The most exciting places our writers came across in Europe this year, from untouched islands in Finland to an affordable ski resort in Bulgaria and the perfect Parisian bistro ...

The second regular meeting of the 2025-26 season of the Fredonia Shakespeare Club was hosted at the home of Mary Croxton. President Karin S. Cockram welcomed Club members to the meeting. After the ...

The Balkans are a region where history, culture, and nature collide in ways that feel almost mythical, a place where every stone has a story, every river carries a legend, and every mountain whispers ...

As they hike to the group of glacial Seven Rila Lakes in Bulgaria’s Rila Mountain, Maureen Thomson and Jeremy Myers take in the cool mountain air and exhale slowly. The US couple, who relocated last ...

Drone footage of Alaverdi Monastery in Georgia with the Caucasus Mountains in the background, captured with soft ambient music and no narration. 7.0 quake on Saturday was one of Canada's strongest on ...

A new large fire has broken out in Rila Mountain, BTA reported, citing the police in the town of Kyustendil. The fire is located at an altitude of about 2,200 m in the area above the Iliina River, in ...

As we drove along the narrow, mountainous road to Rila Monastery, my co-passenger mused, “I suppose the gods all over the world choose to manifest in mountains, caves, or places away from humanity.” ...

Firefighting teams, workers from the Rila Monastery Nature Park and volunteers joined efforts to extinguish a fire that broke out yesterday afternoon in the Ravna area, located at an altitude of 1,800 ...

Hundreds of pilgrims gather in Bulgaria's Rila mountains to welcome their "spiritual" new year with a special meditative dance known as "paneurhythmy" and singing. They are followers of the Universal ...

RILA MOUNTAIN, Bulgaria, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people, barefoot and dressed in white, braved cold temperatures and fog near Bulgaria's Kidney Lake 2,280 metres (7,480 feet) above sea level ...

Followers of the Universal White Brotherhood, an esoteric society, perform a dance-like ritual called "paneurhythmy" in Rila Mountain RILA MOUNTAIN, Bulgaria (Reuters) -Hundreds of people, barefoot ...