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Observers want PACE to restart the monitoring mechanism on Bulgaria

Jul 06 2009 16:19 CET by Petar Kostadinov 1 comment

Overall, the elections were generally in accordance with international standards, but further efforts were needed, observers say.

The British are coming to Bulgaria (and they're ill)

Feb 26 2007 09:00 CET by Colin Munro

Andy Cochrane (48) from South Norwood in London, may not know it, but he could be in the vanguard of a new British invasion of Bulgaria. His story is as follows: "I was spending Christmas with some Bulgarian friends in Veliko Turnovo. A recurring pain in my lower abdomen flared up and my friends suggested I see a doctor. I was frankly sceptical; I'd visited my own general practitioner (GP) back in London on three

TO THE EDITOR: Roads, pavements and the differently abled

Nov 06 2006 09:00 CET

As a disabled person, I wrote in The Sofia Echo a couple of years ago how Sofia is the world's most inaccessible city for a wheelchair user. After reading `"Foreigner on the fast lane to fear" by Colin Munro in a recent issue, I feared the situation may be even worse. Sadly, I had to attend a family funeral in Sofia last week and the roads and pavements appear even worse.

Expat road death in Bulgaria's Veliko Turnovo `not murder'

Nov 06 2006 09:00 CET by Colin Munro

"Mrs Taylor is NOT being charged with murder," said Ognyan Simenov, the lawyer representing British pensioner Ethel Taylor. Earlier, Bulgarian media reports said that Mrs Taylor, 60, had been charged with the murder of her husband Brian, after an argument following a night out at one of Veliko Turnovo's many bars. Mr Taylor's body was found on Hristov Botev Street near Veliko Turnovo's South bus station by taxi

Rewriting history in Bulgaria's Veliko Turnovo

Oct 30 2006 09:00 CET by Colin Munro

Veliko Turnovo mayor Roumen Rashev has announced a bold project to be launched on the Day of Enlightenment, November 1 - a project that will literally rewrite history. Based on Saint Paisii Hildenarskis' "little book" written more than 244 years ago and described as the first work to spark the Bulgarian peoples' consciousness', the project will involve 244 of Veliko Turnovos' residents, including academics, teachers,

Foreigner on the fast lane to fear

Oct 23 2006 09:00 CET by Colin Munro

Allow me to tell you a little story. When I first settled in to my former village house about 15km from the heart of Veliko Turnovo, one of the joys of Bulgaria seemed to be the thrill of the open road. Let me explain. In Britain, if a car advertiser wants to persuade you that their model should be your car of choice, they often produce a TV commercial showing their car serenely driving along a deserted and invariably

New mall opens in Bulgaria's Veliko Turnovo

Sep 18 2006 09:00 CET by Colin Munro

The Central Mall of Veliko Turnovo opens on September 15, the opening having been delayed from the proposed original date of April. Three days of celebrations have been planned to announce the opening of the largest and most innovative mall in the region. Day one will see journalists from around the country attending the official opening, day two promises a fashion show during the day followed by a concert given in the evening by Bulgarian pop group D2

Social Intercourse

Jul 24 2006 09:00 CET by Colin Munro

It has already been said that Sofia, like any capital city, provides focal points for foreigners to get together, English pubs, Irish bars, cultural events and business seminars. However it is interesting to consider the basic difference between foreigners in the capital and expats in other towns. My view is that the important difference is that foreigners living in and around Sofia are there mainly because they have to be. They're

Key archeological find at Bulgaria's Veliko Turnovo

Jun 26 2006 09:00 CET by Colin Munro

A gold Thracian breastplate found near the village of Golemanite, Veliko Turnovo municipality, has proven pivotal to the re-construction of the Thracian Calendar. Using a mathematical model, Ventseslav Tsonev of the Regional Historical Museum in Veliko Turnovo presented his findings at a conference on Treasures and Sacred Typography, held recently in Sliven. "In the Thracians' calendar, there are three seasons and 60

Sex education discussed in Bulgaria's Veliko Turnovo

May 22 2006 09:00 CET by Colin Munro

Renowned Bulgarian sex therapist Dr Roumen Bostandjiev recently visited Veliko Turnovo to meet teenagers there, discussing sex education and awareness with them. Boustandjiev has over 20 years experience as a psychotherapist and sexual therapist. He has received an award from Sexual Intelligence, a monthly electronic newsletter that delivers news, media critiques, social commentary and political insight,

Laser expert overheats

Apr 10 2006 09:00 CET by Colin Munro

One of Bulgaria's leading laser experts, Plamen Yankov, has become very hot under the collar at a recent decision by Veliko Turnovo's local authority. The municipality has decided to grant a commission for a laser in the town's prestigious son et lumiere show at Tsarevets to a company called Artcom. Yankov, a lecturer at Sofia's Technical University, whose company came second in the bidding, claims that "the committee

SOUNDING BOARD: A Bulgarian diary, part 2

Jan 30 2006 01:00 CET

I HAD survived almost a whole week in Navotsvi, the little village near to Veliko Turnovo where I'd bought a house and was currently vacationing with my two young boys, Mike and Jamie. I had been very apprehensive that rural life wouldn't agree with them, that they'd suffer culture shock from being unplugged from MTV and X box. There had been a few withdrawal symptoms, but none as bad as I'd feared, and they fell into the laid back flow of the village quite easily.

SOUNDING BOARD: A Bulgarian diary

Oct 03 2005 01:00 CET

"WHY don't you take the boys and spend the August school holidays at the house?" my wife asked. The "house" was a renovated farmhouse in a village near Veliko Turnovo, which we'd recently bought. The "boys" were my two sons, Mike (12) and Jamie (8). The idea appealed. The renovations to the house had only been recently completed...

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