The bitter end of the sugar factory
A 111-year-old monument of culture in Sofia faces destruction, caught between business interests and bureaucracy
Sun, Nov 22 2009
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A 111-year-old monument of culture in Sofia faces destruction, caught between business interests and bureaucracy
Try to imagine a colossal skyscraper in place of the statue of Sofia in the centre of the city. It would have happened too, if communist-era ambitions had been realised. The idea of a skyscraper in Sofia goes back more than 40 years, with buildings planned near the central train station, the Solni Bazar market, on the intersection of Cherni Vruh and James Bourchier boulevards, yet circumstances always conspired against such undertakings. In recent years, dozens of projects have been put forth, every one of them claiming to be the first one.
BULGARIAN youngsters are falling prey to a new kind of nationalism that is far more visceral and intolerant than anything espoused by those who grew up under communism. Influenced by the media and by school textbooks that claim to be liberal but often are not, new nationalist sentiments are gripping the nation's youth.