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...startling turn away from its hard-line policies of the past, the regime headed by Communist Party Leader Todor Zhivkov, 76, swiftly followed Gorbachev's lead. From promised press freedoms to plans for a new commercial banking ! system, Zhivkov's program seemed intended, as a Western diplomat in Sofia put it, "to out-Gorbachev Gorbachev...
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...country's solid economic performance. "From the Soviets' point of view, East Germany is efficient, disciplined and relatively prosperous," says one Western analyst in Munich. "That's a position the Soviet Union can only envy." By contrast, Gorbachev has already chastised Bulgaria and its troubled economy. After visiting Sofia in late 1985, the Soviet leader said there were "sharp edges" to his meeting with Bulgarian Leader Todor Zhivkov. Zhivkov has since pressed, with minimal success, for economic reforms like the decentralization of economic power to factory managers...
...Margaret, and two of her grandsons, accompanied by their wives (Prince Charles with the Princess of Wales and the new Duke and Duchess of York). Then "the Waleses" were off to the Mediterranean island of Majorca for a private vacation visit with "the Spains," King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. They were met at the airport by a royal entourage, including exiled King Constantine of Greece, who drove them through town in a VW bus, as tourists gawked. After a few days of warmth, the British royals are headed up to cold, soggy Scotland and several weeks with Mother...
...labyrinthine procedure strained Italy's judicial system and set off some internal political dissension. Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti remained openly skeptical about the Bulgarian connection and quietly restored full diplomatic relations with Sofia. Even the Vatican has re-established links: two years ago, John Paul II received Bulgaria's new Ambassador to Rome...