Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
Subject: Sqedinenieto Sept. 06, 1885
From: <ANTHC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Sunday, 6 Sep 1992 13:11:20 EDT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

Hi:
   Nobody again mentioned the anniversary of the Unification of Bulgaria

on September 06, 1885.  So I think it is good to take some names back from

"The epopeya na zabravenite" and to honour them and to think what today is

common and what is different from Sept. 06, 1885.

   In 1885 Bulgaria was devided and the message of the Western countries

on the congress in Berlin was clear - "Stay with us in order to exist!"

Bulgaria proof his will to be part of Europe at that time and when the time

came to act, the world supported the action.  Great interest were employed

and great dangers might be expected but the heros of the Unification knew

that they will be have the support of all Bulgarians and while they don't

hurt the interests of the West they had great chances of success.  Only one

human casualty was given - Capitan Raich, popular leader from the villages

around Plovdiv.  Knyaz Aleksander didn't hessitate and join Podpolkovnik

Sava Mutkurov on the next day in Plovdiv.  All were happy including the Turk

population of the area.  The Turks didn't have anything to lose, but on

contrary, they enjoyed the right to live in modern (at that time) European

country  and to benefit from all advantages of it.

  Today we are in very mush simmilar situation.  Part of Bulgaria separated

from the country by act of the Western countries is at the position of

Eastern Rumelia in 1885.  Would the story repeat or the history will take

new turn?  What is common and what is different from then?

  First of all there is no place in the world where the Bulgarians are

suffering more prosecutions and severe exploatation only for the fact

of being Bulgaria.  This is well known around the world.

   Some years ago as a new refugee in Germany I had to overnight in a

shelter for homeless people.  When I entered the shelter I met croud of

about 30 people from all different countries.  All of them were willing to

know from where I came from, because they wanted to hear something from their

country.  The name of Bulgaria didn't make much impression with the exception

of one guy from Nigeria and one from Palestina.  They leaped and said  "We

know Bulgaria.  We had nice time there.  Cheep girls, cheep housing, generous

government, oportunities to make money".  Of course I didn't feel very happy

after this discription of Bulgaria, and ask them "Why then you leave?".  The

guys felt that I was bit touched and appologise "We know that Bulgaria is

GOOD PLACE FOR FOREIGNERS NOT FOR BULGARIANS but even for them there to much

control that nobody likes".

   Really Bulgaria is a good place for Greeks to spend 3 days and for the

money they spend in Greece for one day to leave as kings.  To have girl for

pair of blue jeans of low quality.  For the Turks even cheaper for pair of

shoes value in Turkey 2 leva.  For the Albanians from Kosovo only on the

promise to marry or to send an invitation from Yugoslavia.  Paradise for

"bratska" Africa, "borcheska" Aziya and "svobodolyubiva" Lat America.

  There is no other country on the earth that have granted diplomas

for doctors, ingenears and lawers to the Third world parazits that never

go back to their country, but after obtaining education from Bulgaria

immediately seek asyl in the West.

  Paradise for foreigners, but nightmare for ethnic Bulgarians.  How many

limitations have to suffer Bulgarians in Bulgaria for the mere fact of being

Bulgarians?  Remember the ban of western music, castofons, jeans, video ets.

How many people was taken to court and prison because they wanted to have items

the arabian and african students were entitled to posess, but not the Bulgarian

   In August 1989 drunk milicioner enter the home of my friend, without surch

worant he surch the house.  He evicted the TV set and VCR despite my friend

show him store receipt from Bulgarian store for both items.  He took the items

without any receipt, because he said he "Doesn't know what the big guys have

decided, but he think that it is wrong to let plane people to posess Western

made items."  My friend spend 3 months to get his posessions back.  Despite

decission of the court and distric attorney the milicioner refussed to give

his TV and VCR for THREE months.  Eventually he succided because his father

of law was with connections.  I was not so lucky when I saw my stolen cassette

recorder in the car of officer of MVR.  I didn't have the connections.

   No wonder why the Macedonisns are not excited of unification with Bulgaria

today and are looking for support everywhere else but not in Bulgaria.
   Eventually they might decide to stay in Yugoslavia.

   Where are today Podpolkovnik Sava Mutkurov, Capitan Rajcho, Knyaz Aleksander

May be the bunch of generals and polkovniks with red biography will substitute

them?   I haven't hearth "pagopni" to think and beer ctomachs to fight batles.

May be the Great Soviet Union will come to help after they stand for 5 minutes.

because this was the answer they used to give, if someone pointed the

weakness of todays Bulgarian army and the incompetence of the army staff.