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It appears I raised you as men with rabbit hearts.

Former Socialist leader Kornelia Ninova to the new caretaker leadership of the BSP

Let the prosecutors probe whatever they want. They may also call in the dog.

Changes Continued co-leader Asen Vasilev on an ongoing investigation of alleged corruption in Bulgarian Customs

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WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?

Logically, every odd rock has a story attached to it. Most of them, predictably, are macabre but all are worth listening to as they bespeak folk dreams and memories through the centuries. In recent years a summertime opera festival gets organised at the foot of the rocks, a celebration of both nature and classical music.

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WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?

It was destroyed by the invading Ottomans, reviving itself in 1660. The compound you see today is a fine example of Revival Period architecture with a 1844 church with a fine woodcarved iconostasis. As is the custom with many holy places in Bulgaria, the monastery holds a number of macabre stories. Folk etymology indicates that its name is derived from cherep, or skull. The monastery is surrounded by white cliffs that do look like skulls with their black eye sockets.

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We pray for rain.

Newly-elected Patriarch Daniil on July heat wave

Top of the agenda is the natural disasters. The political ones come second.

President Rumen Radev

I do believe this National Assembly can produce a viable technical [sic] government.

General Atanas Atanasov, leader of the rightwing DSB

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GRANDEUR DISINTEGRATES

The new party, centred around a Disneyland-style theme park with strong "patriotic" connotations and located in northeastern Bulgaria, was represented by two men. Lieutenant-Colonel Nikolay Markov (who introduces himself as "colonel"), who became the leader of the 13-strong parliamentary faction of Grandeur, and Ivelin Mihaylov, the owner of the theme park, whom his ilk presented as Grandeur's "ideologue."

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WOULD YOU BUY AN USED CAR FROM ANY OF THESE PEOPLE?

In an election campaign almost entirely dominated by finger-pointing and mudslinging the "genius" PRs of the CC-DB-DSB, or Changes Continued-Democratic Bulgaria-Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria, seem to have gained the top ignominy for the worst election message. In an ill-thoughtover replay of the 1960 ad for JFK targeted at Richard Nixon – anyone remember the Would-You-Buy-an-Used-Car-From-This-Man publicity stunt?

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I do not comment on the panic attacks of any political leader. This issue should be addressed by a doctor.

President Rumen Radev on the leader of the DPS Delyan Peevski's assertion that the he wanted to yield Bulgaria to Putin

We are on the downwards slide and it is well oiled. The idea that by staying in opposition we will attract some voters back is absolutely naive.

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WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?

Many of its wooden houses are well preserved, some have been turned into museums, there are places to stay and places to eat, and the village is home to a couple of festivals one of which gathers an international crowd clad in traditional costumes. Several important Bulgarian historical personalities, including the great writer Yordan Yovkov, have been born here.

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