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Latest stories about Bulgarian

17 January 2011

Bulgaria: Bloggers Discuss the Soviet Army Monument in Sofia

Written by Ruslan Trad · Eastern & Central Europe

The Soviet Army Monument in Sofia was built in 1954, in honor of the victory over the Nazis in World War II. Today, this monument is the subject of dispute between left- and right-wing political groups. Recently, a group of right-wing activists started a discussion in the Bulgarian society whether the Monument should be demolished or not.

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21 November 2010

Bulgaria: Reactions to Hate Speech Against Arabs and Islam

Written by Ruslan Trad · Eastern & Central Europe

Kapka Siderova, the wife of a far-right nationalist politician in Bulgaria, made some controversial statements about Arab women on a popular talk show yesterday, sparking outrage and allegations of racism and bigotry. Ruslan Trad reviews the reactions of Bulgarian Facebook users.

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1 November 2010

Bulgaria: Reactions to Dilma Rousseff's Victory in Brazil

Written by Ruslan Trad · Eastern & Central Europe, Latin America

Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff has been the subject of many conversations in Bulgaria, due to her Bulgarian roots. Ruslan Trad translates some of the online reactions.

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2 October 2010

Bulgaria: Internet Discussions About Nazism

Written by Ruslan Trad · Eastern & Central Europe

The actions of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy against the Roma people in France and their deportation to Bulgaria and Romania, were met with two opposing views in the Bulgarian society. Nationalist factions organized an anti-Roma protest on Sept. 25, where they chanted Nazi slogans. This evoked a response from human rights activists, who created a website and Facebook groups against neo-Nazi groups.

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21 August 2010

Bulgaria: Discovery of John the Baptist's Relics Causes Political Scandal

Written by Ruslan Trad · Eastern & Central Europe

The discovery of what's believed to be St. John the Baptist's remains last month caused a political scandal and gave rise to a passionate debate in the Bulgarian community. Ruslan Trad translates a selection of bloggers' views.

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12 June 2010

Bulgaria: Protest Against Neo-Nazi Violence

Written by Ruslan Trad · Eastern & Central Europe

On June 6, a protest was held in Sofia in support of the rights of refugees and immigrants in Bulgaria. Shortly before the start of the protest, a group of skinheads attacked several people inside a tram on the way to the event. On June 10, a second gathering was organized, in which activists protested against neo-Nazism and the attacks on peaceful citizens.

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25 March 2010

Bulgaria: Football Player Beats Up a Model

Written by Ruslan Trad · Eastern & Central Europe

Bulgaria is quite shocked at the news of a player for one of the country's biggest football clubs, CSKA, beating top model Kristin Vacheva.

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10 March 2010

Bulgaria: CME Buys Bulgaria's Most Watched TV Channel

Written by Ruslan Trad · Eastern & Central Europe

Ruslan Trad reports on the recent sale of bTV, one of the most popular TV channels in Bulgaria, to Central European Media Enterprises.

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7 March 2010

Bulgaria: Protesting Against Seafront Construction in Varna

Written by Ruslan Trad · Eastern & Central Europe

Ruslan Trad writes about Varna activists' fight against illegal construction on the seafront promenade - and against rampant corruption plaguing the country.

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2 March 2010

Bulgaria: A Debate on Islam

Written by Ruslan Trad · Middle East & North Africa, Eastern & Central Europe

On Feb. 26, some 40 people attended a debate titled "Islam as a threat - again in fashion?", held in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Ruslan Trad translates some of the blog notes on the issues discussed.

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Updates about Bulgarian

7 February 2012

Bulgaria

GV Author Ruslan Trad is tweeting - here, here, here, and here - about the severe flooding in southern Bulgaria, which was caused by heavy rainfall of the past few days and has killed at least eight people in the village of Bisser. The latest tweet came about an hour ago: “Breaking: Maritsa River’s dike broke close to the village of Generalovo, municipality of Svilenhrad, huge wave.” More photos from the disaster in the village of Bisser - at the Facebook page [bg] of the Bulgarian National TV's fundraising effort to help the victims.

• Veronica Khokhlova

17 January 2012

Bulgaria

On Jan. 14, some 15,000 protesters came out in the streets of at least 12 Bulgarian cities, as well as in London, Paris and Copenhagen, to call for a moratorium on shale gas tests through hydraulic fracturing and to demand a new law that would ban this potentially dangerous practice. Facebook group “We are against a Bulgarian Chernobyl - shale gas exploration” [bg] now has nearly 56,000 members; a photo from the rally in Sofia, posted by one of the group's members, is here. One of the videos from the rally is here.

• Ruslan Trad

1 December 2011

Bulgaria

According to the trade unions, between 25,000 and 30,000 people protested in Sofia on Wednesday against the new pension reform, social cuts and the cancellation of the majority of trains in the country (a photo; videos - here and here). The police sent to contain the rally supported the people's demands by wearing ribbons in the colors of the Bulgarian national flag on their uniforms. MPs from the ruling party tried to talk with the protestors, but were booed. The protests will continue because of the cancelation of talks between the government and the trade unions.

• Ruslan Trad

22 November 2011

Bulgaria

A new protest is being planned for Nov. 26 in Sofia, part of a series of protests against Chevron's shale gas extraction in northeast Bulgaria. On Nov. 20, nearly 500 people attended a rally in the coastal city of Varna, which didn't receive adequate media coverage. Several Facebook groups have been created: Sofia: BULGARIA can count on us - not shale gas! [bg, 740 members], We are against a Bulgarian Chernobyl - shale gas extraction [bg, 30,815 members].

• Ruslan Trad

18 November 2011

Bulgaria

The Nov. 16 protest against Chevron's extraction of shale gas in northeast Bulgaria had been organized through Facebook event. The poster on this photo reads: “Why did you sign, Boyko [PM Borisov's first name] - out of stubbornness?” Protesters chanted slogans against the government, calling them “traitors” because of the signed agreement for extraction of shale gas.

• Ruslan Trad

12 October 2011

Bulgaria

Bulgarian activists announced that they would join in the global #Ocuppy action on Oct. 15. There is a Facebook event and a group call for action, real democracy and #OccupyBulgaria. The activists have been inspired by the protests in Greece, the United States and Spain.

• Ruslan Trad

23 September 2011

Bulgaria

A silent meeting in support of Palestine's bid for a UN seat and independence took place in Sofia on Sep. 20, organized by the Bulgarian-Palestinian Association for Friendship and Development. There was coverage by Press TV and here are photos from the event on Facebook (Bulgaria to support independent Palestine in UN).

• Ruslan Trad

11 September 2011

Bulgaria

Bulgaria's ruling party GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) has been using children's holiday posters in the city of Plovdiv in their campaign for the upcoming Oct. 23 presidential election. This poster, posted in the Facebook group of the left-wing Solidarna Bulgaria (Solidarity Bulgaria), shows how the ruling party has been campaigning in violation of the Bulgarian laws, which prohibit the use of propaganda in schools, universities and other public places for children.

• Ruslan Trad

17 August 2011

Bulgaria

Bulgarian blogger Boyan Yurukov has set up Bulgaria's first Ushahidi-based site, Crime.bg, whose goal is to collect signals of crimes and irregularities, via the site itself as well as through mobile applications, Twitter and Facebook. On his blog, Yurukov explained the reasons [bg] for creating Crime.bg: “1. People's lack of trust in police; and 2. Lack of open public data on crime rates in Bulgaria.” Crime.bg has inspired other activists in Bulgaria to use Ushahidi: e.g., Izboren Kodeks (”Election Code”), a web initiative to track violations in the electoral process.

• Ruslan Trad

21 June 2011

Bulgaria

Bulgarian blogger and Internet activist Bogomil Shopov allows to download his latest e-book [bg; .pdf], which is about Internet tracking in Bulgaria and ways to avoid it. The e-book is 13 pages long and covers legal aspects of the monitoring, explains how the state is tracking Internet and mobile phone users and how to oppose it legally, and supplies examples of the actual use of the data collected on the individuals.

• Ruslan Trad

Comments on "Bulgarian"

Bulgaria: Penalty For Getting Pregnant

I think this is bad idea, 350euro are too weak. Anyway thanks for this information.

Bulgarian communist "dictator"?

Black March Boycott protest ACTA, do NOT buy Movies, Music or Video Games for the month of March. Get the...
Great article,great job.Even though we have much bigger problems in Bulgaria than ACTA i feel proud and happy that young...
Next time we will be there again :)