Many of its wooden houses are well preserved, some have been turned into museums, there are places to stay and places to eat, and the village is home to a couple of festivals one of which gathers an international crowd clad in traditional costumes. Several important Bulgarian historical personalities, including the great writer Yordan Yovkov, have been born here.
1. Which mountain is at the Bulgarian border with Turkey?
A. The Stara Planina
B. The Osogovo
C. The Strandzha
2. Who won the 9 June snap elections?
A. GERB
B. CC-DB
C. Vazrazhdane
3. What is the speed limit in towns and villages in Bulgaria?
The advisors to Vasil Terziev, the mayor of Sofia, who are supposedly as "smart and beautiful" as the political parties that put him forward, must have swallowed that book several times over and mastered to perfection the craft of losing friends and alienating people...
1. In Bulgaria were found the oldest...
A. Gold objects in the world
B. Chariots in the world
C. Tombs in the world
2. In 2024, how many Bulgarian beaches were Blue Flag-certified?
A. 10
B. 22
C. None
3. Via Pontica bird migratory route passes over...
A. The Black Sea
B. The Danube Plain
C. The Struma Valley
I have difficulties to establish whether this is a provocation or wet dreams.
Radan Kanev, an EMP candidate for the CC-DB, on the allegation that Boyko Borisov wants to become president while Delyan Peevski is prime minister
In fact Hristo Ivanov wanted to be president, he wanted me to be prime minister, and Borisov would be a retiree.
Delyan Peevski, co-leader of the DPS, on Asen Vasilev's allegation Boyko Borisov wanted to retire as president while Peevski was prime minister
At least a dozen man-made lakes of various sizes attract many locals who come here for the serenity, the mountain air and for the angling and photography opportunities. In actual fact being by a lake, especially in summertime, in many ways outshines going to the seaside if only because there are no crowds and it gets cooler at night. Besides, the hiking and trekking options will keep you busy for days if not weeks.
Atanas Atanasov is a general. He was the head of the Bulgarian security service under Ivan Kostov, the Bulgarian prime minister in 1997-2001, who inimitably prompted just two reactions: love or hate. There are still people who swear by him because they think he was resolute in dismantling the Communist system, and other people who swear at him because they consider all evils to have befallen Bulgaria since 1989 to be directly or indirectly attributable to him.
He who takes wads of cash will perish by wads of cash.
Boyko Borisov on the scandal involving Boyko Rashkov, former interior minister. Rashkov's dog appeared in leaked photos along wads of cash supposedly owned by two businessmen allegedly involved in contraband
1. Bulgarians use which alphabet?
A. Cyrillic
B. Glagolitic
C. Latin
2. What salad is made with white cheese?
A. Snezhanka
B. Kyopoolu
C. Shopska
3. Which river flows north to south?
A. The Iskar
First you see a pretty, almost fairy-tale, unmistakably Russian church. Soon you reach a larger-than-life equestrian statue representing a 19th century Russian monarch. Further up there is another church, a cathedral, bearing the name of a Russian saint. Turn left and you will hit Parensov Street, named so after a Russian general. And a tram trundles along a pedestrianised road called Count Ignatieff. It is not named after Michael, but after a distant predecessor, also unmistakably Russian.