Word: bulgaria
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...point up the ideological distance between the two ends of Europe, a more traditional Communist gathering of Soviet-bloc nations was taking place in Sofia, Bulgaria, even as Carrillo spoke. There, the prime topics were containing dissidence and seeking coexistence with the Euro-Communists...
...least 500 died and 2,600 were injured, and there were fears that the death toll in all of Rumania might reach into the thousands. The oil-producing center of Ploesti, 35 miles north of Bucharest, also suffered damage, and the seismic spasm affected Rumania's neighbors. In Bulgaria, 20 people were reported killed, and more than 100 were injured in Yugoslavian border towns. Chandeliers swayed as far away as Rome and Naples; in Moscow, buildings trembled and pictures shook off walls...
...countries that signed a solemn promise in Helsinki 17 months ago to "respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, for all. " Despite this unambiguous pledge, Eastern Europe's Communist rulers have done almost nothing to fulfill it. Rumania and Bulgaria remain unreformed backwaters of totalitarianism. The Soviets keep hundreds of dissidents jailed, while penalizing and harassing thousands more who have attempted to voice unorthodox views. In the past two months, East Germany has arrested dozens of intellectuals, harassed citizens seeking to emigrate to the West, and exiled its leading folk...
Better in Bulgaria? Communist bosses are puzzled by the growing dissatisfaction, primarily because their people enjoy the highest standard of living in Eastern Europe. (East Germany's per capita G.N.P. is $3,430, compared with Poland's $2,450 and Bulgaria's $1,770.) One problem is that East Germany is suffering from an acute shortage of hard currency. This is largely because of the recent price increase in oil imported by East Germany from the Soviet Union. As a result, consumer goods are in unusually short supply...
...Scala opened with Macbeth, considered one of its best new productions. Typically, the company offered a cast of Italian and non-Italian singers, notably Italy's Piero Cappuccilli as Macbeth, the U.S.'s Shirley Verrett as Lady Macbeth and Bulgaria's Nicolai Ghiaurov as Banquo. On the podium was Claudio Abbado, the company's former music director who, at 43, is a conductor of international stature. The production was conceived and staged by Italy's Giorgio Strehler (see box). For Strehler, it was one of three moments in the spotlight. His staging of Figaro...