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Both Happiness and Diseases Are Predetermined by Genes

The modern Bulgarians are descendants of many different ancient peoples, says Ivo Kremenski

Professor Ivo Kremenski is a person who knows a lot about the genes of the Bulgarian people. He heads the National Laboratory of Genetics, where recently an international team has discovered the reason for the hereditary atrophy of the peripheral nervous system. We asked Prof. Kremenski questions about the genetically predetermined diseases, about the orig...
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Britain Makes Game of Bulgaria


 
London Museum apologizes to Bulgaria for the blunder with the "Macedonian" inscription


British Museum officials apologized to the Bulgarian Embassy in London and changed the scandalous inscription under the Tetraevalgelia of Vidin
Photo: Archives of Standart

Do you remember how grandfather Liben, the character of Bulgarian writer Lyuben Karavelov, takes the mickey out of the citizens of the British Islands: "These are the oddest people on earth. I...
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Skiing Conditions in Bulgaria Attract Foreigners


 



The mild weather around Europe seems to have sent many a skiers to Bulgaria's resorts.

Borovets, one of the top three winter resorts in the country, offered this weekend good skiing opportunities for its guests, mostly Russians and Britons. The resort has three runs open.

Skiers will find functional runs in Vitosha mountain, Bansko and Pamporovo.

Meanwhile experts commented that northern Europe could reap big benefits from global warming.

"The Medi...
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ST. ANASTASIA's Day



 
 

 

December 22, 2006


Name day of everyone named Anastasia, Asya, Natasha.

St. Anastasia was a Roman lady of noble descent. Her father was an opulent and noble pagan; but her mother, who was a Christian, caused her to be baptized in her infancy, and secretly reared her in sentiments of Christian piety, in which she made great progress.

St. Anastasia had been married to a noble Roman, named Publius, who was a pagan; he loved his wife much, but having...

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Artificial Snow Saves Ski Season in Bulgaria

Artificial Snow Saves Ski Season in Bulgaria
Cheap ski-lifts for the Bulgarian skiers

Bulgaria's EU accession on January 1 won't send up the cost of the ski lift passes, a poll of Standart shows. Bulgaria's four big winter resorts, Bansko, Borovets, Pamporovo and Vitosha, announced that this winter they won't increase the prices of ski services. Bansko and Pamporovo keep their tradition and preserve the preferential prices for the Bulgarian touris...
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Computer Tests Prove Bulgarian Nurses' Innocence

Blood tests from a hundred Libyan children prove the HIV infection took place before the Bulgarian nurses arrived in Benghazi; nobody from Sofia has approached us on the new research data, says Prof Vittorio Colizzi


Professor Vittorio Colizzi is an Italian virologist and one of the most eminent HIV/AIDS researchers in Europe. He directs the Immunochemical and Molecular Pathology laboratory in the biology department of Tor Vergata University in Ro...
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Hundreds of Laymen Visit St. Vissarion of Smolyan Church

 

Since the opening of the St. Visarion of Smolyan Church on July 2 this year, the town has turned into the spiritual hub of the Rhodope Mountains. The church itself is one of the region's landmarks and is remarkable not only for its imposing architecture, but also for the incessant stream of people, who cross its threshold every day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Christians from far and wide come here on the big holidays to attend the services.
"Thirty-se...
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Snow Business in Bulgaria and Switzerland

Snow Business in Bulgaria and Switzerland

by MacBesT on 05 December 2006, 07:41 AM

Categories : Opinion - News - Business of the Week - Things to know
Tags : Bulgaria , Pamporovo , EU , Bansko , UK , Snow Business , Switzerland , Boroverts , Brits

 



By Stephen Wood
The Independent

They make an odd couple, as ski destinations and in most other respects. One country is a wealthy federation of great age, renowned for its service standards, and historicall...
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The day of the Holy Apostle Andrew, the First-Called

The day of the Holy Apostle Andrew, the First-Called

November 30, 2006


Name day of everyone named Andrey, Andriana (the name has the meaning "masculine", therefore "strong").

The Holy Apostle Andrew, the First-Called, was the first of the Apostles to follow Christ, and he later brought his own brother, the holy Apostle Peter, to Christ. The future apostle was from Bethsaida, and from the time of his youth he turned with all his soul to God. He did ...
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Today - the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy God's Mother




The Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy God's Mother, according to Holy Tradition, this took place in the following manner: the parents of the Virgin Mary, Righteous Joachim and Anna, praying for an end to their childlessness, vowed that if a child were born to them, they would dedicate it to the service of God.

When the Most Holy Virgin reached the age of three, the holy parents decided to fulfill their vow. They gathered together their relat...