Bulgaria Today – 13 February 2026

Welcome to Bulgaria Today, Radio Bulgaria’s podcast, on World Radio Day! Your host today is Rositsa Petkova with sound engineer Sergey Vardevaryan.

In today’s programme we start with a roundup of the day’s leading news from Bulgaria.

Then, we talk Radio with senior editor of the BNR digital programmes department Zlatko Zhelev and can artificial intelligence sound natural on the radio?

Next, it is 120 marks 120 years since the birth of the brilliant Bulgarian pianist, conductor, and composer Asen Ovcharov: the man who laid the foundations of Bulgarian jazz.

And to close the programme, a new episode in Radio Bulgaria’s series "Highlights of Bulgarian Musical Culture" - this week the spotlight is on Bulgarian composer Panayot Pipkov, the author of timeless Bulgarian songs.

Celebrate World Radio Day with Radio Bulgaria!

• 02’13 -  News 

• 11‘35 - Radio in the era of AI: Interview with Zlatko Zhelev, head of the BNR website

• 14’09 - Asen Ovcharov: The man who laid the foundations of Bulgarian jazz

• 22’13 - Highlights of Bulgarian Musical Culture:  Bulgarian composer Panayot Pipkov, the author of timeless Bul