1st millennium

Today is the holiday of Bulgarian students.

In 1897, Professor Ivan Shishmanov, the Minister of Enlightenment, asked the first Higher School in Bulgaria to have "a special, own holiday". At its meeting on November 2, 1902, the Academic Council of the Higher School set the day of the enlightener St. Kliment Ohridski - November 25 (December 8 - a new style), for this holiday.

The union representing local authority workers, POE-OTA, has called on its members to walk off the job on Monday following the death on Friday of the 53-year-old driver of a municipal garbage truck who was crushed after losing control of his vehicle near the capital's main landfill in Fyli, northwestern Athens.

The National Archaeological Museum presents "Hadrian and Athens: Conversing with an Ideal World," an exhibition marking 1,900 years since the beginning of Hadrian's Principate in AD 117. The show aims at highlighting the Roman emperor's immense enduring legacy in Greece, but also how he contributed to forging many of the cornerstones of Western culture.

Critically acclaimed and popular Spanish singer Luz Casal, renowned for her work with award-winning filmmaker Pedro Almodovar, will be performing older songs and new material in a concert titled "Amor" at the open-air Herod Atticus Theater on September 20. The show starts at 9 p.m. and ticket prices range from 35 to 85 euros at www.viva.gr.

Vocalists Dimitra Galani, Fivos Delivorias and Yiota Nega, accompanied by the Thessaloniki State Orchestra, pay tribute to acclaimed Greek composer Manos Loizos (1937-1982) with a concert of some of his most famous pieces.

Archaeologists have discovered a unique find in the excavations of the ancient city of Ulpia Eskus near the village of Gigen. This is the head of a statue, and the scientists suggest that it is a Roman Emperor, reports Bulgaria ON AIR.

Xiao Zhang promises to take his girlfriend to "romantic Turkey" in his song "Dai ni qu luxing," which also features a scene from Cappadocia and its hot air balloons.

CFR Calatori national railway passenger corporation will not have enough cars this summer to meet the traveling need, especially to the seaside, given that from 1,200 cars in inventory, 400 were halted due to technical reasons, Transport Minister Lucian Sova told an interview for AGERPRES.

Multitalented American showman Bill Murray and acclaimed German cellist Jan Vogler are coming to Greece as part of their tour promoting their album "New Worlds," a project aimed at bridging the cultures of Europe and the United States, with an emphasis on the literature of the latter, which Murray will be performing.

A student from Pazardzhik Village collected and donated over 3000 books to community centers and homes for elderly people from all over the country, bTV reports.

The good deed of Kiril Baldev began three years ago. Then he was 17 years old. The boy says that everyone keeps valuable books in their home, but they rarely read and it may be useful to other readers.