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...amid the bland voices emanating from these friendly stations were others that sounded a bit different. They were the voices from Radio Moscow, and Radio Sofia Bulgaria and Radio Tirana. Their American accents were usually flawless, but the news they read always sounded suspicious to my American ears...
...folks at Radio Sofia Bulgaria were into seasonal gifts. They sent me gushy cards on almost every occassion and each spring sent me a pair of red and white good luck tassles. Every year, a pair of tassles. I hung them on a pushpin in my wall until too many had accumulated. Then I began keeping one in my wallet for good luck...
...Kids on the Block. "We're a less bizarre, more palatable brand of music," Wodlinger says. "There is a good, positive response from parents." Her biggest market may lie overseas, where Hit Video USA has signed licensing deals with stations or cable systems in 20 countries, including Japan, Israel, Bulgaria and Burkina Faso...
...once revered as a staunch fighter of fascism and the founder of communist Bulgaria, but past glories could not save Georgi Dimitrov from the ash heap of history. Last week Dimitrov's embalmed body was quietly removed from the mausoleum in Sofia's main square, where it had been on public display since his death in 1949, and cremated in a ceremony attended only by a few relatives...
...capitalism brings new wealth and competitive pressure to Eastern Europe, many people may decide to head for the beach. To accommodate them, Paris-based Club Med plans to open a resort next year on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria (pop. 9 million). The facility will include a 600-room hotel and will share a golf course with a twelve-year-old Club Med in a nearby town. Says Jean-Luc Oizan-Chapon, Club Med's chief operating officer: "We were here before the doors were open, and now our time has come...