PROUD TO BE DIFFERENT?
The Orthodox Church was perhaps the most outspoken of all the gays' opponents. In a statement posted on its web page, the Bulgarian clergy used strong language to condemn what it termed a "mortal sin" and "ignominious affray"
ADAM MICKIEWICZ IN BURGAS
But what was Adam Mickiewicz doing in Burgas, now Bulgaria's second Black Sea coast town, at a time when it barely existed except as a small, disease-ridden village, and Bulgaria was a territory of "European Turkey"?
ARCHAEOLOGY NOW
Yes, archaeology in Bulgaria has changed a lot in the last 10 years. The American Research Center in Sofia, or ARCS, which was founded in 2004, marks an episode in this series of changes, and a positive one at that.
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The idea for a museum of military history dates from the time of the First World War. One of the army commanders, General Pravoslav Tenev, saw an opportunity to collect the artefacts scattered all over Bulgaria, held by the regiments and exhibited in regional museums. The army headquarters agreed, and promised rewards to those who cooperated – and penalties to those who tried to hide them.
This diversity of religions comes from a long and complicated history, peopled by Romans, Bulgarians, Ottomans, Jews and Greeks, along with other minorities. Each group built its own place of worship, though the line between "traditional" and "non-traditional" religions blurred between 1944 and 1989, when the Communist regime persecuted all of them indiscriminately.
A walk through Sofia's temples is an invitation to explore the city from an angle you may not have thought of before – that of faith
A walk through Sofia's temples is an invitation to explore the city from an angle you may not have thought of before – that of faith
"When you emerge from the depths of the surrounding forest, you are faced with an expanse of land with a pile of gigantic columns sticking up in front of you. Their location does not follow any order or common architectural pattern."
In 1981, Bulgaria was awash with the megalomaniacal preparations for the celebration of the 1,300th anniversary of its foundation. The BKP wanted to show that Bulgaria was not only an ancient but also a Socialist country. 
Strange as it may sound, you can still find clean and peaceful beaches where you can place your towel on the sand without thug-like security guards putting the squeeze on you to hire a lounger or a parasol for 25 leva.
Sozopol has been transformed over the past few years. The quiet town that became famous in the 1970s as a Bohemian place has turned into an enclave.
There was a time in its recent history when Bulgaria was marketed as the "Country of Roses." But another title would have had the same, or even greater, success: "Country of Eccentrics."
Bubi could not say whether he had jumped under the wheels of that car on purpose. The grief-stricken family attributed his death to the tragedy that had happened a few days earlier, on 22 September 1921.Search
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