The Orthodox Church was perhaps the most outspoken of all the gays' opponents.

PROUD TO BE DIFFERENT?

The Orthodox Church was perhaps the most outspoken of all the gays' opponents. In a statement posted on its web page, the Bulgarian clergy used strong language to condemn what it termed a "mortal sin" and "ignominious affray"
But what was Adam Mickiewicz doing in Burgas, now Bulgaria's second Black Sea c

ADAM MICKIEWICZ IN BURGAS

But what was Adam Mickiewicz doing in Burgas, now Bulgaria's second Black Sea coast town, at a time when it barely existed except as a small, disease-ridden village, and Bulgaria was a territory of "European Turkey"?
Yes, archaeology in Bulgaria has changed a lot in the last 10 years. The Americ

ARCHAEOLOGY NOW

Yes, archaeology in Bulgaria has changed a lot in the last 10 years. The American Research Center in Sofia, or ARCS, which was founded in 2004, marks an episode in this series of changes, and a positive one at that.

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Issue 45-46, june-July 2010



The regime had for us three essential characteristics. First, it claimed it operated according to a Communist ideology. Second, it used terror to control its population. Lastly, life under this regime was governed by personal interest and the will to power. These characteristics are, I believe, necessarily separate, distinct, and irreducible. As a result, I prefer not to use the term "Communism," which corresponds only to the first of these traits. Instead, the term "totalitarianism" equals the sum of all three parts and, equally important, allows for the possible appearance of a different ideology from that of Communism (as was the case of Nazism).

Voices From the Gulag/Life and Death in Communist Bulgaria

Tzvetan Todorov, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999

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