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News from the 21st International Olympiad in Informatics

8/15/2009 7:03:28 PM

The twelve Bulgarian participants in the 21st International Olympiad in Informatics won 8 medals. Bulgaria participated with three teams, one of which consisted entirely of Plovdiv students.

309 students from 83 countries from 5 continents took part in the Olympiad. The winner this year, with 743 points out of 800 was the 14-year-old Genadii Karatskevich from Belarus - he has been the winner for four years in a row.

The next edition of the Olympiad will be hosted by the Waterloo University in Ontario, Canada.

ST. VARVARA (St. Barbara) - December 4

12/4/2023 8:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Varvara, Barbara.

World AIDS Day

12/1/2023 9:00:00 AM

The ends of the red ribbon are pointed to the ground today, symbolizing the life that is disappearing.

Today is St.Andrews Day

11/30/2023 8:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Andrey, Andriana (the name has the meaning “masculine”, therefore “strong”).

KATERININDEN (St. Catherines Day)

11/24/2023 10:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Ekaterina, Katerina, Katya.

ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKI

11/23/2023 8:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Alexander, Alexandra, Sasho, Sashka, Tsanko. The name derives from Old Greek, having the meaning of “protector of the men”.

Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy God's Mother

11/21/2023 8:00:00 AM

The Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy God's Mother, according to Holy Tradition, this took place in the following manner: the parents of the Virgin Mary, Righteous Joachim and Anna, praying for an end to their childlessness, vowed that if a child were born to them, they would dedicate it to the service of God.