Veliki Preslav municipality is located in North-East Bulgaria in Shoumen District. The Municipality consists of 12 cities and villages. The regional center of Veliki Preslav municipality is Town of Veliki Preslav. Information about Municipality Veliki Preslav
The Varna and Great Preslav Bishopric of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church denounced Tuesday the gay parade, which is planned to take place in Sofia on Saturday. In a statement, the Bishopric points out that the Bible defines homosexuality as a sin. The Orthodox Church says that the same-sex relationships as a disease and an unnatural conduction resulting from the original sin, but it also states that it offered a way for curing this type of sin. " The Holy Orthodox Church prays with care for every pe...
Unique silver coins with the effigy of Christ sitting in a throne have been discovered in Veliki Preslav - the second capital of the First Bulgarian Kingdom. The archaeological team came across 50 ancient Venetian and Serbian coins dating back to 13th-14th century. Inscriptions in Greek and Latin reading "dux" (chief) and "rex" (king) are inscribed next to Christ`s image. The reverse of the coin is decorated with the effigies of two saints, in which experts recognize St. Silvester and St. Stefan. The ...
A case of bird flu of the H7 strain was registered in Bulgaria`s northern town of Shumen , officials reported Friday. The virus has been found in a killed wild duck in Kamchiya River valley, between the villages of Khan Krum and Milanovo . "The H7 strain is proved dangerous for the birds but we still cannot claim it could not affect people as well," the director of the regional veterinary medicine service Hristo Hristov said. "The migratory bird was just a carrier of the virus," he added. The authori...
Round 2,5 million BGN (1,23 million EUR) will be granted in 2008 for restoration and conservation of objects in the archaeological reserves of Pliska, Veliki Preslav (Great Preslav) and Madara (Madarski konnik or the Madara rider). All these important Bulgarian spots are situated in the district of Shumen ( North Eastern Bulgaria ). The allocation was announced after a meeting of Shumen`s district governor Nikolay Nikolov and Bulgaria`s deputy minister of Culture Ivan Tokadjiev. Until May this...
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