National Culture Fund

Bulgaria: Over 10,000 Kukeri from the Balkans Chase Away Evil at the Surva Festival in Pernik (PHOTOS)

The 29th International Festival of Masquerade Games "Surva" begins in Pernik. It is held under the patronage of President Rumen Radev and with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and the National Culture Fund. The "Surva" festival is the oldest festival of masquerade games in Bulgaria and one of the largest in Europe.

Transsexual Models Recreate Paintings of the Iconic Bulgarian Painter “Maystora” (VIDEO)

The project "The Other Bulgarian Women" by the visual artist Mihail Vuchkov caused a scandal with its appearance.

The project is a reconstruction of paintings by Vladimir Dimitrov - Maystora (The Master), but the models are transsexual.

Patronage and Decentralization are Among the Priorities in Culture Strategy in Bulgaria

Although the promotion of patronage in the field of culture in Bulgaria is regulated by the Law on Patronage and the Law for the National Chitalishta, a precise mechanism for financing the culture by private and legal persons has not yet been developed.

Bulgaria's Presidency of the EU Council is Halfway through but the Cultural Program has not Begun

The cultural program, chosen with a competition that had to accompany the Bulgarian Euro-Presidency and to promote our country to foreign guests, will happen with a long delay and few of the visiting foreigners will be able to see it.