Hello and welcome to "Bulgaria Today" on Bulgaria’s National Day of Liberation, March 3!
On our podcast today, we have a special programme dedicated to March 3, with a focus on history and Bulgarian music in the spirit of the day.
Stay with us to learn about Felix Kanitz – the cartographer of Bulgaria’s National Revival. The Austro-Hungarian researcher was the first West European to have travelled to more than 3,200 towns and villages in Bulgaria.
We also recall one of the bloodiest events in national memory – the Batak massacre of 1876.
At the end of our festive podcast we bring you the song “This is Bulgaria” to the rendition of Mariya Angelova.
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