Commemoration Ceremony for Georgy Markov
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Georgi Markov was one of the few open critics of Bulgarian Communism, a writer and a broadcaster, a BBC journalist. He was assassinated on Waterloo Bridge in London on 7 September 1978 by agents of the Bulgarian secret police assisted by the KGB.
It is a late Saturday afternoon. The bus has just gone away down the "Knyajevska" street to the cente...
The image is taken at the entrance of Vitosha mountain in Knyajevo district of Sofia. This way, which...
The image is taken near the area of "Beliata Cheshma"(transl. "Trouble Fountain" because tired and th...
The image is taken very close to "Beliata Cheshma"(transl. "Trouble Fountain" because tired and thirs...
The tall building "Geoplanproekt" hosts the administrative offices of Vitosha district municipality, ...
Vitosha Mountain TV Tower, better known as Kopitoto (Bulgarian: Копитото, "The Hoof") after the rock ...
This place is between "Krasno selo" and "Slavia" park in Sofia. It is very calm on Saturday, except w...
Red sunset, blue skies and green grass - can this really be in Sofia or somewhere near the mountain? ...
A new cemetery is being built alongside the old Boyana cemetery in Sofia in hopes to ease the pressur...
A new cemetery is being built alongside the old Boyana cemetery in Sofia in hopes to ease the pressur...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
