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Gallery: Soviet army monument in Sofia gets touch of colour

Sun, Jun 19 2011 14:49 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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The monument to the Soviet army in central Sofia is no stranger to graffiti, which pops right back up as soon as the monument is washed every spring.

But on the morning of June 18 2011, passers-by were treated to more than just the usual graffiti tags and anti-communist slogans. The sculpture composition at the base of the monument was painted overnight to turn the metal soldiers into well-known pop culture icons; the inscription below the composition proclaimed it to be “in step with the times”.

Comic book characters led the way, with The Mask, Batman’s nemesis the Joker, Wolverine of X-Men fame, Superman and Captain America all featured, joined by Santa Claus and Ronald McDonald, among others. The flag held by the soldiers was painted in the stars and stripes of the US flag.

The artists behind the colourful re-imagining of the monument did not leave a clue to their identity and no one had stepped forward to claim responsibility, but speculation in social media and internet noticeboards connected the paint job to the Sofia Design Week 2011, which ends on June 19.

An unnamed Sofia city hall official, quoted by Sega daily, said that authorities would try to find the culprits and would seek to clean up the monument, but it was unlikely to happen right away.

High level bulgarian prosecutor accused for money laundering and smuggling in Greece

A document from the Greece Prosecutor’s Office accusing the high level bulgarian prosecutor Rossen Dimov of smuggling and money laundering. Rossen Dimov is a former appeal prosecutor from Plovdiv and a former judge in the Military Tribunal in the same city.

He was appointed in the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office of Cassation in 2009 by the recommandation of the Attorney General Boris Veltchev despite the fact, that in 2000 in Thessaloniki, a criminal investigation started against him, his girlfriend and two greek businessmen for smuggling and money laundering.

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An Insider’s View of Recent Affairs in Kosovo: Interview with Gerard Gallucci

October 12, 2010

In the following interview, Balkanalysis.com Director Chris Deliso obtains an invaluable insider’s view on Kosovo’s recent history, from a former American diplomat who found himself at the epicenter of diplomatic turbulence while serving as UNMIK Regional Representative in the ethnically-divided city of Mitrovica (2005-2008). In this all-new interview, Mr. Gallucci discusses the unique working conditions […]

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