Varna

On October 22, 1906, the foundation stone of the Varna Aquarium building was laid. The initiative came from Tsar Ferdinand, who sought advice from the director of the Naples Zoo and entrusted the organization of the construction of the aquarium to the prominent Bulgarian physician Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov. In the following months, Stoyanov settled the administrative issues with …

On October 2, 1921, the first academic year was opened at the Higher School of Commerce in Varna. Later renamed the "Economics University - Varna", this was the first higher school of economics in Bulgaria, marking the beginning of specialized higher business education in the country. The initiative for its establishment was taken by the Varna …