He is the most enthusiastically praised and the most violently denounced politician in Bulgaria's modern history, and what could be a better proof that his extraordinary personality. Born in Turnovo in 1854, he made his way into political life after the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878. He was a student at the Odessa Seminary, an envoy of the Central Revolutionary Committee in Bucharest, leader of the suppressed uprising in Stara Zagora in 1875, h...

Czar Peter I of Bulgaria (927-969), the son of Czar Simeon the Great of Bulgaria, was married to Maria Irena, the granddaughter of Byzantine Emperor Romanus I Lecapenus. He ruled for over 40 years and was succeeded by their son Boris II.

Peter I's reign is usually considered a period of decline, but this is largely due to the less frequent notices about Bulgaria in Byzantine chronicles - a natural consequence of the peaceful relations which reign...

European colleges compete for Bulgarian gifted students, teachers are trained abroad

Elite colleges in Europe and the USA compete for Bulgarian young talents. Private secondary schools offer scholarships and other preferential rights to Bulgarian schoolboys and girls. Representatives of schools from all over the world arrive tomorrow in Bulgaria and will organize interviews for higher and school students who want to study abroad. Prestigious Broo...