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HOT: » Assessing the Legacy of Bulgaria's "Denkov" Cabinet: Achievements, Failures, and What Comes Next
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Slideshow by Krassimira Twigg and Paul Kerley
In the summer of 1989, more than a quarter of a million Bulgarian Turks abandoned their homes to start a new life in Turkey.
It was the biggest migration seen in Europe since World War II - a response to years of often brutal forced assimilation of the country's largest minority.
By voting with their feet, the Bulgarian Turks inspired and galvanised the forces opposed to communism. The exodus is often cited as a factor contributing to the fall of the communist regime later in the year.
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Brazen Bulgarian gangs "terrorise the elderly and rob them over their life savings with increasingly aggressive phone scams nettling millions of euros," according to an AFP story.
The prospect of US President Donald Trump's moving closer to Russia has scrambled the strategy of "balancing East and West" used for decades by countries like Bulgaria, the New York Times says.
Bulgarians have benefited a lot from their EU membership, with incomes rising and Brussels overseeing politicians, according to a New York Times piece.
German businesses prefer to trade with Bulgaria rather than invest into the country, an article on DW Bulgaria's website argues.
The truth about Bulgaria and Moldova's presidential elections is "more complicated" and should not be reduced to pro-Russian candidates winning, the Economist says.
President-elect Rumen Radev "struck a chord with voters by attacking the status quo and stressing issues like national security and migration," AFP agency writes after the presidential vote on Sunday.
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