Hristo Lukov war bulgarischer Kriegsminister und Führer des faschistischen SBNL. Er befürwortete die Deportation von Jüd*innen in #Bulgarien und wurde von der jüdisch-kommunistischen Partisanin #WioletaJakowa ermordet.
Verschiedene #noNazi-Kanäle melden 500 Faschos beim jährlichen "#Lukov-Marsch" im bulgarischen #Sofia und verkaufen das auch noch als "großen Erfolg" 🙃
[2018 beispielsweise waren's gute 2000 Nazis ...] @antifaticker
"Inspired by Modernists like Le Corbusier, they planted tall buildings in seas of greenery, which they blended with idea from the Garden City movement about balancing urban and rural spaces. Garden Cities, politically, were meant to be shared in terms of ownership and administration, which fit neatly with the politics of the time and region."
I've never before, in a single day, heard so many people say "thank you" to each other on the streets of Sofia. It's as if suddenly everyone found out about the magic of giving way, holding the door, or generally being nice.
This does not apply to Sofia's politicians and bicycle riders of course. They are all bastards.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei #Lavrov has arrived in the North #Macedonian capital for the #OSCE ministerial meeting via #Greece, not #Bulgaria – allegedly because of #Sofia's decision that the overflight permit did not apply to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova.
In November 2011, #GRU Unit #29155 blew up an ammunition depot in #Lovnidol, #Bulgaria, containing artillery destined for Georgia. It was the first known terror attack perpetrated by the team of hitmen and saboteurs who would later poison Sergei and Yulia #Skripal in #England, a Bulgarian arms dealer in #Sofia, and blow up a host of other storage facilities and buildings across #NATO territories.
Ticket to Craiova cost 36.77 BGN (18.80€), bought at the international ticket counter in Sofia two days ago.
Situation in #Sofia this morning was a bit confusing because at 7:00 there were 3 trains on Plattform 8: the 7:05 to Varna, and two trains at 7:35 (to Burgas and to Vidin) without clear signs which one was which (left: Varna, middle: Vidin, right: Burgas).
This photo was taken today at Slatina Park in #Sofia, 🇧🇬
While the trees still have green leaves, the ground is covered by brown leaves. My theory is that these are all leaves that the trees had released in stress to cope with the heat.
The grass is yellow and also very dry. My heart breaks for mother nature and I long for regulated seasons, healthy trees, autumn weather in the beginning of October. #ClimateDiary
Southwest Research Institute scientists are using telescopes to observe the asteroid Psyche in the infrared, providing context for NASA's upcoming Psyche mission. Dr. Stephanie Jarmak is using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to look for water signatures on the metallic surface of Psyche, while Dr. Anicia Arredondo is using...
Sofia is a comic book series about a girl who loves to surf and who uploads a copy of herself to the cloud. I really enjoyed this first volume! The artwork was beautiful, with vibrant colours, a cute art style and extra texture to some of the panels to demarcate parts of the story that take place in the virtual world. The inclusion of songs was also a nice touch and I thought it was a great playlist. With regard to the story, I loved the concept of 'the internet falling apart' and the idea of living in a virtual sphere versus reality continues to fascinate me. However, there were definitely moments where I was quite confused as to what was going on. Some of my questions where eventually answered, but I'm asuming future volumes will address the others. Initially I also felt like I had to suspend my disbelief quite a bit (it almost seemed like the author was unaware that data in the cloud isn't something abstract but rather stored on physical servers), but pretty soon I was immersed in the story and it didn't bother me anymore. I'm definitely interested to see where this story will go.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing a review copy.
This morning, a 6-year-old girl Sofia from Chernihiv, was alive. In a week, she had to go to the first grade. But already in the evening, she is gone. Because Russia is waging war against Ukraine and shelling Ukrainian cities with missiles. (Source: @avalaina on X) #Ukraine#Chernihiv#Sofia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy savaged his #Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev in a bruising televised exchange in #Sofia on Thursday, in which he opened up with both barrels against Radev’s opposition to arming #Ukraine.
The flustered Bulgarian president, visibly taken aback by Zelenskyy’s indignation, asked TV cameras to leave the room in the presidential palace where the meeting was being filmed.
#Ukraine 's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky , is in #Bulgaria for talks on defence and security. He's thanked the prime minister Nikolai Denkov for Bulgaria's military support, which he said had saved many Ukrainian lives. He's also meeting President Rumen Radev, who has publicly opposed sending Bulgarian- made #ammunition to Ukraine. (cont.)
'Yelena #Mitrofanova is #Russia 's ambassador to #Sofia Recently she caused a stir. Asked who she would vote for in the #Bulgarian elections, if she could, she replied: it would be Kostadin #Kostadinov He is the man headingman heading the pro-#Kremlin Revival party.
The Bulgarian foreign ministry came out with a special statement condemning what Mitrofanova had said.'
Just for fun. Back in July 2016 I blagged my way onto a flight of NASA's SOFIA Observatory on one of her missions out of Christchurch New Zealand. My aim was to shoot real time video of the aurora australis, because SOFIA was flying directly under the southern auroral oval. Here's the result. Apologies for the enthusiasm of the commentary! #aurora#auroraustralis#NewZealand#NASA#SOFIA
Scientists use Webb, SOFIA telescopes to observe metallic asteroid (phys.org)
Southwest Research Institute scientists are using telescopes to observe the asteroid Psyche in the infrared, providing context for NASA's upcoming Psyche mission. Dr. Stephanie Jarmak is using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to look for water signatures on the metallic surface of Psyche, while Dr. Anicia Arredondo is using...
Ukraine blasts Bulgaria president’s claims that Kyiv is to blame for the war (www.politico.eu)
The bust-up comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier this month upbraided Radev at a meeting in Sofia.
"Продължаваме промяната - Демократична България" ще са заедно на местния вот в София, но трудно другаде
https://m.dnevnik.bg/politika/2023/06/22/4498566_produljavame_promianata_-_demokratichna_bulgariia_shte/