Bulgaria’s Rose Valley­ stretches for about 87 miles across a narrow interval between the Balkan mountain range, dressing up in pink every May and June. Once known for making pistols ...

Visitors take photos during the rose picking ceremony in Kazanlak, Bulgaria, June 8, 2025. The 2025 Rose Festival was held in Kazanlak, Bulgaria. The festival has been organized since 1903.

Video. At dawn in Bulgaria’s rose valley, farmers are harvesting blooms with growing concern over US trade policies and erratic weather threatening this year’s rose oil output.

Bulgaria, one of the world's leading exporters of rose oil, is facing a challenging season as a late cold snap follows last year’s early harvest, damaging delicate Damascena rose buds. Producers like ...

Bulgaria, one of the world's leading exporters of rose oil, is facing a challenging season as a late cold snap follows last year’s early harvest, damaging delicate Damascena rose buds.

Bulgaria’s rose oil producers struggle with cold snaps and market pressures. Posted: 3 June 2025 | Last updated: 3 June 2025. FILE PHOTO. More for You ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of flag-waving Bulgarians took to the streets of the capital, Sofia, and other major cities on Saturday to protest government plans to adopt the euro and to ...

One of the top three rose oil producers in the world, Bulgaria exported 1,370 kg of rose oil in 2023 and fetched an average export price of €9,168/kg. Most of the export goes to the US, China ...

The speaker of the Bulgarian national assembly Nataliya Kiselova has dismissed President Rumen Radev's proposal for a national referendum on adopting the euro, saying it violated the constitution ...