1. Which major event in Bulgarian history took place in September?
A. The 1944 Communist coup
B. The signing of the 1878 San Stefano treaty
C. Bulgaria’s foundation in 681
2. How many poisonous snake species live in Bulgaria?
A. Ten
B. Two
C. None
From the social media uproar caused by the Paris summer olympics to the unfounded claims that a stabbing attack in England was perpetrated by a Muslim, and from the Covid-19 infodemic to former US President Donald Trump's vitriolic assails against Vice President Kamala Harris fake news rules the world. In many cases it has real consequences in real life. In fact the more heated the debate, the more facts are vulnerable to manipulation.
Former chairwoman of the BSP, or Bulgarian Socialist Party, Kornelia Ninova further stunned already flabbergasted Bulgarian audiences by pointing out "it was too early in the day" to talk about "unorthodox sexual practices" such as fisting. Ninova was being interviewed on a morning show by bTV, a major television station. She resigned her post as leader of the BSP, the heir to the former Bulgarian Communist Party, in the wake of the June 2024 election that brought disastrous results for her party.
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
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.
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.
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
1. What is a favourite summertime snack in Bulgaria?
A. Deep-fried sprat
B. King prawns cocktail
C. Crab legs
2. Which highway will take you to Greece?
A. The Hemus
B. The Struma
C. The Trakiya
3. For combination of stunning cliffs and sea you go to...
A. Burgas
B. Sunny Beach
C. Kaliakra Cape
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."
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?