November 27, 2007  „Standard & Poor's Ratings Services” confirmed Bulgaria's perspectives as stabile ones. The agency's longterm rating for the country was BBB+, while the shortterm foreign and local currency one was A-2. Therating acknoledges the government's serious attmept to coordinate thefiscal policy, the management policy and the reduction of public debtpolicy with the stabile...
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 The disappointment over the peace treaty after the Balkan wars, caused Bulgaria to enter World War I on the side of the Central Powers.After staying neutral during the first year of the war, the countryattacked Serbia in the autumn of 1915. The Serbian army was defeated ina few days, and the Bulgarians advanced through Macedonia towardsSalonika which was the Entente bridgehead on Balkan. However, theGerman supreme command wanted to ...
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 Hisart is unique in its decorative linearity, reminiscent of the style oficons and murals - with typically Bulgarian, brightly co...
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November 15, 2007  November 15th, 2006, starts the 40-day Christmas Fasting,introduced by the Church later than the Holy Fasting for Easter. In1166 the Patriarch of Constantinople, Luke Chrysoberges, defined theChristmas Fasting Days to be exactly 40. The celebrations of the Holy Nativityfeast became popular around the year of 350 AD in the western Europe,while in Eastern Europe they were first ...
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November 12, 2007  Thenew Mayor of Plovdiv, Slavcho Atanassov, received the keys for theMunicipality by his former colleague, Dr Chomakov, with a churchservice held by the Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolay. New mayor's firstorder was the city to be cleaned from all the parties' election posters....
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 Young talents from Bulgaria, moldova and Japan are presenting mastering the violin at the Fifth National Violin Players Contest "Dobrin Petkov", featuring international participation. The contest opens in Plovdiv today, November 12, 2007. It has been organized by the National Music and Dancing School "Dobrin Petkov"....
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 ThePlovdiv poet and journalist Alexander Banderov died at the age of 73 onNovember 8, 2007. He spent the last decade in Canada. His daughterpersonally informed PlovdivGuide.com and we express our deepcondolenses to the family of the poet. His death is a great loss forthe Plovdiv culture community. May he rest in peace.
You can find more information on Alexander Banderov in the section Figures of Plovdiv on the plovdivguide.com website....
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 Name day of everyone named Mina, Minka, Mincho; Victor, Victoria; Vikentij. St.Menas(also: Minas) was a martyr under Diocletian, born about about 295.According to the Greek Acts, Menas, a Christian and an Egyptian bybirth, served in the Roman army under the tribune Firmilian. When thearmy came to Cotyaeus in Phrygia, Menas hearing of the impious edictsissued against the Christians by the Emperors Diocletian and Maximianleft the arm...
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 Omthe picture: 1885 Serbian-Bulgaria War Participants Sterling SilverDistinction Medal issued in 1885 for Outstanding service and MilitaryMerits. Military Units in: Dragoman, Breznik, Gorgoulyat, Slivnitsa,Vidin, Pirot, Tsaribrod.
Obverse: Alexander BatenbergPrince of Bulgaria, Coat of Arms and Proud Lion in Shield, Crown.Dedication to Soldiers on reverse, dated 1885. Source: E-Bay After declaring the Unification on September 6th,1...
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November 01, 2007  Three Bulgarian 14-year-old boys finished first and won the team award at this year’s edition of the Wizards at Mathematics International Competition 2007, organized by the prestigious City Montessori School (CMS) - India. The Math Olympiad took place in the Indian city of Lucknow. Eachof the boys id coming back with a medal: Rumen Tomov (gold), AntonPenov and Boris ...
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