Alexandrov

On June 7, 1988, 32 years ago, the second Bulgarian cosmonaut Alexander Alexandrov took off. He is the first Bulgarian on a space station and is also the one who spent the longest time in space.

Technology can dramatically change and improve education. This is illustrated by the experience of a 51 Primary School Elisaveta Bagryana, where the average result of PISA's natural sciences has improved over the years with a total of 84 points, director Asen Aleksandrov told NOVA.

The direction of traffic on three key streets in the center of Sofia is changing from today, reports bTV.

The reversal concerns the central streets Pozitano, Kniaz Boris I and Alabin, and the key point of the changes is Lavele Street.

The Alexandrov Ensemble, commonly known in the West as the Red Army Choir, will be performing at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Athens and the Nick Gallis Hall in Thessaloniki on December 4 and 5 respectively.

BELGRADE - A downtown Belgrade park, situated in the area between the monument to Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and the Russian House, was on Friday named after the Alexandrov Ensemble, which will perform in the Serbian capital for the 12th time later in the day.

A park in central Belgrade, near the monument to Tsar Nikolai II Romanov and the Russian House, was on Friday named after the Ensemble Aleksandrov (Alexandrov).

The park next to the monument to Tsar Nikolai II Romanov in Belgrade will on Friday be named after the Russian Army's Aleksandrov (Alexandrov) Ensemble.

Late last year, 64 members of this famous artistic group were among the 92 victims of an airplane crash.

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BELGRADE - Rescue helicopters have discovered debris in the Black Sea from a Russian military transport plane which went off radar en route to Syria. Most of the passengers on the Tu-154 were members of the famous Alexandrov Ensemble army choir.

Former Finance Minister Stoyan Alexandrov is being investigated for usury, announced the speaker of the Chief Prosecutor Rumyana Arnaudova on bTV.

The check started on September 8 and is being carried out by the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office. It is for the period 2002-2016 when Alexandrov was the director of a bank but in his capacity as a natural person.

Poland's Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak arrives in Bulgaria Friday at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Nenchev.

The two defense ministers will sign a letter of intent on military and technical cooperation, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio.