Bulgaria Today – 16 January 2026

Welcome to Bulgaria Today, the English-language podcast of Radio Bulgaria, on January 16 hosted by Rositsa Petkova, with sound engineer Vilislav Galabov.

We start with a summary of the leading news stories from Bulgaria and the weather forecast for tomorrow.

In Life – is there a demographic turnaround in Bulgaria? Do we see a slower decline in population due to an influx of new settlers? - an interview with Assoc. Prof. Georgi Bardarov, popular writer and demography expert.

Next, 60 Years of Festival Magic in Bulgaria’s Pernik as the festival of masquerade games Surva is celebrating its anniversary edition over two consecutive weekends.

At the end – the new episode in Radio Bulgaria’s running series presenting the pearls of Bulgaria’s musical heritage – this week we focus on Bulgarian composer Petar Stupel - the delicate author of evergreens.