINNING proposes strict requirements and strict control for the use of scooters България и САЩ държат на нещо много важно - технологичната неутралност при производство на електроенергия Битовите потребители остават на регулирана цена Bulgaria is for open dialogue and a stable transatlantic partnership The main topics on the agenda of the meeting will be security and defense but I wouldn't enter a trench with our politicians The state of our army and armed forces cannot be subject to political .. Chief of the Haskovo Regional Department of the Interior had a "strongly indifferent and quite inadequate behavior" commented the case with Magdalena the expert The aggression of the youth today is more hostile следван от независимия Дан с 1 828 554 гласа Русия няма военен и икономически капацитет за водене на реална война срещу Стария континент Внушаваният страх обаче води към ирационално мислене The hundred days of the government of Rosen Zhelyazkov seem like a real detoxification Телевизиите отдавна са се превърнали в брокери на Осакатената Истина Tryavna will host an event for Trabant vehicles for the 7th consecutive year with more than 60 cars expected to line up in the town centre take pictures and admire the classic vehicles after 10 am while the official opening will take place an hour later with a greeting from Tryavna Municipality Mayor Dencho Minev The event is organized by the Trabant National Club with the support of Tryavna Municipality Contacts +359 2 9262 210 This website uses cookies. By accepting cookies you can enjoy a better experience while browsing pages. If you want to submit a time travel or in other words a short voyage by steam train, you can do it on June 26. The first stop for railway lovers is Gorna Oryahovitsa, and the steam locomotive will take its passengers to Tryavna and Plachkovtsi. The price of the return ticket is BGN 36.50 or around 18 Euro including a reserved seat in both directions. Children up to the age of 7 travel for free, but without a separate seat. As when buying tickets, a document certifying their age is required. The children under the age of 10 must travel with an escort. You can buy tickets online at the following link https://bileti.bdz.bg/ and from the ticket offices and the railway service in all countries in the country. Refunds for unused tickets and cancellation of purchased tickets for these trains will not be possible My greatest pleasure in life is to travel. Undoubtedly there are a lot of amazing places around the world worth visiting at least once in life. However, Bulgaria is such a place where you will wish to come back again and again. In every season and every region of this small country, you can find unique wonders. So share my travels. The page you requested could not be found There could be an error in the URL you entered into your browser why not take a look at some of the other great sections on the Express website: If it’s still a mystery don’t hesitate to contact us here order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive Daily Express uses notifications to keep you updated After a fire destroyed the roof of the historic National High School of Applied Arts in Tryavna on Friday morning students are taking a week-long emergency break civil protection teams and local businesses the charred remains are being cleared and the school covered with tarpaulins the Ministry of Culture is working to repair the damage to the building Experts from the ministry are expected to arrive in Tryavna tomorrow to examine the documentation required for the upcoming reconstruction work Two fundraising campaigns have also been announced - one by the "Ivan Vazov 2014" Community Centre and the other by the "Gabrovo - Then and Now" Foundation The collected funds will be used to restore the destroyed ateliers and purchase new specialised equipment it is not possible for the students to return to the school dormitory so they are on a one-week emergency break," said director Orfey Mindov classes will be moved to another school building in the city Foreign Minister Georgi Georgiev has left for Washington where he will participate in the Munich Leaders Meeting (May 5-7 The forum is organised by the Munich Security Conference The foundation Unity- Kočani has sent an open letter to key Bulgarian institutions expressing gratitude for the support and humanitarian assistance provided by Bulgaria after the tragedy of the fire at a nightclub in Kočani The foreign ministers of Bulgaria and Greece Georg Georgiev and Giorgos Gerapetritis signed a joint declaration on the use of the waters of the river Arda on 2 May the BNR reports citing an announcement published by the Greek Foreign Ministry.. people will be able to withdraw money  from ATMs only in the new currency according to the website of the Bulgarian. helicopters of the Bulgarian Air Force will fly at low altitude over Sofia in preparation for a military parade marking the Day. The Bulgarian student teams that participated in the European Olympiad of Experimental Sciences EOES 2025 in Zagreb have returned with. There are dozens of lucky people in the royal wagon who will join the Crown Express train ride The event is part of the celebrations of Bulgaria’s Independence Day on September 22 but will take place a day after the date of the celebrations Retro train journey begins on 23rd of September at 11: 50 am from Gorna Oryahovitsa train station and the participants will be able to travel to Tryavna and back The composition also includes the personal sleeping car of Tsar Boris III which the lucky ones included in the trip can look at In Veliko Tarnovo at Trapezitsa Station at 12 o’clock the travellers and the guests of the town will witness a historic restoration of the reception of Prince Ferdinand in the old Bulgarian capital There again will be read the Manifesto for declaring the independence of Bulgaria The wagons of the luxury steam train “Korona Express” were designed for the official trips of Tsar Boris III and his family there was a working cabinet in the composition which was produced for the needs of Iranian chess You can also look at the security wagon in which the security officers were travelling as well as the largest wagon-lane traveller in Bulgaria with 24 seats I love to travel because of the encounters with diverse people and cultures and the chance to touch other worlds And this can happen even without leaving the borders of your own country you can travel thousands of years and dozens of borders without leaving your place the journey is not only beautiful landscapes and ancient landmarks but also thousands of human stories Published: Invalid Date A PLACE in the Sun couple took a cheeky swipe at Jonnie Irwin after viewing what they described as a "box" house The Channel 4 property expert was tasked with helping Sarah find her dream holiday home in Tryavna, Bulgaria. The former English teacher was on the hunt for a quirky three-bedroom home on a budget of £40,000 on Monday's episode. Jonnie was left red-faced after a guest slammed a property located at the centre of Tryavana, claiming it was a "box". The villa on the market at £39,488 offered a two bedrooms and a separate annex that had stunning views of the garden. However, Sarah along with her best friend Suzie were left horrified at the property, stating that it resembled something from the 1970s. Jonnie proudly lead the pair into one of the rooms, he said: "OK ladies, well this, believe it or not, I don't think is your bedroom. This is potentially the living room." The pair could not hide their disappointment, with Sarah replying: "It's a good size but there is no quirk factor, I feel." Pal Suzie was left underwhelmed telling Jonnie: "This is not Sarah. It's just a box." Jonnie informed the duo that the room could be made bigger by simply knocking down the partition wall. Suzie was still not impressed by the property, remarking: "Even if you knocked it through you've just got a bigger box." Jonnie luckily had more properties up his sleeve and took the pair to a five-bedroom house in Dimiev Khan valued at just under £28,000. Sarah became emotional as she walked around the property, which boasted original featured and a wood-burning stove. Sarah was put off by the signs of damp which may have been costly to fix She then viewed another property closer to Tryavna which she instantly fell in love with she was asked to increased her offer by £700 Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/ Week of Wine and Love starts today in Tryavna The initiative is part of the international celebration of Marriage Week therefore the wedding rituals during this period will be performed free of charge by the mayor of the municipality On February 14 the mayor will also congratulate all the couples from the settlements in the municipality of Tryavna who in 2024 are celebrating a diamond or iron wedding and will personally renew their wedding vows Traditional festive pruning of the local vineyards will also take place The entrance to the "Slaveikov Home" museum will be free of charge so that more visitors can leave their messages to a loved one in the "Love Chest" Students from the Sofia-based High School of Applied Art “St Like” set up their drawing stands in centuries-old towns to depict the picturesque churches The drawings united in the framework of the European Cultural Heritage project have been already put on display in the lobby of the central building of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences With their works revealing the beautiful architecture of Tryavna young artists take part in the competition of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for high school students with interests in the field of art studies and fine arts “Five years ago the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences revived something that had existed for a long time in the past - Youth Technical and Scientific Creativity movement,” academician Petar Kenderov says “The idea is that students with interests in various fields of research work should be encouraged in their academic pursuits This year for the first time we also allowed space for projects in the field of art and art studies Luke High School for Applied Art organized this exhibition In their paintings and graphic works we see the old Bulgarian towns through the prism of their minds depicted in an interesting and unexpected way For them the world looks different and it is a good thing to try and look at it through their perspective to get a clearer sight on the future.” The twelfth-grade students Tsvetelina Kumanova and Lachezar Vladimirov choose the town of Tryavna for inspiration “This is the so-called humpback bridge with the bell tower behind it,” Tsvetelina told us about her painting "I chose this place because it is the biggest landmark that can be seen in the town When we realized that we could go to Tryavna we looked for information and most of us spotted the old bridge That's why you'll see a lot of drawings showing it.” but it shows one of the streets near the bridge,” Lachezar says “I remember it was an afternoon in which the sunlight fell in a special way on the street I used a lot of colors and various materials.” The best drawings in the exhibition will receive awards at a students’ scientific session during which awards will also be given to projects in chemistry The distinguished authors will have the chance to spend a month in the laboratories of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and test their devices and theories under the guidance of scientists “Our goal is to show what scientific life means as children are participating in conferences arguing with the jury and these are all elements of science they will do well because they have mastered the research approach and can apply it to everything they do Some of the students are already participating in scientific competitions for young people on both sides of the Atlantic and are performing well this country is on the map – in science we are not lagging behind the most advanced European countries.” on the occasion of the International Year of Mathematics together with the specialized students’ institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences established the Mathematics and Informatics Students’ Institute each year a hundred children participate in a summer research school and the rest of the time they are consulting the scientists the institute's hope is to secure funding in other areas of science A pianist and conductor with a world-class career Ivan Yanakov has been performing on several continents for decades He has played as a soloist with prestigious orchestras in famous halls The Night of Musicals takes place tonight at the Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports in Veliko Tarnovo The first major ballet event in the festive jubilee programme celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Stara Zagora Opera is the premiere of "Parisian Nights" March 17 the Embassy of the Republic of Ireland in Bulgaria will light in green 20 landmark buildings across Bulgaria There will be also two literary exhibitions dedicated to Irish famous Nobel ‎prize winners writers – James Joyce and Samuel Beckett Beckett will be ‎presented in Tryavna while Joyce will be presented at Veliko Tarnovo ‎University where there is a faculty of Irish literature.‎ Patrick's Day has been officially celebrated in Bulgaria since 2016 The Irish people who reside permanently in Bulgaria number several hundred HE Martina Feeney, Ireland's Ambassador in Sofia who is also the Irish ‎Ambassador to Armenia and Georgia in a non-resident capacity talks to BNR's ‎Assia Chaneva about the upcoming holiday and cultural and historical similarities between the two nations 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Republic of Ireland's membership of the European Union and April marks 74 years since the country was declared a republic Only on the Day of Bravery and Holiday of the Bulgarian Army (May 6) we will provide our visitors with the opportunity to enter three of perhaps the most interesting machines from our outdoor exhibition Dozens of enthusiasts and nature lovers will kick off the 44th edition of the Move and Win campaign with a spring hike to Bozhur Hut The meeting point will be the Vladishki Bridge in Veliko Tarnovo The third edition of the Samardala Festival will be held on 3 May in the central square of Nova Zagora is used as a spice and is harvested at the peak of its flowering in May we will provide our visitors with the opportunity to enter three. the Central Balkan National Park and its environs offer excellent conditions for this predatory species of animal bears have been leaving their natural environment more and more often One report of such an encounter is from Zhultesh village and crossed the busy Gabrovo-Tryavna road near the village unperturbed “It is so interesting to see this species travelling such long distances in just one day or the seasonal migrations in search of food if one day we have seen a bear in one place tomorrow it could be in a neighbouring village or could have crossed over to the other side of the Balkan Range That leaves the impression of there being many bears in many places while in actual fact it is often the same bear that has been seen in a wider area,” Yanitsa Ivanova expert at the Central Balkan National Park explains in an interview with Velina Mahlebashieva from the BNR’s Horizont channel Reports of “bear raids” on beehives and domestic animals have been growing more and more frequent around the country bears come down into the mountain villages and come face to face with the locals One of the reasons is that having woken after months of hibernation high up in the mountain bears are hungry and start looking for food – in places where people live “During mating season – May-June – the females with infant bears and the young males avoid older more mature male bears because they are ready to kill so as to copulate with the females That is why we urge people not to leave food or food waste out in the open Once bears start feeding off food that is in close proximity to humans they will start associating food with people and from then on institutions will have a hard time coping with the problem Videos have been circulating on social media in which people leave food out for the bears calling them “poor They are wild animals,” says Yanitsa Ivanova In Bulgaria bears have been a protected species since 1992 but once it has been proven that a specific species has lost all fear of humans and is a risk the people from Zhultesh are relying on steps being taken so the bear will be moved to its natural habitat When there is a report of a bear that is a problem The purpose of moving a bear is to keep it as far away as possible from the place it is accustomed to finding food But if the animal has been feeding close to a human for too long this method does not always work,” Yanitsa Ivanova warns Kostadin Bonev is a Bulgarian movie director who has created a number of memorable feature films and documentaries Bonev is a winner of many prestigious awards among them the Golden Centaur award for best documentary at a festival in Saint Petersburg Kostadin Bonev has received also a number of Bulgarian awards including the Golden Rhyton Bonev is also a winner of the award of the Golden Chest international film festival which is organized in the second biggest Bulgarian city - Plovdiv Several of the films by Kostadin Bonev were inspired by Christian art The director spent his childhood in the Bulgarian town of Triavna which is known for its ancient traditions in icon painting and woodcarving The documentaries “The Spirit of the Temple” and “Magic of Bulgarian Iconostases” are both focusing on the art of these Bulgarian craftsmen “I was born in Tryavna and I grew up among the churches and icons,” the director says “Children used to play in the church yards back then The whole European art is actually defined by Christian values and traditions the idea of dualism has an important place in art all over the globe are always present in movies coming from Europe or Iran.” One of the films by Kostadin Bonev entitled “Service” is dedicated to Petar Dinev a renowned Bulgarian musicologist and composer of church music “When producer Lyubomir Halachev told me about Petar Dinev I knew very little about him but I gradually started gathering information,” the director says and adds that Dinev has a great contribution to the preservation of Bulgarian music In the end of the 14th century a number of important Christian books were brought to Russia from Bulgaria in order to save them from the invading Ottomans Among the preserved books are those containing the medieval Bulgarian church music known in Russia as “Bolgarskiy razpev.” “Ancient symbols called neumes were used to write down this music Petar Dinev has done an enormous amount of work to translate these neumes into contemporary notes He was a very modest man and if it was not the renowned Bulgarian opera singer Boris Hristov to sing his work “The Good Thief” people learned that there is a Bulgarian author whose work can be compared to those of Chaykovsky It is a paradox that the huge work of Petar Dinev has not been completely studied No one has ever performed a number of his works that just wait there.” Today people often say there is a clash between spirituality and material values but director Kostadin Bonev says new technologies are not destroying spirituality which would not vanish despite crises and hardships “The times have always been hard for spiritual leaders Such people have always been misunderstood and underestimated who would never boast of their deeds or complain about anything.” Tryavna at night When director Kostadin Bonev speaks about Easter of his childhood It is curious that at the age of 7 Kostadin Bonev became a godfather of another child from his hometown of Tryavna “Tryavna looks like an average European town we start to see why this ancient town has such an incredible atmosphere,” film director Kostadin Bonev concludes An exhibition is on at the National Museum of History with the motto “Creativity recreated” It displays splendid embroidery pieces from the Bulgarians lands as well as traditional costumes and jewelry A wealth of traditional folk costume designs from various regions is shown in downsized versions on dolls More about the display from curator Antoaneta Ivanova: „Embroidery pieces are typical of aprons The costumes in downsized versions were designed in the 1980s by Antonia Vevela and based her work on the travel notes of famous traveler ethnographer and geographer Felix Kanitz as well as on the works of great artist Ivan Mrkvicka the works of leading ethnographer Maria Veleva have provided precious reference tunics and saya frocks characteristic of western Bulgaria On display are folk costumes from the regions of Pleven In each showcase we feature replicas of dolls with traditional costumes and embroidery pieces are the originals.” For the first time the visitors can also see a reenactment of the so-called sokayhead covering The sokay is a kind of a diadem used by married women in the central Bulgarian regions of Gabrovo a white headscarf decorated with embroidery there is another jewel - the krazhilo that has metal decorations such as small coins Some researchers find the roots of the sokay head covering in the royal and boyar costumes in the Second Bulgarian Kingdom (1185 - 1396) The sokay is given to the young bride by her mother-in-law as a token of continuity the bigger the adornments applied while covering the head „Head covering for young girls used to be beautiful but not as colorful as the one for married women The exhibition also shows embroidery that was specifically applied to aprons the Bulgarians of pre-modern time wore clothes with a great diversity of embroideries and ornaments The special festive costumes were more colorful and girls felt proud to dress up and demonstrate how they have decorated their clothing Ryan Portelli of Marsascala was elected deputy chairman of the Douzelage Association youth committee during the annual symposium held in Tryavna who missed the chairmanship by only one vote Slovenia and Hungary on European policy projects and youth work including mayor Mario Calleja and councillors Sandro Gatt and Charlot Mifsud Marsascala represents Malta in the twinning union with 27 European towns After inaugural speeches and the opening of an exhibition on the 27 localities Rovinj from Croatia was voted as a new member of the association Delegates were entertained to a folk concert where the Maltese delegation set up an exhibition of handcrafts showcasing Maltese traditions and folklore Mr Portelli also led a workshop for the delegates on the role of youths in Europe and politics in general please register for free or log in to your account.