On October 5, 1879, the Governor-General of Eastern Rumelia, Prince Alexander Bogoridi, laid the foundation stone for the restoration of Stara Zagora. The city was almost completely plundered and destroyed by the advancing Ottoman army of Suleiman Pasha during the War of Independence, and its inhabitants were subjected to mass extermination, in which nearly 8,000 Bulgarians died. …
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Part 3 of a series about local referendums against investment projects in Bulgaria – their causes and consequences. You can read Part 1 and Part 2. The question is in the … question The question of the referendum in Tran “Are you against the municipality of Tran, through the Municipal Council, approving development plans, determining territories for …
More »The tricks surrounding the referendums and the strategy against the mine in Tran
Part 2 of a series on local referendums against investment projects in Bulgaria – their causes and consequences. You can read Part 1 here. Taking into account the results of a local referendum and the ways in which they were achieved allows the parties to interpret them in the direction they want and according to …
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Part 1 of a series on local referendums against investment projects in Bulgaria - their causes and consequences: Autumn has come and the topic of local referendums will become relevant again. This is not a forecast, but simply the logic of the social processes in our country over the past 2 years. And this is an occasion to look …
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Author: Ivo Kolarov Human rights are a main topic of all political programs in Europe and the rest of the "Western" world. Along with the so-called "natural" ones, new ones are increasingly sneaking in, such as the privileges of receiving free medical care, education, income, etc. In Bulgaria, populism has long been ...
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