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..
The Appellate Court-Sofia overturned the decree of the Military Prosecutor's Office to terminate the investigation into the case over the forced change of names of Bulgarian Muslims during the communist regime, known as the “Revival Process”...
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..
It is 30 years today since the historic visit to Bulgaria by French President Francois Mitterrand which gave an impetus to the democratic processes in the country. During his visit in January 1989, President Mitterrand invited 12..
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..
