Vratsa News June, 2007

2007/06/25

Archeologists have uncovered a unique find close to the village of Ohoden, Vratsa, northwestern Bulgaria, a journalist of FOCUS News Agency reported.

It constitutes an agricultural instrument that was used as a gunflint in the past. It was found in the excavations that are made in the region after archeologists found a fully preserved skeleton from the early neolith. It is kept at the Regional Museum of History in Vratsa.

Georgi Ganetsovski, head of the archeology group has said the find...

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2007/06/22

During their first day of exploration in the Vratsa region, archaeologists found an important artifact.

The team of Nartsis Torbov found a silver Roman coin, dating back to the first century BC.

Finding such item during the first day of work confirmed the archaeologists’ theory that Vratsa existed before Slavic tribes settled there.

The terrain has been well-known but never fully explored, Focus news agency reported.

Archaeologists are currently uncovering a construction, which they...

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2007/06/20

This summer, a team of Bulgarian archaeologists will search for proofs to the thesis that Vratsa was the capital of the Tribali tribe where generations of Thracian rulers lived. The excavations will start in the region of Vratsata pass where the experts expect to find a 2,800-year-old settlement. If their hypothesis is proven true, they will disprove the widespread assumption that Vratsa was founded by the Slavs in 6th century AD.

The town will become as famous as Troy or the Valley of Kings,...

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2007/06/15

Youth theatre fest will take place from 15 June to 18 June in Vratsa. There will be plenty of music, dances, arts and fun. At the festival many plays will be performed on stage, special art-photo exhibitions will take place and a workshop for traditional ancient China sports will be held. There will also be a concert in the concert hall of Ledenika Cave. Guitar nights, disco nights at the fest-club and cocktail nights will delight all participants. The official opening of the fest starts on...

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2007/06/02

On Saturday, June, 02 Bulgaria marks the 131-st anniversary of the heroic death of the Bulgarian revolutionary and poet Hristo Botev and his detachment.

At 12 o'clock sharp, with a 5-minute silence and hooters knelling, Bulgarian people remain still and bow heads to commemorate the heroes of the country who had fallen victims to the national freedom.

On the eve of the solemn day, June 2, statesmen and ordinary people gather in the town of Vratsa, where the biggest monument of Botev...

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