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GRAFFITI VILLAGE
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Trump, Putin, Boyko Borisov and… Queen Elizabeth, meet on walls of Staro Zhelezare, Bulgaria -
LITTLE HEROES OF PIROGOV
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America for Bulgaria Foundation initiates complete transformation of emergency hospital's children's ward -
IDEAS THAT WORK
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Stanimir Nikolov, Managing Director of EPAM Systems Bulgaria and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bulgarian Outsourcing Association, on the importance of investing in professionals -
WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?
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You are at a major archaeological dig right in the middle of a large Bulgarian town. -
OUT OF PLACE
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Mime Guerassim Dichliev's latest performance explores path from zero to hero (and back) -
BULGARIA'S MONTHLY QUIZ
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UP AT SHIPKA
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For the modern traveller, the Stara Planina is probably Bulgaria's greatest geographical obstacle: a massive mountain range, crossed by narrow passes which are slow, full of bends, and often closed in winter. In the past, however, the Stara Planina was an effective natural protection against enemies. One of its major… -
QUOTE-UNQUOTE
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BYGONE NESEBAR
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The crowd of tourists in flip-flops, faces glowing from sun-burn, is overwhelming. The cries of the touts trying to lure customers into this or that restaurant selling pizza or sweet-sour ducks in small portions at outrageous prices are piercing. Zillions of stalls selling kitschy souvenirs, beach towels, jeans and conveyor-belt-produced… -
PRIME MINISTER GOES INTO RESTAURANT BUSINESS
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Unless you've already had too many beers or Rakiya, this country's "national drink," you will sooner or later notice that restaurant service in Bulgaria is often bad. Sometimes it can get even worse. -
ROZHEN MONASTERY
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When visitors head to Bulgaria's southwest, their prime place of interest is Melnik, the picturesque traditional town located among surreal sand pyramids and famed for its red wine. Near the town, however, one of Bulgaria's most fascinating monasteries, a delightful example of 16th-18th century religious art and architecture, sits hidden… -
¿HAVANA, SI?
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Communism in Cuba dies with a whimper, not with a bang -
SEEING ME OFF, A short story
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This current issue presents a text by the 2016 Sozopol Fiction Seminars fellow and CapitaLiterature participant Toshka Ivanova -
ELIZABETH KOSTOVA
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The Shadow Land, famed US author's newest novel, is entirely set in Bulgaria -
FALL OF 1,300 YEARS OF BULGARIA
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Demolition of huge Communist-era monument turns as controversial as monument itself -
LAND OF LOST LENINS
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Only a handful of the hundreds of Lenin statues under Communism remain standing -
DEVNYA MUSEUM OF ROMAN MOSAICS
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The contrast between the drab town of Devnya and its Museum of Roman Mosaics is shocking – the modernistic concrete museum building preserves some of the best mosaics ever found in Bulgaria. Here they are, astonishing images made of thousands of stone tiles, exhibited in situ in a museum that was… -
GOING, GOING, (ALMOST) GONE!
Bizarre monument in front of NDK may finally be consigned to dustbin of historyBe the first to comment! Read more...
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PREOBRAZHENSKI MONASTERY
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You do not need to be able to read Bulgarian to understand the meaning and to feel the power of a fresco in the Preobrazhenski Monastery, near Veliko Tarnovo. You do not even need to know who the artist, Zahariy Zograf, was. -
ST ANASTASIA ISLAND
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When God created the earth, the Bulgarian legend goes, He gathered all the nations to divide the world among them. To the British, He gave mastership over the seas, while the Swiss received the mountains, the Russians got the great plains, and the Germans took possession of the thick forests.… -
BURGAS THAT WAS
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Against current backdrop of fresh concrete, decaying pre-fab housing estates it's hard to imagine Burgas used to be quiet, yet urbane -
CHRIST IN SPACE? OLD FRESCO IN BULGARIAN VILLAGE CHURCH DEPICTS 'UFO'
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Christ was an alien. Or if He wasn't, then four centuries ago there were UFOs hovering over what is now southwestern Bulgaria. -
'GREAT WALL OF BULGARIA'
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Barbed-wire fence now stretches all the way from Rezovo at Black Sea to Svilengrad -
CASE OF NDK
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Yet another instance of corruption, wise practical decision or new round of political buffoonery? -
THE EMPTY CAVE, An excerpt from a novel
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This current issue presents a text by the 2016 Sozopol Fiction Seminars fellow and CapitaLiterature participant Dimana Trankova -
NDK, COMMUNIST-ERA MONSTROSITY OR CULTURE PALACE TO SHOW OFF WITH?
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In Sofia, there is a place where you can see a representative sample of modern-day Bulgarian society in just about a couple of square miles and in less than a few hours. This is the National Palace of Culture, or NDK. On its vast square, teenagers skateboard and flirt, elderly… -
VELIKO TARNOVO CHURCHES
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As a city that remembers its glorious past as one of Bulgaria's mediaeval capitals, and its importance in the 19th century as the nascent Bulgarian nation struggled for independence and recognition, Veliko Tarnovo has a collection of churches that have witnessed or played a part in many historic events. -
THE SILENCE OF BULGARIA'S ABANDONED AIRPORTS
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Being a flight attendant was a glamorous job during Communism. Uniformed beauties on calendars for Balkan Airlines, the state air carrier, reinforced that the job as an aspirational one, while for the more practically minded, the profession had another advantage. When local shops lacked essentials like toilet paper, working on… -
ENDANGERED KOPRIVSHTITSA
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Will traditional town survive threat of losing heritage status? -
BORDER: A JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF EUROPE
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Kapka Kassabova's newest book causes stir in the UK. Coming to Bulgaria soon -
SOFIA'S HIDDEN FLEA MARKET
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London has Camden Passage (Portobello is so upmarket nowadays), Paris has the Marché aux Puces de St-Ouen, Rome has Porta Portese, Athens has Monastiraki and Tbilisi has the Dry Bridge Flea Market: local flea markets are one of the most delightful experiences in capitals across Europe. Once they were the… -
WHEN WILL WE CATCH UP WITH THE AMERICANS...?
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At the beginning of the 1990s, when Bulgarian Communism had collapsed and the nation was gripped with pro-democracy fervour, Todor Kolev, this country's perhaps best known comedian actor, put out a song that instantly became a major hit. Loosely picking on the tune of The Beatles's Let It Be, Kolev… -
C IS FOR SOFIA, A STANDS FOR BURGAS
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In most European countries, licensing cars is a pretty straightforward business. Number plates usually reflect the year of the first registration, or the province where the car's owner resides, or sometimes they give out nothing at all except a unique combination of letters and numbers detectable by the traffic authorities…
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IDEAS THAT WORK
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Stanimir Nikolov, Managing Director of EPAM Systems Bulgaria and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bulgarian Outsourcing Association, on the importance of investing in professionals
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LITTLE HEROES OF PIROGOV
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America for Bulgaria Foundation initiates complete transformation of emergency hospital's children's ward
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GRAFFITI VILLAGE
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Trump, Putin, Boyko Borisov and… Queen Elizabeth, meet on walls of Staro Zhelezare, Bulgaria
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WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?
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You are at a major archaeological dig right in the middle of a large Bulgarian town.
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UP AT SHIPKA
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For the modern traveller, the Stara Planina is probably Bulgaria's greatest geographical obstacle: a massive mountain range, crossed by narrow passes which are slow, full of bends, and often closed in winter. In the past, however, the Stara Planina was an effective natural protection against enemies. One of its major…
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BULGARIA'S MONTHLY QUIZ
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Think you know Bulgaria and the Bulgarians? Take our test to doublecheck
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ROZHEN MONASTERY
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When visitors head to Bulgaria's southwest, their prime place of interest is Melnik, the picturesque traditional town located among surreal sand pyramids and famed for its red wine. Near the town, however, one of Bulgaria's most fascinating monasteries, a delightful example of 16th-18th century religious art and architecture, sits hidden…
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PRIME MINISTER GOES INTO RESTAURANT BUSINESS
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Unless you've already had too many beers or Rakiya, this country's "national drink," you will sooner or later notice that restaurant service in Bulgaria is often bad. Sometimes it can get even worse.
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BYGONE NESEBAR
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The crowd of tourists in flip-flops, faces glowing from sun-burn, is overwhelming. The cries of the touts trying to lure customers into this or that restaurant selling pizza or sweet-sour ducks in small portions at outrageous prices are piercing. Zillions of stalls selling kitschy souvenirs, beach towels, jeans and conveyor-belt-produced…
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QUOTE-UNQUOTE
The summer of the Bulgarian Prime MinisterBe the first to comment! Read more...
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OUT OF PLACE
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Mime Guerassim Dichliev's latest performance explores path from zero to hero (and back)
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¿HAVANA, SI?
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Communism in Cuba dies with a whimper, not with a bang
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SEEING ME OFF, A short story
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This current issue presents a text by the 2016 Sozopol Fiction Seminars fellow and CapitaLiterature participant Toshka Ivanova
