The most important event that happened in December 2015 was the meeting between the president of the European Association of Folklore Festivals (EAFF) Mr. Kaloyan Nikolov and the General Secretary of UNESCO, Ms. Irina Bokova. Mr. Nikolov congratulated Ms. Bokova on the occasion of awarding her the title Doctor Honoris Causa of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Mr. Nikolov attended the Forum, whose topic was "The role of mass media for preserving the cultural heritage" and Roundtable discussion on "The Economics of cultural heritage - preserving through development", which were held in Peter and Paul Fortress - "State Museum of History". The main speakers at the event were from the USA, Indonesia, Norway and others.

In December were revealed the new leaders in the ranking list of World ranking of folklore in 2015. The leader is Folklore dance group "Hubavenka" from Bulgaria, whose art director is Ivaylo Dochev. Dancers collected 1 022 points from participations in three championships of folklore in 2015 which brought a leadership position in the World Rankings.

More about interesting events, upcoming festivals and references from conducted ones, can be found in the section "News" in the official website of EAFF.