Bulgaria Marks 36 Years Since the Start of Its Democratic Transition
It has been 36 years since Bulgaria began its transition from a one-party communist system to a democratic state with a market economy
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Quotes | October 10, 2011, Monday // 19:59
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"Sylvester Stallone draws; he stages exhibits and sells pictures for EUR 50 000, why should the PM not be drawing if he has the inclination? Borisov can develop a talent and one day some of his works can become priceless as those of Picasso. Art is not a precise science; no one knows when the genius would come up. Gauguin developed his talent at the age of 41."
Bulgaria's Culture Minister, Vezhdi Rashidov, comments after Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov was invited to become honorary member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists
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