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Koledari keep a century-old tradition alive

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Ancient, mediaeval and Ottoman forts evoke less-than-calm life

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WHY BULGARIANS ARE LEAVING BULGARIA
And why no one wants to return

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FACING CHRISTMAS IN YAMBOL
Koledari keep a century-old tradition alive

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BULGARIAN VOTING FUN
The people of Dolna Oryahovitsa in northern Bulgaria, which can imaginatively be translated as Lower Nutsville – a town not far from Gorna Oryahovitsa, which also can imaginatively be translated as Upper Nutsville – were given a difficult choice at last month's local elections. In the second round of voting they had…

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FORTIFIED BULGARIA
Ancient, mediaeval and Ottoman forts evoke less-than-calm life

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BULGARIA'S MONTHLY QUIZ
Think you know Bulgaria and the Bulgarians? Take our test to doublecheck

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CITY OVER COLD WATERS
Immerse yourself in Constanţa's delicious combination of past, present and... Ovid's sorrows

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WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?
One of Bulgaria's grandest archaeological finds in recent years is also its most puzzling.

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QUOTE-UNQUOTE
"The state apparatus was converted into an elections-winning machine." Mustafa Karadaya, leader of the Movement of Freedom and Rights, or DPS

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A SUBLIME PORT
This current issue presents a text by the 2018 Sozopol Fiction Seminars fellow and CapitaLiterature participant Taymour Soomro

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FOOTBALL PITCH OUTRAGE HIGHLIGHTS DEEPER PROBLEMS
For many Bulgarians the 1994 World Cup in the United States, when Bulgaria beat Germany and ended fourth in the world, was the apex of Bulgarian football. Stoytchkov then became, and probably continues to be, the most famous Bulgarian ever, by far outshining all kings, prime ministers, writers and artists…

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10 OUT OF 100
Visit Communist attractions deleted from Bulgarian National Tourism Sites maps

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ON COMMUNISM, ANTI-COMMUNISM AND WHAT COMES AFTER
One of Bulgaria's top intellectuals, Georgi Lozanov, is a familiar face to Vagabond readers. A philosopher and a media expert with many years as a leading member of the National Electronic Media Council Lozanov now teaches communications at Sofia University. Among his many interests Communism – and what supersedes it – has…

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ARRIVAL CITY
Hristo Botev neighbourhood risks becoming ghetto next to Sofia Airport

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BISHOP'S BASILICA OF PHILIPPOPOLIS
Glimpse of mosaic treasures before official inauguration

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MUMMERS & MORE
Russian Elena Golovanova wins Vagabond Photography Special Prize in Yambol

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WHO BROKE INTO NATIONAL REVENUE'S COMPUTERS?
Authorities make hash of tax office hacking scandal

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IRIT LILLIAN
Outgoing Israeli ambassador on Jerusalem Garden, shopping prices and Lukov March

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LONG ROAD HOME FOR LT CROUCHLEY
Americans, Bulgarians help bring remains of WW2 serviceman back to USA

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BRIDGE OF LEGENDS
Centuries-old stone bridge in Nevestino tells ultimate story of creation, sacrifice

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SHOOTING STARS OVER BULGARIA
How to capture celestial lights with camera

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WHO ARE THE MAIN PLAYERS IN BULGARIAN MEDIA?
Corruption prompts bad freedom-of-speech ratings

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WHO WAS PETER DEUNOV?
Esoteric's ideas survived Communism

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HOW TO SURVIVE BULGARIA'S ROADS
Driving becomes major write-home-about experience

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WHY BULGARIANS ARE LEAVING BULGARIA
And why no one wants to return

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FACING CHRISTMAS IN YAMBOL
Koledari keep a century-old tradition alive

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BULGARIAN VOTING FUN
The people of Dolna Oryahovitsa in northern Bulgaria, which can imaginatively be translated as Lower Nutsville – a town not far from Gorna Oryahovitsa, which also can imaginatively be translated as Upper Nutsville – were given a difficult choice at last month's local elections. In the second round of voting they had…

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QUOTE-UNQUOTE
"The state apparatus was converted into an elections-winning machine." Mustafa Karadaya, leader of the Movement of Freedom and Rights, or DPS

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BULGARIA'S MONTHLY QUIZ
Think you know Bulgaria and the Bulgarians? Take our test to doublecheck

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FORTIFIED BULGARIA
Ancient, mediaeval and Ottoman forts evoke less-than-calm life

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CITY OVER COLD WATERS
Immerse yourself in Constanţa's delicious combination of past, present and... Ovid's sorrows

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A SUBLIME PORT
This current issue presents a text by the 2018 Sozopol Fiction Seminars fellow and CapitaLiterature participant Taymour Soomro

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WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?
One of Bulgaria's grandest archaeological finds in recent years is also its most puzzling.

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