BTA presents English-Language publications at Bulgarian cultural centre in London
Baku, March 10, AZERTAC
English-language editions of BTA's LIK magazine and books about Bulgarian science in Antarctica were presented at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in London. They will be displayed on the Bulgarian stand at the London International Book Fair, according to the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA).
Attending the event at the meeting in the Sofia Gallery at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in the Bulgarian Embassy, were about 150 representatives of the Bulgarian community in the British capital and English guests. Among them were the head of the Bulgarian Antarctic expeditions, Prof. Christo Pimpirev; kaval performer and composer Teodosii Spassov; author Iglika Trifonova; and BTA Director General Kiril Valchev. Also present were the Bulgarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Tihomir Stoychev, and the Director of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in London, Svetla Dionisieva.
They presented two issues of BTA’s LIK magazine dedicated to Bulgaria in Antarctica: “To Antarctica and Back Under a Bulgarian Flag” and “Bulgarian Science in Antarctica”, as well as the books by Prof. Christo Pimpirev and Iglika Trifonova “Antarctica – History, Nature, the Bulgarian Polar Explorers” and Iglika Trifonova’s “Hristo Pimpirev: The Antarctic Hitchhiker.”
Teodosii Spassov performed six of his compositions created during his participation in a Bulgarian Antarctic expedition.
At the London Book Fair, BTA will also present other issues of LIK published in English, including: “Bulgaria in UNESCO,” “Christo and Jeanne-Claude at 90 in Eternity,” “Bulgaria at the World Expos,” “LIK at 60 Years,” “Bulgarian Academy of Sciences at 155,” “Bulgarian Footprint in Space,” “The Voice of Bulgarians in Ukraine,” as well as the special edition “New BG Wine Leads the Way” and the book about the history and archives of the national agency, “125 Years Bulgarian News Agency. The Real News: Stories On File 1989–2023.”
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