Balgarianovinite.com The Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) honoured the “Bulgarian Cultural Ambassadors” for 2025 in the campaign of the same name. The awards were presented at a ceremony at the National Archaeological Museum on Wednesday evening, with the event held under the auspices of President Iliana Iotova.
BNR Director General Milen Mitev pointed out that the initiative was created in 2021 at the suggestion of journalist Nina Tsaneva. According to him, culture is of particular importance for building Bulgaria’s image around the world.
Among this year’s honourees was Nadezhda Dzhakova, Commissioner of the Bulgarian participation in the Venice Biennale. The award was presented to her by Minister of Foreign Affairs Velislava Petrova.
The Chief Conductor of the Bulgarian Armed Forces and Head of the Guards Representative Brass Band, Lieutenant Colonel Radi Radev, was honoured for his contribution to musical culture. He received his award from Katerina Gramatikova, Deputy Minister of Defence.
Among the award winners was also Mimoza Hasani-Pllana from the University of Pristina, who worked to promote the Bulgarian language and culture in Kosovo. The statuette was presented to her by Bulgarian Academy of Sciences full member Nikolay Vitanov, Deputy Minister of Education and Science.
Sculptor Ivan Kanchev, who has represented Bulgaria at prestigious international contemporary art forums, also received an award. The award was presented by Daniel Spasov from Bulgarian National Radio’s Board of Directors.
The youngest Bulgarian ambassador of culture was Darina Yotova – Dara, due to her success at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Due to an engagement in Greece, she participated with a video message. On her behalf, the statuette was received by Boris Nikolov from Virginia Records. It was presented by the Director of the LIK Directorate at the Bulgarian News Agency, Antoaneta Markova. She described the initiative as “the most democratic choice of Bulgarian ambassadors,” as the nominations come from the listeners of the Bulgarian National Radio.
Professor Anton Andonov, a choreographer and teacher who promotes Bulgarian folklore among Bulgarian communities abroad, also received an award. Due to commitments abroad, he was not present in the hall, so Council for Electronic Media Chair Gabriela Naplatanova gave the award to Lyutvie Gencheva from the international folklore formation “Mladost na Megdana”.
For the first time, the jury also presented a special award. It was awarded to musician and teacher Tsvetina Gramova for her contribution to the preservation and popularization of Bulgarian folklore.
The winners of the awards were selected by a seven-member jury from various institutions. The jury of this year’s “Bulgarian Ambassadors of Culture” campaign includes Deputy Minister of Culture Marina Vasileva, Secretary for Culture, Education and Relations with Bulgarians Abroad to the President of the Republic Milena Dimitrova, Director of the State Cultural Institute under the Minister of Foreign Affairs Yavor Koynakov, Executive Director of the Executive Agency for Bulgarians Abroad Raina Mandzhukova, Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency Kiril Valchev, host of the BNT program “Kultura.bg” Dimitar Stoyanovich and Daniel Spasov, member of the Management Board of the Bulgarian National Radio. The awardees received statuettes made by sculptor Rainis Gelov. Bulgarian National Radio Honours Bulgarian Ambassadors of Culture for 2025 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-17 19:42:44 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law