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Kukeri : How a Bulgarian Village Dances Evil Spirits Away
Once a year, the Bulgarian tradition of Kukeri unites a small village as residents wear intricate masks and costumes and dance at night. Killian Lassablière chronicles the practice in his short documentary.
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Croatia is ready to adopt euro in January 2023, Bulgaria must wait
Croatia will adopt the euro on January 1, 2023. Bulgaria’s hopes of doing likewise in 2024 look increasingly slim, however.
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Bulgaria charges three Russians over poisoning possibly linked to Skripal case
Bulgarian prosecutors have charged three Russians with the attempted murder of t...
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Data of 'nearly all adults' in Bulgaria stolen
A hacker targeted the Balkan country's tax agency and reportedly offered local media access to stolen data.
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Agent Kristeva
The covert and overt sins of a celebrated scholar. By Kevin Williamson.
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How communist Bulgaria became a leader in tech and sci-fi
Tech flourished in communist Bulgaria and so did a body of science fiction asking vital philosophical questions. By Victor Petrov.
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The country that brought yoghurt to the world
Not only is the history of yoghurt tied to Bulgaria, but Bulgaria's history and identity can be traced through its production.
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Bulgarians rush to save a phalanx of distressed, frozen storks
Villagers come to the rescue after icy wings ground hundreds of migrating birds. (Mar. 21, 2018)
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Bulgarian exchange resumes bitcoin trading
Crypto.bg is a leading Bulgarian exchange. Last week it was affected by the unexpected banking clampdown on coin-traders in the country. But now it is set to resume trading today. The company’s management announced that access to their bank account has been restored after negotiations with bank officials.
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Bulgaria Government Shocked To Discover It Owns $3 Billion In Bitcoin
Bulgarian law enforcement jointly worked with the Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELC), a regional organization comprised of 12 member states, to bust a sophisticated organized-crime network, arresting twenty-three Bulgarian nationals and seizing a total of 213,519 bitcoins. SELC described the organized-crime scheme as the hacking of Bulgarian Custom’s computers and allowing those associated with the group to skip fees for importing goods into the country.
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Bulgaria now allows only open source software for governance
The Bulgarian Parliament has passed amendments to its Electronic Governance Act which require all software written for the government to be open source and developed in a public repository. Article 58a of the Act states that administrative authorities must include the following requirements in its tenders for procuring software: When the subject of the contract includes the development of computer programs, computer programs must meet the criteria for open-source software;
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The Young Virgins at Bulgaria’s Controversial Bride Market
Every spring, the country’s 18,000-person Kalaidzhi Roma clan gathers in Stara Zagora for the controversial “bride market” where young virgins are paraded in front of suitors who bid on them.
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The Early, State-Sanctioned LSD Experiments in Communist Bulgaria
LSD is usually associated with the hippie counterculture of the late 1960s. What has not been known until recently is that dozens of experiments involving the psychedelic drug were carried out in Communist Bulgaria, from 1962 to 1968, by the Bulgarian psychiatrist Marina Boyadjieva. Among the human guinea pigs were doctors, artists, miners, truck drivers, and even prisoners and mentally ill patients. These research subjects were involved in some 140 trials.
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Bulgarian motorway poised to carve up wildlife haven
Bears, birds and butterflies at risk as Bulgaria prepares to build EU-funded road through the stunning Kresna valley conservation area
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Bulgaria Defeats Croatia 3-2 in Women's Volleyball World Grand Prix - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency
The Bulgarian women's national volleyball team achieved a victory in the opening round of Group 2's Pool M of the FIVB World Grand Prix. Bulgaria defeated Croatia 3-2 (25-18, 23-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12) on Friday and at present occupies the first place in Pool M.
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Archaeology: Bulgarian dig finds 8000-year-old 'double-storey' houses
Bulgarian archaeologists say that they have found 60 houses from a Neolithic settlement, estimated to date back 8000 years, that were seven to eight metres high and that had streets between them.
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What digital barriers do Europeans still face?
"Mom! I did something illegal!" - as the EU gets set to unveil its new strategy on liberalising the digital single market, what online barriers do Europeans still face?
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Bulgaria Continues to Back Russia Sanctions despite Disadvantages for Exporters
Although Bulgarian exporters are seriously injured by the sanctions on Russia, the country will not back away from its current stance and will seek new markets, according to Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski. Bulgaria’s Economy Minister met Monday with Ukraine’s Ambassador to Bulgaria Mykola Baltazhy.
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Bulgaria arrests Frenchman linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers
Bulgarian authorities say they have arrested a French citizen believed to have links to one of the Kouachi brothers suspected of the terror attack against Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine.
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Bulgaria 'Unable to Receive More Refugees' - Deputy PM Kalfin - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency
Bulgaria must state very clearly it has no capacity to accept more refugees, the country's Deputy PM and Social Policy Minister Ivaylo Kalfin has said.Kalfin told public broadcaster BNT on Monday that Bulgaria should avoid creating "ghettos" populated by unemployed people with no income, since such people "are prone to committing" radical actions.
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