Do not interpret my criticism as a desire to topple the government.
President Rumen Radev
If the most Russia dependent country with the lowest per capita GDP in the EU can afford to stand up to Putin, everyone should be able to stand up to Putin.
Prime Minister Kiril Petkov in the New York Times
Mr Radev's position that if we provide weapons to Ukraine we will prolong the conflict is a disgrace.
1. Where can you see genuine firewalkers?
A. In the Strandzha
B. Sofia
C. Sunny Beach
2. Where is Devetashka Cave?
A. In the Rhodope
B. Northern Bulgaria
C. On the Black Sea
3. Which Bulgarian mountain is also called The Balkan?
A. The Rila
B. The Pirin
C. The Stara Planina
Sometimes they are "parked" in the middle of villages, in one or two instances inside Communist-era housing projects, often they will be the first to greet you as you drive into some Bulgarian town. Aircraft aficionados will be thrilled particularly as the whole history of Warsaw Pact air force and civilian hardware will be in front of them to explore.
One of the more spectacular collections of grounded airplanes is by a small Bulgarian town whose chief claim to fame is that one of the two Bulgarian astronauts, in the 1970s-1980s, was in fact born there.
Lovers of freedom were quick to cry fowl. Is this what the supposedly liberal, pro-Western Changes Continued government is doing? Protecting itself from the love of the general public with iron bars? Not even in the darkest days of Boyko Borisov's GERB had we seen anything like that, they intoned to their agony aunt, Facebook.
A recent example is the Sofia City Council's decision to rename one of the streets around where the Russian Embassy is situated to The Heroes of Ukraine, and a nearby small square to Boris Nemtsov. In addition, they agreed to have an Ukrainian flag hoisted on top of the Sofia City Council building for as long as Putin's war in Ukraine continued. The city councillors belonging to the Bulgarian Socialist Party, opposed but the decision was passed anyway.
Even if you shut us down, organised crime will gladly welcome us.
Vilislava Angelova, judge at the Specialised Criminal Court
I used to think that in the general scheme of things truth does not matter.
General Prosecutor Ivan Geshev
Do not be afraid, Bulgarians. Inflation will only get worse.
Financial expert Mika Zaykova
As a Defence Minister I have no right of personal opinion.
1. Bulgarians celebrate the creation of the Cyrillic alphabet on...
A. 1 May
B. 6 May
C. 24 May
2. Which Communist-era monument still stands in Sofia?
A. Red Army
B. Founders of Bulgaria
The Thracians were able craftsmen. The gold and silverware they produced was exquisite – and is now a priced treasure in Bulgarian museums. They were also great winemakers. They drank their wine undiluted with water, thus gaining the disrespect of their next-door neighbours, the ancient Greeks. The biggest problem of the Thracians was they never developed or adopted an alphabet of their own. Their language remains a mystery, and lacking any written sources about them modern scientists continue to be confounded about their habits and everyday ways.
As soon as the news of the Thursday evening arrests broke out a significant chunk of the Bulgarian population went into a frenzied jubilation comparable, according to one observer, to that goal at the 1994 World Championship Bulgaria scored against Germany. That goal. Folks started popping open new bottles of Rakiya and some of Borisov's neighbours in Bankya even organised a small fireworks display. Is the tyrant really going where he should have gone a long time ago?, Bulgarians were asking their Facebook friends.
We have enough sunflower oil to drown the country.
Economy Minister Kornelia Ninova on rumours of sunflower oil shortages
The ruling coalition is cracking along geopolitical lines.
Daniel Mitov, GERB
Borisov's claim that he would fix all current problems in a day is extremely brazen. Where was he in the past 10 years?
Prime Minister Kiril Petkov
