The memorial standing in Sofia today is said to be the original Israeli memorial transplanted to Bulgaria after being ... Right: Boris III monument, Varna (Wikimedia Commons).

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria on Wednesday began dismantling a monument to the army of the Soviet Union that dominated the skyline of the capital, Sofia, for nearly 70 years and was widely seen as ...

One of several such monuments across Bulgaria, and one of over 4,000 across Europe, it has dominated the Sofia skyline ever since as a symbol not just of victory over fascism, but also of what ...

“We consider the destruction of the monument to our common past as another hostile step by official Sofia, which aggravates the already deadlocked situation in bilateral relations. Bulgaria once ...

another communist era-monument named 1300 Years Of Bulgaria that was less divisive -- its aesthetics were widely seen as charmless by Bulgarians -- was removed from a square in central Sofia with ...

Bulgaria on Wednesday began dismantling a monument to the army of the Soviet Union that dominated the skyline of the capital, Sofia, for nearly 70 years and was widely seen as a symbol of Russia’s ...

“To the Soviet Army liberators – from the grateful people of Bulgaria.” 3 The severe damage to the monument reignited discussion in Sofia’s local government over whether the often ...

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova decried Bulgaria’s ... almost one third of Sofia’s inhabitants were in favour of keeping the monument. The majority of respondents ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Following years of heated debates, authorities in Bulgaria began to dismantle a monument of the Soviet army that has dominated the skyline of the capital city of Sofia ...