Holidays

Christmas and New Year approach. Bulgarians are already planning their vacations during the holidays and booking their trips. But how are we going to rest this year?
 
The bigger cluster of non-working days is around Christmas. Officially they will be on 24, 25 and 26 December. However, festivities for many may begin on 22 December - Saturday.
 

Today, on November 30, 2018 (Friday) in the park in front of the National Palace of Culture, the lights of the festive Christmas tree of Sofia will be lit. 

Christmas lights on the tree will be turned on at 19:00 local time (EET).

Starting 17:00, a series of concerts and musical performances will take place on a stage put up next to the tree. 

As season's greetings are just around the corner, some housewives in Turkey's southern province of Antalya are busy making a large number of wreaths for Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Between 7 and 11% is expected to be the increase of cost for celebrating Christmas and New Year holidays, predicts the Director of the Institute for Analyzes and Evaluation in Tourism Rumen Draganov. According to him, the reason is the price of fuel.
 

Those who have not been able to go on vacation over the summer or those who wish to extend their vacation can check Hürriyet Travel's list for the best holiday destinations in Turkey in the month of September. Click through for the story in photos...

August is a harsh month in South Africa. It is the heart of winter. With its sunlit days and freezing nights, it is the mirror of this country of great contrasts and equally great syntheses. A large part of the interior lies on a high plateau, over which a high pressure weather system settles in the winter, keeping the skies clear.

Greek Police (ELAS) statistics made public on Wednesday point to a significant reduction in road accidents over the Clean Monday long weekend compared to the same holiday last year.

This year, the police recorded 90 road accidents between February 16 and 19 compared to 104 in 2017, with four deaths this year compared to 14 last year.

After Christmas and New Year's Holidays, it usually takes a while for most of the people to get back into working rhythm. If this is difficult for you, you can relax by pointing your thoughts to planning the next break.

There аre important changes for all students. The school year will now be one week longer. This concerns children between 1 to 11 grade, reported NOVATV.

The idea of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education is to make holidays a little longer, and that will replace the last school day.

After a break over the Easter holidays that saw far fewer crowds on the streets, rallies across the country are expected to resume in full force tonight.