On November 10, 1989, a plenum of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party ousted its General Secretary and Chairman of the State Council, Todor Zhivkov. This marked the symbolic beginning of the transition from a one-party system to..
On this day in 1989, the November plenum of the Central Committee (CC) of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) accepted the resignation of Todor Zhivkov as Secretary General of the CC of the BCP, after ruling the country for 35 years. The demand..
The Day of Botev and those who died for the freedom and independence of Bulgaria, which is celebrated annually on June 2, is among the historical dates that do not divide our society. How do modern Bulgarians understand freedom and why do we..
On 10 November, 1989, one day after the fall of the Berlin wall, during the November plenum of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, long-standing communist leader Todor Zhivkov was relieved of the post of secretary general of the..
The Covid-19 pandemic has made us rethink the life we are living and the way we travel, stimulating domestic tourism. The so-called urbex locations are as yet uncharted territory even though we can see them in practically every town and village..
The Buzludzha Monument will become an immovable cultural value of national significance. This was offered at meeting of the Specialized Expert Council for the Protection of Immovable Cultural Property, convened by order of Bulgaria’s caretaker..
Bulgarian intellectuals support the national campaign which calls on the MPs from this country’s 45th Parliament to return to the old National Assembly building. In 2020, the Parliament moved into the so-called Party House - former headquarters of the..
Until 31 years ago, September 9 was celebrated as a national holiday in Bulgaria and a turning point that brought the Bulgarian Communist Party to power. Today, the older generations remain divided in their assessments of the communist regime introduced..
Freedom of speech is the greatest achievement of the Bulgarian society in the past 28 years, Bulgaria’s historian and literature critic Professor Mihail Nedelchev told Focus agency on the occasion of the 28 th anniversary since Todor Zhivkov’s fall..
