SHANDAKEN, N.Y. — Four bands will get together in a celebration at the Balkan Mountains Music Festival at Glenbrook Park with a free concert on Saturday, Sept. 23, from 3-7 p.m. The bands from the ...

SHANDAKEN, NY — The Phoenicia Library will celebrate the music and dance of the Balkan peninsula with a free festival of musical and choral groups playing and singing odd meters and unusual scales and ...

The Balkan Peninsula remains largely unexplored by modern adventurers, and there are surprises at every turn. Pristine mountains, rich cultural traditions, and a fascinating geopolitical history make ...

Located in the Balkan Mountains near Troyan, Bulgaria, this high-altitude pass is home to the iconic Arch of Freedom, a ...

May 17 (UPI) --For roughly a half century, the griffon vulture has been suspected missing in Bulgaria. Sporadic sightings were reported, but the birds were considered extinct as a breeding species in ...

For most, getting out into nature sits pretty high on the bucket list. Many of us, however, don’t count getting lost in the mountains as our definition of fun. That qualifies as a time to call in a ...

High atop a ridge in the Balkan Mountains sits a striking monument to Bulgaria’s fraught past. The spaceship-like structure, known as “Buzludzha,” was constructed in the 1970s, and served as the seat ...

The Balkan Peninsula's new megatrail is as much about imbibing culture as it is about bagging peaks. In his first dispatch from the trail, the author embarks on a 1,250-mile journey across six ...

Every thrill-seeking skier in the Balkans has heard of Kopaonik, probably the most famous ski resort in the region. Known as the “Winter Wonderland” and as “the Silver Mountain,” Kopaonik is a ...

Considered extinct from the Eastern Balkan Mountains of Bulgaria in the 1970s, the Griffon Vulture has claimed the area back with 23-25 breeding pairs, distributed in five different colonies and two ...