Word: petko
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Lieut.-Colonel Kimon Gueorguieff, came in as Premier last May at the head of an Army officers' junta that promised to end political bickerings in Bulgaria. Last week these two had hardly set out before Gueorguieff adherents pulled so many potent wires that the Cabinet of Premier General Petko Zlateff collapsed, resigned. The Army clique was hopelessly split. Result: Little Tsar Boris found himself again the strongest man in Bulgaria. His Majesty called in a 70-year-old friend of the Royal Family, M. Andrew Tocheff, seasoned Bulgar diplomat. When he failed to win support for a Cabinet after...
Here was real scandal. Quick were the official denials. First denial, relayed from Vienna, announced that there had been no assassins; the shooting was accidental, due to the discharge of one of the railway guard's rifle. This was not enough for Minister of Communications Petko Stainoff, who categorically denied that there had been any shooting...