Showing posts with label Bulgaria. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 22, 2018
Bulgarian Christians are taking a win with a heedful mind
On its last work day of 2018, the Bulgarian Parliament voted amendments in the nation’s Religious Denominations Act. A number of problematic provisions were pulled out of draft following local protests and international pressure.
AUTHOR Vlady Raichinov SOFIA 21 DECEMBER 2018 22:16 h GMT+1
On their eight day of street rallies, Evangelical Christians crowded up in front of Bulgaria's Parliament praying for God's interference in the legislative process, December 21, in Sofia. / Vlady Raichinov
On its last work day of 2018, the National Assembly of Bulgaria voted amendments in the nation’s Religious Denominations Act. This became fact after five hours of deliberations on Friday, December 21.
A number of problematic provisions were pulled out of the draft following local protests and international pressure. Local Evangelicals experience a mix of enthusiasm and premonition of new issues round the corner.
DRAFTED RESTRICTIONS THREATENED BASIC FREEDOMS
The original form of the amendments pushed at first reading in early October, included a number of restrictions that alarmed all faith groups in the country and triggered statements of protest from various international institutions. Initially, the lawmakers planned installing provisions that allowed the government to interfere in heavy ways into church affairs.
The problematic articles included a number of disconcerting restrictions, including impeding clergy training; strict filtering of international donations to churches; limitations on sermon content; restraining liturgy to designated buildings; obstructing non-Bulgarians’ ministry; membership of 3,000 for legal registration; allowing special privileges to religious groups over one percent of the population.
Evangelical pastors spoke and prayed in front of Bulgaria's Parliament on December 21. / Vlady Raichinov
The parliamentarian initiative triggered a massive outcry among Evangelical Christians. Every faith group in Bulgaria issued a statement of objection. The Bulgarian Evangelical Alliance (BEA) and communities like Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists and many Evangelical denominations mobilized church members for seven public protests in November and December. The vigils were called “prayer rallies” and were held in various towns. Many faith groups also underlined that it was not appropriate to try to address national security issues by rewriting a law on religions.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
More resignations: Tunisia and Bulgaria
Tunisia PM Resigns After Cabinet Initiative Fails
ABC News - Feb 19, 2013
The resignation is expected to further deepen the country's political instability, which earlier Tuesday prompted an international ratings agency to downgrade the government's credit rating. Tunisians overthrew a dictator in January 2011, sparking the Arab ...
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Bulgarian government resigns amid protests
euronews- 20 hours
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov told parliament on Wednesday that his entire government hasresigned. The move came after ...
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euronews- 20 hours
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Man who shot Pope John Paul II freed from Turkish jail
Page last updated at 09:33 GMT, Monday, 18 January 2010
Mehmet Ali Agca has left prison after nearly 30 years behind bars.
The man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981 has been released from prison in Turkey.
Mehmet Ali Agca served 19 years in an Italian prison for shooting John Paul, and another 10 years in Turkey for the earlier murder of a newspaper editor.
Agca's motives for attempting to kill the Pope remain a mystery, although when he was arrested he said he was acting alone.
In 1983 John Paul announced he had forgiven Agca after meeting him.
There have been long-standing questions about the mental health of Agca, based on his frequent outbursts and statements that he was a new messiah.
In a statement issued on his release, he said: "I proclaim the end of the world. All the world will be destroyed in this century. Every human being will die in this century... I am the Christ eternal."
Turkish media say Agca is now to be taken to a military facility and then to a hospital to be assessed for compulsory military service.
Contradictory statements
Agca, 52, had been a member of a Turkish ultra-nationalist group who fled Turkey after killing a newspaper editor.
He opened fire on Pope John Paul as he was being driven through St Peter's Square in Rome in an open vehicle on May 13 1981.
The Pope was seriously injured in the attack and Agca spent the next 19 years in prison in Italy.
He maintained at first that he was acting alone, but over the years frequently changed his story and gave often contradictory statements.
He had once claimed, for example, that he was under the orders of the Bulgarian secret service.
A trial lasting 22 months was held in Rome during the 1980s about the alleged Bulgarian connection - involvement by the satellite state of the former Soviet Union.
The accused were all acquitted for lack of proof.
One of 'great mysteries'
The BBC's Jonathan Head in Istanbul says that Agca will now have the chance to to clear up one of the great mysteries of the last century - what was it that drove him to attempt the assassination of the most influential Pope of modern times?
Agca's lawyers say he has been offered multi-million dollar deals to tell his story.
Our correspondent says that after all the bizarre statements he has issued from jail, that story - if he tells it - is unlikely to be convincing.
He adds that few people believe he could have acted alone, but that whatever he says now, the real story behind the shooting of the Pope will in all likelihood never be known.
Mehmet Ali Agca served 19 years in an Italian prison for shooting John Paul, and another 10 years in Turkey for the earlier murder of a newspaper editor.
Agca's motives for attempting to kill the Pope remain a mystery, although when he was arrested he said he was acting alone.
In 1983 John Paul announced he had forgiven Agca after meeting him.
There have been long-standing questions about the mental health of Agca, based on his frequent outbursts and statements that he was a new messiah.
In a statement issued on his release, he said: "I proclaim the end of the world. All the world will be destroyed in this century. Every human being will die in this century... I am the Christ eternal."
Turkish media say Agca is now to be taken to a military facility and then to a hospital to be assessed for compulsory military service.
Contradictory statements
Agca, 52, had been a member of a Turkish ultra-nationalist group who fled Turkey after killing a newspaper editor.
He opened fire on Pope John Paul as he was being driven through St Peter's Square in Rome in an open vehicle on May 13 1981.
The Pope was seriously injured in the attack and Agca spent the next 19 years in prison in Italy.
He maintained at first that he was acting alone, but over the years frequently changed his story and gave often contradictory statements.
He had once claimed, for example, that he was under the orders of the Bulgarian secret service.
A trial lasting 22 months was held in Rome during the 1980s about the alleged Bulgarian connection - involvement by the satellite state of the former Soviet Union.
The accused were all acquitted for lack of proof.
One of 'great mysteries'
The BBC's Jonathan Head in Istanbul says that Agca will now have the chance to to clear up one of the great mysteries of the last century - what was it that drove him to attempt the assassination of the most influential Pope of modern times?
Agca's lawyers say he has been offered multi-million dollar deals to tell his story.
Our correspondent says that after all the bizarre statements he has issued from jail, that story - if he tells it - is unlikely to be convincing.
He adds that few people believe he could have acted alone, but that whatever he says now, the real story behind the shooting of the Pope will in all likelihood never be known.
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Bulgarian Academy Scientists Reported to Be in Touch with Aliens
Society November 23, 2009, Monday
Scientists from the Space Research Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) have been reported to be in touch with extraterrestrial beings.
The Bulgarian Novinar Daily has reported that the Bulgarian scientists are currently working on deciphering pictograms which are said to have come in the form of the so called “crop circles” with which the aliens answered 30 questions posed by the BAS researchers.
“They are currently all around us, and are watching us all the time. They are not hostile towards us; rather, they want to help us but we have not grown enough in order to establish direct contact with them. They are ready to help us but we don’t know what to request from them in case of contact,” said Lachezar Filipov, Deputy Director of the Space Research Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, as quoted by the Novinar Daily.
Filipov has said that even the Vatican had agreed that aliens existed. In his words, the humans are not going to be able to establish contact with the extraterrestrials through radio waves but through the power of thought.
He has stated that the human race was certainly going to have direct contact with the aliens in the next 10-15 years.
The deputy head of the Bulgarian Space Research Institute has also told the Novinar Daily that the extraterrestrials were critical of the people’s amoral behavior referring to the humans' interference in nature’s processes.
Filipov’s team is reported to be analyzing the 150 new crop circles which appeared around the globe in the past year.
The publication of the Novinar Daily about the BAS researchers communicating with aliens comes in the midst of a controversy over the role, feasibility, and reform of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, which last week even led to the exchange of offensive remarks between Bulgaria's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, and President Georgi Parvanov.
Source: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=110282
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Scientists from the Space Research Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) have been reported to be in touch with extraterrestrial beings.
The Bulgarian Novinar Daily has reported that the Bulgarian scientists are currently working on deciphering pictograms which are said to have come in the form of the so called “crop circles” with which the aliens answered 30 questions posed by the BAS researchers.
“They are currently all around us, and are watching us all the time. They are not hostile towards us; rather, they want to help us but we have not grown enough in order to establish direct contact with them. They are ready to help us but we don’t know what to request from them in case of contact,” said Lachezar Filipov, Deputy Director of the Space Research Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, as quoted by the Novinar Daily.
Filipov has said that even the Vatican had agreed that aliens existed. In his words, the humans are not going to be able to establish contact with the extraterrestrials through radio waves but through the power of thought.
He has stated that the human race was certainly going to have direct contact with the aliens in the next 10-15 years.
The deputy head of the Bulgarian Space Research Institute has also told the Novinar Daily that the extraterrestrials were critical of the people’s amoral behavior referring to the humans' interference in nature’s processes.
Filipov’s team is reported to be analyzing the 150 new crop circles which appeared around the globe in the past year.
The publication of the Novinar Daily about the BAS researchers communicating with aliens comes in the midst of a controversy over the role, feasibility, and reform of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, which last week even led to the exchange of offensive remarks between Bulgaria's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, and President Georgi Parvanov.
Source: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=110282
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