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Russian and Bulgarian languages ​​have certain similarities, but they cannot be called obvious. To communicate successfully, you will still need to learn a foreign language. But if a trip to Bulgaria is planned only once, you can limit yourself to learning just a few words.

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Modern Bulgarian music is quite diverse. Many interesting tracks are being released online. The selection is truly vast, including soulful compositions reminiscent of "Chaif" and more sophisticated ones.

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Spring... the first flowers emerge from under the snow, and after them, the first posts and questions about holding a wedding in Bulgaria appear in groups and forums about Bulgaria. In this regard, we decided to write an article that answers, if not all, then many questions on this topic. We will talk about the peculiarities of the Bulgarian mentality, the level of service and the main mistakes that a bride and groom can make when preparing a wedding in Bulgaria.

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Springtime in Bulgaria is closely related with celebrating «Baba Marta» holiday, as well as gifting friends and relatives with homemade traditional bracelets. Warm weather comes to Balkans very early, sun warms up every day more and more, nature wakes up, snowdrops blooms, but any moment the cold can return. Changeable weather conditions are reflected in the folk spirit character — Baba Marta.

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When talking about children, we have to talk about parents. The state of childhood is a product of parental behavior. And, naturally, there is an inevitable risk of generalization, although everyone knows that each family is its own separate world with its own laws. Therefore, in order to avoid offense and contradictions, let's accept by default: there will be no sweeping statements here, no attempts to put an entire people into a Procrustean bed of templates and stereotypes. All that the author can offer to your attention are the results of personal observations that do not assert anything and do not pretend to be statistics. Listing the disadvantages is not intended to describe how bad everything is. Not bad - different!

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Bulgartabak - how much has merged in this sound for the Soviet heart! How much resonated with him! An entire era is imprinted in the memory with the fragrant aroma of Bulgarian cigarettes. Rodopi, Opal, Inter, Stewardess, Tu134, BT, Vega, Phoenix, Shipka - these names caress the ear of an experienced smoker and evoke nostalgia memories and, sometimes, even phantom sensations.

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Hoping for partnership with local businessmen, many people fall into this trap. Partnership is always dependence. In Bulgaria, partnership strategy has become an entire industry. Unfortunately, the industry is exterminating or squeezing out business projects. Local businessmen willingly act as co-founders, promising to use all their connections and power for the common cause. Moreover, both at the level of small businesses and at the level of high officials, influential politicians and big business tycoons (with the difference that these put their relatives as co-founders).

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A term «narrow railway» is directly related to the width of track gauge. In Bulgaria this type of railway is called a «tight ruler» (теснолинейка). Narrow railway is easier to build and cheaper to operate. The space between the rails in the Rhodope narrow gauge is only 760 mm, while the standard track size is 1520 mm. «Septemvri — Dobrinishte» is a last part of an old narrow gauge in Bulgaria.

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In the previous article we talked about what pitfalls await buyers of the secondary car market in Bulgaria. We would now like to provide specific instructions for selecting and inspecting a machine before purchasing. So, we offer you a detailed list for checking the condition of a used car.

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An extensive public transport system exists in Bulgaria only in large cities. Therefore, the next step after purchasing real estate is usually buying a car. We described how to register a car and get blue license plates in the previous article. This time we will talk about how to independently choose and buy a car, taking into account the characteristics of the Bulgarian car market.

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