Word: bulgaria
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...obvious next step for Brandt was to conclude a treaty with Czechoslovakia. Following this, similar pacts would be signed with Hungary and Bulgaria, and Brandt's goal of rapproachement with the European Communist bloc would be achieved. The treaty with Czechoslovakia is particularly significant because it will void the last agreement made between the two countries, the Munich pact of 1938, by which Hitler annexed the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia, paving the way for eventual conquest of the entire nation. The bitter history of Czech-German relations makes it likely that this treaty will indicate to Hungary and Bulgaria that...
...fact that corporations in West Berlin won't be able to trade with Czechoslovakia, and presumably Hungary and Bulgaria, while their counterparts geographically inside West Germany will, may have serious economic repercussions for the city...
...Revolutionary Council continued to issue stern warnings to Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe calling for immediate reforms. "You have betrayed socialism," read the latest warning, sent to the Polish government. "Begin taking steps toward economic political democracy or face the consequences." Uprisings were already reported in Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria...
Once in Moscow, the competition began in earnest. Radcliffe got a break when the top three teams, Russia, Rumania, and East Germany, drew the same heat in the preliminaries. Nevertheless, the 'Cliffe finished fourth in its heat. Bulgaria finished first in the Radcliffe heat, and joined Russia as automatic finalists...
...abortion law (virtually without restrictions) in 1920, years before any other country. To arrest a declining birth rate, the law was repealed in 1936-and then reinstated in 1955. Similarly liberal laws were passed during the 1950s in many Communist countries of Eastern Europe (Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Rumania and Bulgaria). Japan, too, has a permissive law, as do China and India. In the latter two countries, however, not everyone who wants an abortion can get one, simply because medical facilities are too few and often too far away for poor people to reach...