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TheSeven Rila Lakes, Rila, Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially theRepublic of Bulgaria, is a country inSoutheast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of theBalkans directly south of theDanube river and west of theBlack Sea. Bulgaria is bordered byGreece andTurkey to the south,Serbia andNorth Macedonia to the west, andRomania to the north. It covers a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi) and is the tenth largest within theEuropean Union and thesixteenth-largest country in Europe by area.Sofia is the nation's capital andlargest city; other major cities includePlovdiv,Varna, andBurgas.

Since adoptinga democratic constitution in 1991, Bulgaria has been aparliamentary republic composed of 28provinces, with a high degree ofpolitical, administrative, and economic centralisation. Itshigh-income economy is part of theEuropean Single Market and is largely based on services, followed bymanufacturing,mining, andagriculture. Bulgaria has been influenced by its role as a transit country fornatural gas and oil pipelines, as well as its strategiclocation on the Black Sea.Its foreign relations have been shaped by its geographical location and its modern membership; Bulgaria is a member state of theEuropean Union, in which it is a member of theSchengen Area and theeurozone, and also ofNATO, as well as various regional suborganizations such as theBucharest Nine. (Full article...)

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The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria is a live video with performances byMetallica,Slayer,Megadeth, andAnthrax, the "big four" of Americanthrash metal. The concert took place on June 22, 2010, at theSonisphere Festival atVasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria. It was shown at 450 movie theaters in the United States and over 350 movie theaters across Europe, Canada, and Latin America on June 22, 2010.

Reviews of the DVD were mostly favorable. Websites such asAllMusic andAbout.com were positive, thoughBlogcritics gave the DVD a mixed review. The DVD peaked at number one on the United States, United Kingdom, Austrian, and Canadian charts, and also charted on five other charts. It was certified gold in Germany, and provided Slayer with its firstplatinum certification. (Full article...)

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... thatBoyan the Mage, the son of a Bulgarian emperor, was claimed toshapeshift into wolf form?
... that basketball playerCharel Allen was a five-timeBulgarian Cup champion despite knowing only a few words of Bulgarian?
... thatWill Wood conducted a Bulgarian choir via Zoom for "White Noise"?
... thatTsvetana Jermanova survived imprisonment in twoforced labour camps in communist Bulgaria?
... that Swiss nationalCharles Champaud represented Bulgaria at the 1896 Summer Olympics?
... that during the1899–1900 peasant unrest in Bulgaria, some troops refused orders to fire on the protesters?

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Image 1Rila is a mountain in West Bulgaria
Image 2Maritsa is a river in South Bulgaria.
Image 3Danube river in Bulgaria
Image 4A beach in Bulgaria.
Image 5Razgrad is a city in East Bulgaria.
Image 6Varna lake is a salt lake near Black sea.
Image 7Sofia is the biggest city in Bulgaria.

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TheIvan Vazov National Theatre (Bulgarian:Народен театър „Иван Вазов“) isBulgaria's national theatre, as well as the oldest and most authoritative theatre in the country and one of the important landmarks ofSofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is named after the Bulgarian writer and poetIvan Vazov.

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...that theZograf Monastery(pictured) on theHoly Mountain was burnt down by aCatalan pirate raid in1275?

...thatMandritsa is known as the onlyAlbanian village inBulgaria?

...that theBanat BulgarianStefan Dunjov participated in both theHungarian Revolution of 1848 and theunification of Italy, and was the first Bulgarian to be promoted to the rank ofColonel?

...thatIvan Bogorov, who published the firstBulgarian newspaper in 1846 inLeipzig, was also an ardent supporter of Bulgarianlinguistic purism and was known for his often amusingneologisms?

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