Bulgaria competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 158 competitors, 105 men and 53 women, took part in 108 events in 14 sports.
Petar Petrov Zhekov was a Bulgarian footballer, widely regarded as one of the best forwards in the history of the Bulgarian football. He won the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Bulgaria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Let Me Cry", composed by Dani Milev, with lyrics by Elina Gavrilova, and performed by Mariana Popova. The Bulgarian participating broadcaster, Bulgarian National Television (BNT), organised the national final Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2006” in order to select its entry for the contest. 24 entries were selected to participate in the national final which consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final, held on 25 February 2006 and 11 March 2006, respectively. The top twelve songs of the semi-final as determined by a fifteen-member jury panel qualified to the final. In the final, public televoting exclusively selected "Let Me Cry" performed by Mariana Popova as the winning entry with 4,700 votes.
FC Dobrudzha is a Bulgarian football club based in Dobrich, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football.
The St Nedelya Church assault was a terrorist attack on St Nedelya Church in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was carried out on 16 April 1925, when a group of the Military Organisation of the Bulgarian Communist Party directed and supplied by the Soviet Military Intelligence blew up the church's roof during the funeral service of General Konstantin Georgiev, who had been killed in a previous communist assault on 14 April. Over 200 people, mainly from the country's political and military elite, were killed in the attack and around 500 bystander worshipers, who attended the liturgy, were injured.
Petar Nikolov Petrov is a retired Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. His personal best time was 10.13 seconds, achieved at the 1980 Olympics. This is the Bulgarian record.
Petar Petrov may refer to:
The Bulgarian name system has considerable similarities with most other European name systems, and with those of other Slavic peoples such as the Russian name system, although it has certain unique features.
Petar is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter.
BC Academic Metropol Region is a reestablished Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia.
Ivaylo Karanyotov is a retired Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.
Petar Atanasov Petrov is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a left back.
Petrov or Petroff or Petrova, is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname is derived from the first name Pyotr or Petar and literally means Pyotr's or Petar's.
Petar Alyoshev Petrov is a Bulgarian football defender.
Kovachev is a Bulgarian surname originating from the word Kovach, meaning blacksmith. Notable people with the surname include:
Ideal Petrov was a Bulgarian theatre and film actor. He played in a total of 400 plays as well as a single film - Hitar Petar. His name has become an idiom in colloquial Bulgarian used to express personal satisfaction or to describe something as being "excellent" or in "perfect condition".
Petar Petrov is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
