Culture

Andy Raychev, The River of Blues: Romanian audience appreciates blues music andy-raichev-1200x675

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Andy Raychev, The River of Blues: Romanian audience appreciates blues music

Vladimir Mitev 13 January, 2023

A conversation about the Romanian blues and jazz music scene, which "is not just Romanian, but a...

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Three new books in translation by Ognian Stamboliev

Vladimir Mitev 4 January, 2023

Short review

The making of a Romanian writer under Communism, or about Stefan Agopian’s memoirs stefan-agopian-1200x675

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The making of a Romanian writer under Communism, or about Stefan Agopian’s memoirs

Vladimir Mitev 24 December, 2022

Review of the book Writer under Communism (a few memories) by Ștefan Agopian, Iași: Polirom, 2013

Ștefan Constantinescu: Bulgarians remind me of some Romanians in the 90s

Ștefan Constantinescu

Ștefan Constantinescu: Bulgarians remind me of some Romanians in the 90s

Vladimir Mitev 17 December, 2022

The director of the film "Man and Dog" talks to the blog "Friendship Bridge" about his film,...

Petya Ilieva: Art is the surest way for “soft power” in diplomacy The inauguration of a Sofia bus station featuring a photograph of Bucharest was attended by the Romanian Ambassador to Bulgaria, Brânzesa Predescu, who is pictured on the right. The artist, Petya Ilieva, is standing next to her. To their right are two district mayors from Sofia.

The inauguration of a Sofia bus station featuring a photograph of Bucharest was attended by the Romanian Ambassador to Bulgaria, Brânzesa Predescu, who is pictured on the right. The artist, Petya Ilieva, is standing next to her. To their right are two district mayors from Sofia.

Petya Ilieva: Art is the surest way for “soft power” in diplomacy

Vladimir Mitev 5 November, 2022

The Bulgarian visual artist talks to The Bridge of Friendship blog about her Art4Diplomacy project and the...

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Radu Jude’s social porn-criticism

Vladimir Mitev 14 October, 2022

A review of the film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Pordim, Bulgaria and the Steel King of Romania The Memorial House-Museum of His Majesty King Carol I

The Memorial House-Museum of His Majesty King Carol I

Pordim, Bulgaria and the Steel King of Romania

Vladimir Mitev 22 September, 2022

The visit of a Romanian woman to the house-museum built by the Bulgarians as a sign of...

A theatre performance about refugees was the key element of the living statues festival in Ruse A play featuring living statues by Theatre Masca in the centre of Ruse.

A play featuring living statues by Theatre Masca in the centre of Ruse.

A theatre performance about refugees was the key element of the living statues festival in Ruse

Vladimir Mitev 19 September, 2022

The Romanian theatre "Masca" surprised the inhabitants of Ruse with a rather dramatic theme of the performance,...

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Bulgaria and Romania Are (Finally) Getting to Know Each Other

Vladimir Mitev 14 September, 2022

For decades in the 20th century, Bulgarians and Romanians, two neighboring nations sharing 609 kilometers of border,...

Animest The Romanian festival of cinema for the young people
Blogul lui Codru Vrabie (Codru Vrabie's blog) A blog by a leading Romanian expert on good governance – Un blog al unui expert român de renume în domeniul bunei guvernări – Блог на водещ румънски експерт по добро управление
Bodil Dimitar Sabev’s blog on economy, ecology and society – Blogul lui Dimitar Săbev despre economie, ecologie și societate – Блогът на Димитър Събев за икономика, екология и общество
Bulgarikon A Romanian shares his discoveries about Bulgaria… Un român împărtășește descoperirile sale despre Bulgaria… Румънец споделя откритията си за България
Centrul de Studii asupra Orientului Mijlociu și Mediteranei (Univeristatea Babeș-Bolyai) – The Center for Middle Eastern and Mediterrainean Studies (UBB) The leading Romanian academic center on Middle Eastern Studies
Cross-border Talks (site) A Poland-based site, which is reflecting on international politics and social issues, with an emphasis on regional, EU and Third World matters…
Cross-border Talks (Substack) Cross-border Talks’s Substack newsletter. Buletinul informativ Substack al Cross-border Talks. Нюзлетърът на Cross-border Talks в Substack
Cross-border Talks (YouTube) Cross-border Talks’ YouTube channel
Decât o Revistă (DoR) Romanian storytelling magazine (non-fiction) – Revista românească de storytelling (non-fiction) – Румънското списание, което разказва истории
Градското списание (Urban Magazine) Списание за градските хора и за градската култура – O revistă despre oamenii din oraș și despre cultura cetățenească
Център за изкуство и култура "БЛОК 14 " (Center for Art and Culture "BLOCK 14") Културният център на младите в Русе – Centrul Cultural al Tineretului din Ruse- The Cultural Center of the Young People in Ruse
International Society Elias Canetti The host of the Austrian library in Ruse, Bulgaria
Marginalia The Bulgarian site for a human rights-based world
Oamenii Dreptății (People of Justice) The civil society show in Romania – Spectacolul societății civile în România – Шоуто на гражданското общество в Румъния
Performantica TEDxBrașov – TEDxБрашов
Peripheral Vision Din perirferia în căutarea lumii – un blog despre teoria socială, problemele socialе şi idei, editat de un cetăţean scotian în România – От периферията в търсене на света – социална теория
Post/h/um – Jurnal de studii postumaniste (Journal for Post-humanist Studies) A Romanian progressive journal
Pro Democrația A leading liberal society in Romania – O societate liberală de frunte în România – Водещо либерално общество в Румъния
Radio Bulgaria (English) News about Bulgaria in English language
Radio Bulgaria în limba română Știri despre Bulgaria în limba română
Radio România Actualități (Radio Romania News) News about Romania and the world in Romanian language – Știri despre România și lumea în limba română – Новини за Румъния и света на румънски език
Ruse Summer Free Tour Turul grătuit al oraşului Ruse – Безплатният тур на Русе
The Persian Bridge of Friendship
The Persian Bridge of Friendship's Substack The Persian Bridge of Friendship’s Substack newsletter – Buletinul Podului Persan al Prieteniei – Нюзлетърът на Персийския мост на приятелството в Substack