Middle Ages

Researcher Saša Čaval from the Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies has won the European Research Council Consolidator Grant for her project to research stećci, large medieval tombstones found across the Western Balkans.

Vui presented Orbn with the Order of the Republic of Serbia on a Grand Collar for exceptional merit in development and strengthening of peaceful cooperation and friendly relations between Serbia and Hungary.
Vui pointed out that he is honored to have the opportunity to honor Orbn.
"This is the highest order awarded by the President of Serbia," he said.

"If you see a sword and a shield, that means that person was in the military," Andrea Markovic, who works at the institution that looks after the Radimlja necropolis, told BIRN.

"A bow and arrow meant that the person was an experienced hunter," Markovic added.

Tsar (Emperor) Samuil (Samuel) was the ruler of a large medieval state, which the majority of modern historical scholarship considers to be the Bulgarian Kingdom with a center in the territory of today's Republic of North Macedonia.

Bulgaria celebrates May 24 as the day of the Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavic Script, the official Day of Holy Brothers St. Cyril and St. Methodius - the Byzantine scholars who wrote the first Slavic alphabet in 855 A.D., and translated into Old Bulgarian the Bible and the religious literature of Orthodox Christianity.

As part of the Athens Concert Hall's Bridges series, Composer Constantine Skourlis and stage director Themelis Glynatsis present a musical performance in collaboration with vocal ensemble Canto Soave titled "Splendidissima Gemma: Recomposing Hildegard." The piece is inspired by Hildegard von Bingen, a prominent female figure in the Middle Ages who was a poet, composer, polymath, philosopher and

The news portal of "Jutarnji list" reports on this.

"The Zograf Monastery is one of the brightest and most important spiritual centers of the Bulgarian people, not only because of the preserved invaluable manuscripts, icons and artifacts, but also because it has been defending the Bulgarian faith, spirituality, memory and language for more than  a thousand years." This is what President Rumen Radev said at his visit to the Bulgarian spiritual an

The most sensible option is to end time change in 2020, MEP Momchil Nekov, S&D group, said to reporters. He noted that the European Commission's proposal was 2019, while Austria was proposing 2021. "The important thing is to have the Bulgarian position so as to have a clear mandate to defend in the European Parliament," Nekov said, quoted by Focus News Agency.

Within three years the building of the National Library "St. St. Cyril and Methodius "will be completely renewed. This was announced by the Minister of Culture, Boil Banov, after the commemoration of the anniversary of the oldest cultural institute in the post-liberation Bulgaria. Today, the National Library marks the 140th anniversary of its creation.