News August, 2008

2008/08/25

A monument of the "opulchentsi" - the Bulgarian volunteer units who fought with the Russian Army against Ottoman Turkey in the Liberation War of 1877-78 - was opened in downtown Sofia 131 years after the fiercest battles at the Shipka Pass.

The monument is located behind the Military Club, and is a seven-meter high copy of the figure of the standard-bearer from the famous painting of Jaroslav Vesin "The Samara Flag" (1911).

The base of the monument is in the shape of a military cross,...

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2008/08/25

Hundreds of Bulgarians flocked to the Shipka Pass Saturday to honor the 131 year since the historic battle of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, which led to the country's liberation, and to see its recreation by volunteers.

The Battle of the Shipka Pass, which is located in the central part of the Balkan Mountain, took place on August 21-23, 1877.

The pass turned out to be of strategic importance for the outcome of the twelfth war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire but it was...

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2008/08/25

A seal of Tsar Simeon was found in Veliki Preslav, archeologist Irina Shtereva, manager of the research team, said, BNR (Bulgarian National Radio) announced.

The seal is intact. It is made of lead, with an image of Jesus Christ on one side and the Holy Mother - on the other.

Similar is the recently found seal of Boris-Mihail, father of Simeon, but the inscription is in Greek. Archeologists dated the seal from the first years of Simeon's rule.

This year Irina Shtereva's team will work on...

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2008/08/22

USA technical death metal band NILE will headline the Most Of Evil Festival on 7th September at the Blue Box Hall in Sofia. The concert is a part of their first world tour. But NILE won't be alone:

18:00 - THE REVENGE PROJECT
18:45 - AMON DIN (Serbia)
19:30 - BELPHEGOR (Austria)
20:45 - GRAVE (Sweden)
22:00 - 23:30 - NILE

The gates open at 15:00. Fans of metal should prepere for a long night!

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2008/08/22

One of the most charismatic players in the big hip-hop game will arrive in Sofia in his full gangster glamour. Snoop Dogg distinguishes with his inimitable style of rapping, and with his last several albums he succeeded to cement his place at the hip-hop scene, as well as in the world pop play lists.

The consert will be on 18th September in The Winter Palace of Sports in Sofia.

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