Ask A Bulgarian

[Kyriakos]

Tolni, do yourself a favour and put him on ignore

 

[FriendlyFire]

"liberal and moderate government"

oh god

really man

really

REALLY

JESUS

What did I say ?
Just repeating what was on the wiki page ........ Bulgaria wiki page

 

[Takhisis]

PRB liberal and moderate.

 

[jackelgull]

Tolni, you seem to know a lot about the history of your country and the Balkans. Does your education system explore the complexities of Balkan history and the way Byzantine culture has shaped Bulgarian identity? Or does your knowledge come from other channels?

 

[Kyriakos]

^Bulgarian biased education perpetuates their national myth that Cyril and Methodios of Thessalonike were actually bulgarians, so bulgarians created an alphabet for all slavs

 

[gay_Aleks]

Tolni, you seem to know a lot about the history of your country and the Balkans. Does your education system explore the complexities of Balkan history and the way Byzantine culture has shaped Bulgarian identity? Or does your knowledge come from other channels?

It's well-acknowledged, yes, although it depends on which grade we're talking about. For an example, early medieval history is taught in 5th and 11th grade, and there's naturally a difference in detail.

And, well, to be fair, most of the time, it depends on the teacher themselves. Nobody really teaches as the book exactly says; and considering the quality of some textbooks, might be better choice. Unfortunately, that can also create some...well, I wouldn't say wrong, but probably "biased" lessons. Especially when we talk about Kyriakos's favourite ruler of Bulgaria, Simeon.

^Bulgarian biased education perpetuates their national myth that Cyril and Methodios of Thessalonike were actually bulgarians, so bulgarians created an alphabet for all slavs

To be fair, that's being slowly shed away. Even the song in their memory mentions them as the "the two brothers from Solun", and it's recognized that they're from Solun. However, it's assumed that at least their mother was Slavic; and that due to the large amount of Slavs living there, they wanted to make an alphabet for them. With the help of a certain emperor, plus the desire for an alphabet from Great Moravia, the alphabet was made.

HOWEVER. The actual Cyrillic script wasn't made by them. They created the glagolitsa, which is a ways off from what we know as Cyrillic. In fact, the Cyrillic script was made by his students in Great Moravia, which Boris accepted, in an effort to create Bulgarian clergy speaking a Bulgarian language.

 

[Kyriakos]

^I don't need that info, Cyril and Methodios made your alphabets

 

[Takhisis]

Wait, in Bulgaria nodding your head is a no!

 

[Tahuti]

Wait, in Bulgaria nodding your head is a no!

In Bulgaria...

 

[Takhisis]

 

[gay_Aleks]

For reasons I can't quite explain to myself, either, I am resurrecting this thread.

Ask any questions related to Bulgaria and I'll do my best to answer them.

 

[Kyriakos]

If Bulgaria was not a state of mind, but an animal, why would it be a fish?

 

[gay_Aleks]

Because we kicked out the philosophers.

 

[Kyriakos]

^Ok, i agree

 

[Kyriakos]

Ok, a more legit question:

Which bulgarian rock music band is the best in your view?

 

[FriendlyFire]

How did Bulgaria manage this ?

Bulgaria’s November Gross Foreign Debt Falls 12% from End-2014

Bulgaria’s gross foreign debt has decreased by 10.4% year-on-year in November 2015, reaching EUR 34.54 B equivalent to 77.4% of the projected 2015 GDP, the country’s central bank announced on Wednesday.

The end-November figure was also 12.2% lower than the gross foreign debt at the end of 2014, the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said in a monthly debt report.

Long-term foreign debt totalled EUR 26.51 B at end-November 2015 equivalent to 59.4% of the 2015 GDP forecast by the BNB.

This was a decrease of 9.8% in long-term debt compared with the end of 2014 and a year-on-year drop of 10.6%

- See more at: http://www.novinite.com/articles/17...t+Falls+12+from+End-2014#sthash.tkvaeWlU.dpuf

 

[Takhisis]

Ok, a more legit question:

Which bulgarian rock music band is the best in your view?

As his acolyte I'd have to answer

1. Ахат
2. Епизод
3. Имплус
4. ь

 

[Nexlev]

What are the main university towns in Bulgaria?

What are the most popular places for Bulgarians to go on vacation?

 

[FriendlyFire]

What is your favorite Bulgarian dish ?

 

[Takhisis]

Mr. Tolni, Could you explain the presence of an alleged President of Bulgaria in the country of Argentinistan?

Also, there seems to be a monument to Basil Levski here in BA. I must go and see it.