New High-Tension Power Line of the Balkans Aug 2, 2006
We can start by the fact that it falsifies and appropriates a big part of Bulgarian history and we can end by saying that it attacks Bulgaria every chance it gets and pretends to have some made-up minorities. Krasimir Karakachanov was the first, who stressed that Bulgaria should put conditions to Macedonia, and only then support its accession to the EU. According to the IMRO-Bulgaria leader, one of those conditions must be the re-writing of the Macedonian history. (Ocnus.net)
Letters: The road to prosperity Apr 28, 2006
Regarding the article "Bulgaria reform lagging, report says" (April 21): For those of us familiar with Bulgarian history, the present troubles with the reforms required for acceptance to the European Union in January 2007 are neither a surprise nor a mystery. Bulgaria is caught up in a tug-of-war between the East and the West. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Letter from Sofia Dec 2, 2004
No doubt, anti-Semitism reared its ugly head every so often in modern Bulgarian history, but it never developed the kind of traction it did elsewhere in Europe. And, while outside forces have apparently sought to radicalize Bulgaria's Muslim Turkish community, they've reportedly had little success to date. (Ocnus.net)
Spanish Troops Turned on US Allies May 11, 2004
"Turned on Allies." Wait a second, to the history buffs out there, hasn't Bulgarian history been dominated by switching allies. Wasn't Bulgaria a great empire. (Novinite, Bulgaria)
Expat of the Week - Matching hospitality with hospitality Dec 12, 2003
When it comes to certain technological matters this may hold true, but when it comes to intelligence and ability to absorb, "I find the mathematical brain of many Bulgarians far superior to contented Western brains," Halbherr said. He had no idea how much the Bulgarian history was and is vital to the culture of Western Europe (Sofia Echo, Bulgaria)
'Long live democracy' Nov 14, 2003
Allegedly Stein made statements and comments against the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), the party of the ethnic Turks in Bulgaria, which bussed thousands of emigrants from Bulgaria who still hold Bulgarian citizenship to vote in the municipal elections. "In a Balkan country like Bulgaria, one should be very careful when Bulgarian citizens are instigated against other ethnicities," Pesheva said (Sofia Echo, Bulgaria)
Around The Campus Nov 9, 2003
The Institute for Advanced Study will present the lecture, "The Genesis of a Children's Game: Cricket Fights in Imperial China." Ping-chen Hsiung, the event's speaker, is a senior researcher in the Modern History Institute of the Academia Sinica, Taipei, and a renowned scholar in the areas of the history of childhood, family relations, and pediatrics in late-imperial and modern China. Recently, she has been working on the history of gynecology, the treatment of male sexual dysfunction, and... (The Indiana Digital Student)
People in History - Wordsmiths of enlightenment Nov 7, 2003
The Bulgarian Enlightenment is the term commonly accepted for the country's process of transformation from feudalism to capitalism, a turbulent time characterised by a struggle for Bulgaria's spiritual, cultural and political independence. It is seen as the time of the rise of a literature that is uniquely Bulgarian, of a coalescing national culture, and of the spawning of an intelligentsia (Sofia Echo, Bulgaria)
People in History - Uniter of workers Oct 24, 2003
TURBULENT historical and political changes in recent Bulgarian history led to a very aggressive policy towards architectural heritage in Bulgaria, the majestic white building that used to loom in front of the present National Gallery and previous King's Palace had to disappear as quickly as possible. Dimitrov is one of the few Bulgarian historical figures whose name is included in world encyclopedias and whose famous self-defence in the Leipzig fire trial will always remain in the archives of... (Sofia Echo, Bulgaria)
Expat of the Week - Operating and managing Oct 10, 2003
There is a great dynamism in young Bulgarians, of which he approves. "The way I feel in Greece I feel here as well," he said, adding that Bulgarians are as hospitable as Greeks (Sofia Echo, Bulgaria)
