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HISTORY BY PETITION
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ÉRIC LEBÉDEL: FRANCE'S AMBASSADOR ON MAVRUD, BORDER AREAS AND DIFFICULT-TO-PRONOUNCE BULGARIAN PLACE NAMES
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French Ambassador Éric Lebédel has lived in Sofia for almost three years, during which time he has managed not only to upkeep his duties as France's envoy to Bulgaria but also to travel extensively throughout the country, including to locations that are off the radar of even the most intrepid… -
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD FROM... HASKOVO
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FRANCE IN BULGARIA
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WHO WAS PENYO PENEV?
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ONE TEMPLE, THREE RELIGIONS
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ROUND BLACK SEA IN 3 VAGABONDS PART 2: THE NATURE
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WHAT MAKES THE ROUNDS THIS MONTH
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WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?
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BULGARIA'S MONTHLY QUIZ
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IT STILL BENDS ON THE ELBOW*
This current issue presents a text by the 2018 Sozopol Fiction Seminars fellow and CapitaLiterature participant Sofie VerraestBe the first to comment! Read more...
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BELINTASH SHRINE
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UNKNOWN GREECE, PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION BY ANTHONY GEORGIEFF
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Every summer hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians descend on the border with Greece, determined to get as soon as possible to their favourite beach and taverna on Chalkidiki Peninsula and Thassos Island. The proximity of Greece creates the false notion that they know it well, particularly if they are able… -
ERIC RUBIN
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SUN FORTRESS
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TO BREXIT OR NOT
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ROUND BLACK SEA IN 3 VAGABONDS. PART 1: THE HISTORY
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POPE OF DETERGENTS
Pope Francis, who visited overwhelmingly Orthodox Bulgaria, was "liked" by some people identifying themselves as being "pro-Western" "rightwing" "intellectuals" and, infamously, snubbed by the Orthodox Church whose senior clergy refused to participate in a joint prayer with the head of Roman Catholicism citing some insurmountable differences dating back to the…Be the first to comment! Read more...
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BULGARIA'S FIREFLIES
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BULGARIA'S VILLAGE CHURCHES
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CATHOLIC BULGARIA
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NORTH MACEDONIA
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BULGARIA'S TOP 10 SMALL TOWNS
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WHAT TO DO WITH BULGARIA'S FLYING SAUCER?
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SEEING DEVIL IN DEVIL'S BRIDGE
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HOW TO SURVIVE BULGARIA'S ROADS
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HISTORY BY PETITION
Bulgaria spawns grotesque criticism of... school textbooksBe the first to comment! Read more...
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ÉRIC LEBÉDEL: FRANCE'S AMBASSADOR ON MAVRUD, BORDER AREAS AND DIFFICULT-TO-PRONOUNCE BULGARIAN PLACE NAMES
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French Ambassador Éric Lebédel has lived in Sofia for almost three years, during which time he has managed not only to upkeep his duties as France's envoy to Bulgaria but also to travel extensively throughout the country, including to locations that are off the radar of even the most intrepid…
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FRANCE IN BULGARIA
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French travellers, diplomats, writers entwined in Bulgaria's urban landscapes, history
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UNKNOWN GREECE, PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION BY ANTHONY GEORGIEFF
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Every summer hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians descend on the border with Greece, determined to get as soon as possible to their favourite beach and taverna on Chalkidiki Peninsula and Thassos Island. The proximity of Greece creates the false notion that they know it well, particularly if they are able…
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HOLY MOTHER OF GOD FROM... HASKOVO
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Bulgarian city's claim to fame is world's tallest statue of Mary
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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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BELINTASH SHRINE
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Ancient Thracian rock sanctuary inspires modern legends
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WHAT MAKES THE ROUNDS THIS MONTH
The weathermen to the government: "We may lie, but we do not steal!"Be the first to comment! Read more...
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WHO WAS PENYO PENEV?
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Poet from early Communist Bulgaria remains relevant today
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WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?
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This city in southern Bulgaria, in the middle of the Plain of Thrace, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in Europe.
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ONE TEMPLE, THREE RELIGIONS
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Deities, gods venerated at what is today Stara Zagora's Museum of Religions for millennia
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QUOTE-UNQUOTE
"With the future F-16s we will protect North Macedonia as well, as they are slow to make turns." Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on the purchase of new fighter jetsBe the first to comment! Read more...
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ROUND BLACK SEA IN 3 VAGABONDS PART 2: THE NATURE
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Head off on a life-enhancing journey with our series of articles dedicated to the history, nature and cities of Europe's least known sea
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IT STILL BENDS ON THE ELBOW*
This current issue presents a text by the 2018 Sozopol Fiction Seminars fellow and CapitaLiterature participant Sofie VerraestBe the first to comment! Read more...
