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Plovdiv, Bulgaria Plovdiv (Greek:Philippopolis, Φιλιππουπολης) is a city in Bulgaria and the capital of the Plovdiv Oblast (district). While the city was liberated from the Ottomans during the Battle of Plovdiv in 1878, it was not originally part of the newly established Principality of Bulgaria. Plovdiv is at the center of an important agricultural region, so that food processing is the most important industry. www.creekin.net /c2322-n28-plovdiv-bulgaria.html   (373 words)

The Battle of Kosovo Plovdiv fell to the Ottomans in 1363 and Kumucina in 1364. In time the Battle of Kosovo came to be seen as the source of all the misfortune Serbia was to suffer during her long years of subjugation to the Turks. That punishment was the object of the Battle of Kosovo. www.deremilitari.org /resources/articles/emmert.htm   (9554 words)

Plovdiv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Plovdiv (Bulgarian: Пловдив; Greek: Φιλιππούπολη, Φιλιππούπολις / Philippoupoli, Philippoupolis; Turkish: Filibe) is the second largest city in Bulgaria, with a population of 341,873([1]). It is the administrative centre of Plovdiv Province in southern Bulgaria, as well as the largest and most important city of the historical region of Thrace, famous for its ancient and diverse culture and millenary history. In 1263 Plovdiv was conquered by the restored Byzantine Empire and remained in Byzantine hands until it was re-conquered by George Terter II of Bulgaria in 1322. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plovdiv   (1933 words)

Battle of Plovdiv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Following the crushing Russian victory at the last battle of Shipka Pass, Russian commander Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko began to move southeast towards Constantinople. Blocking the route was the Turkish fortress at Plovdiv under Suleiman Pasha. The defenses of Plovdiv were strong but superior Russian numbers overwhelmed the defenses and the Turks retreated almost to Constantinople. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Plovdiv   (195 words)

Chronology of the Middle Ages in Europe On May 29, the army of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa was defeated in the Battle at Legnano by the army of the League of Lombardy, the alliance of Northern Italian towns led by Milan. In the Battle of Cortenuova, Emperor Frederick II defeated the army of League of Lombardy. The Polish army was massacred in the Battle of Legnica (Liegnitz) in Silesia. www.studybuddy.nl /english/contenteur1.html   (6477 words)

Destination Bulgaria. Travel and tourist information . Hotels World travel information. Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria and the capital of the Plovdiv Oblast (district). The name Plovdiv first appears in the 15th century.Under Ottoman rule, Plovdiv was a major center of the Bulgarian nationalist movement, and the first Bulgarian language printing house was built in the city. Plovdiv is beautifully situated on the two banks of the Maritsa river and on six unique syenite hills (called "tepeta"). www.hotels-europe.com /info-countries/bulgaria/plovdiv.htm   (572 words)

Plovdiv   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Plovdiv is one of the oldest cities of Europe, being older than Rome, Athens, and Constantinople. The name Plovdiv first appears in the fifteenth century and is derived from the city's Thracian name Pulpudeva, which was rendered by the Slavs first as Păldin (Пълдин) or Plăvdin. The old town part of Plovdiv was made a reservation because of the characteristic features of the National Revival architecture houses, concentrated on the Three Hills (Трихълмие, Trihalmie)—Nebet Tepe, Dzhambaz Tepe and Teksim Tepe. www.homes4ubulgaria.com /cities/4000.php   (1035 words)

The Battle of Kosovo, 1999 [Archive] - Military Photos If we lost the battle, then this was not only the result of social superiority and the armed advantage of the Ottoman Empire but also of the tragic disunity in the leadership of the Serbian state at that time. These first Serbian references to the battle are found in a number of sermons, eulogies, and hagiographic works written after the event in memory of Prince Lazar.[17] The basic character of these works is panegyric, which reflects a continuation of the early literary tradition in medieval Serbia. In one version the murder takes place after the battle is already over.[52] Murad was on the field of Kosovo awaiting the return of his army, when suddenly one of the Christians, covered in blood and apparently hidden among the enemy dead, got up, rushed to Murad, and stabbed him with a dagger. www.militaryphotos.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-11788.html   (18861 words)

Bulgaria Plovdiv municipality passed an ordinance that forbade the distribution in public places of "religious materials or pornography." The 1949 law also has been criticized in its own right as an outmoded potential impediment to free religious activity. In April several missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (aka the Mormon Church) in Plovdiv were challenged by police while distributing literature and were required to go to the police station. On June 21, members of the Jehovah's Witnesses were expelled from the city of Petrich for distributing literature without being registered with the municipality, although the church does have central government registration. www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/eur/705.htm   (13105 words)

Battle of Kosovo by Seth Ward   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) The second Battle of Kosovo, in 1448, involved individuals still celebrated as national heroes in Hungary and even Albania, and was the last stepping stone on the way to Ottoman conquest of Constantinople and its domination of southeastern Europe until the twentieth century. Murat was killed; some say on the dawn of the battle he was killed by Milosh Kobilic, another of Lazar's sons in law, who gained access to the Ottomans by posing as a deserter. The legend of Kosovo The strategic importance of the fall of Kosovo in 1389 may be debated; and the second battle is often entirely overlooked. www.du.edu /~sward/kosovo.html   (3836 words)

Plovdiv August 6 DRIVER PROTEST UPSETS G.P. PLOVDIV, BULGARIA (06th AUGUST): The 8th Round of the 2000 U.I.M. F1 World Championship for powerboating was officially declared null and void after a driver protest forced the promoter to rule that the race would become an exhibition and wouldn’t be declared an official event. The reason for situation developed when certain pilots believed that the 2-pin 1 kilometer course was, in their opinion, too narrow to be safe and that the depth, which was 2.85 meters deep in the shallowest spots, was not safe enough to hold an official event. The series of meetings went on into middle afternoon and finally it was decided by 8 pilots that they would put on a 35 lap exhibition for the 10’s of thousands of race fans whom were getting their first taste of F1 action in this Eastern European country. www.f1boat.com /00/press_steve/plovdiv_6aug.htm   (344 words)

Roundtrip Bulgaria | cultural tour in Bulgaria | travel in the Balkans | Sofia | Plovdiv | Veliko Turnovo | Pirin | ... Plovdiv - the second largest city in Bulgaria is also one of the oldest on the Balkan Peninsula - it was the capital of Ancient Thrace and a big trade centre in the Middle Ages. Near Plovdiv we shall visit the second largest monastery in Bulgaria - the Bachkovo Monastery (11th c.) situated at the foot of the Rhodope Mountains. In 1877 this pass was the site of the most important battle in the liberation war against the Turks. www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/10134.html   (756 words)

Belashtitsa Monastery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) The rich and fertile lands of the Plovdiv region required workers who were able to cultivate the land well, so that bigger crop is produced for everyone. When he was 30, Nikifor Skifi took part in the Belasitsa mountain battle as a military commander and ordered that even his own brother be blinded so that he does not tell Nikifor’s origin. A visit to the monastery can be combined with a picnic or a tourist hike in the mountain, as the cloister is surrounded by broad-lived forests with plenty of springs and meadows. www.bulgarianmonastery.com /print.html?monastery_id=41   (577 words)

Football News - Soccer Headlines Plovdiv, who finished third in Bulgaria last season, qualified for the first round after beating OFK Belgrade 1-0 on Thursday night in the second qualifying round to go through on the away goals rule. Plovdiv will hold a memorial service on Sunday, according to the club's website, and coach Edward Eranosian has cancelled all team activities. Bayer Leverkusen, who won the UEFA Cup in 1988 and were runners-up in the Champions League final in 2002, face a tough task against CSKA Sofia who were eliminated from the Champions League third qualifying round by Liverpool on Tuesday. www.isfa.com /news/?id=16951   (390 words)

Plovdiv Woman for Marriage Wanted Plovdiv Woman for Marriage Wanted, If you are the woman I'm looking for... Plovdiv Woman for Marriage Wanted actually, I am not interested in you knowing anything about me. However, since you're taking the time to WANT to know, I will let you in on some private things about my viewpoint. Plovdiv Woman for Marriage Wanted A single man Melbourne single man's guide to Australia single christian man Melbourne Australia single woman seeking man personal page Single man for travel Australia Melbourne single man love the single man single man's guide to Australia Melbourne man new single the single man's guide. www.onecer.net /marriage1/plovdiv-woman-for-marriage-wanted.html   (1396 words)

The 1903 risings in Macedonia and Thrace - Anarchism in Bulgaria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Under a clever pretext he persuaded his parents to leave their house in Plovdiv, after which he turned it into a central workshop for the production of time-bombs and left Vasil Paskov to see to the progress of the work in his absence. A battle ensued, during which the commander himself and the brave revolutionary Nikola Ravashola - a close friend of Gerdzhikov's - were killed. While the preparations for the uprising to the east of the River Maritsa, where Gerdzhikov was the IMRO leader in charge, were essentially completed in good time, in the region to the west of the River Maritsa under the leadership of Kosta Antonov everything lagged behind. flag.blackened.net /revolt/eastern/bulgaria_1903.html   (16919 words)

2005 Country Report on Human Rights in Bulgaria The internal inquiry by the Ministry of Interior (MOI) into the March 2004 fatal shooting by two police officers of a 25‑year‑old Rom in Plovdiv uncovered no evidence of police abuse, but the officers were transferred to other units of the police directorate. The Plovdiv military prosecutor's criminal investigation into the incident was ongoing at year's end. During the year the former chief of the Plovdiv sanitary control inspectorate was charged with coercion, which is punishable by up to six years' imprisonment, for allegedly threatening to dismiss two of his female subordinates for declining his sexual advances. www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61641.htm   (10992 words)

RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY Newspapers reported that tensions remained high in Plovdiv on 19 February, but that there was no new violence. As a compromise, the company set the evening of 19 February as the deadline for the payment of 30,000 Leva ($13,300), which is equal to 10 percent of the neighborhood's January bills. On the evening of 20 February, however, the Romany protests resumed in the center of Plovdiv, as the electricity company decided to switch on electricity in the Romany neighborhoods for only a few hours per day. www.rferl.org /newsline/2002/02/5-NOT/not-250202.asp   (980 words)

TDF Travel Program Hidden Gems of Europe: Romania and Bulgaria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) A dramatic ensemble of interlaced arcades, graceful arches and picturesque verandas, Rila was founded deep in the mountains by the hermit St. John of Rila. Inhabited for more than 2400 years, Plovdiv was a contemporary of Troy. Shipka is best known for the August 1877 battle when 6,000 Russian and Bulgarian troops held off an Ottoman force more than four times their size. www.tdf.org /travel/Romania05_itinerary.html   (1065 words)

. :: BETA RACING Rally Team :: .   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) It was found that some of the valve-pistons were broken so the team decided a mechanic to come back to Plovdiv (around 300km away from the event) to take the needed parts. And so, it was the way Beta Racing Rally Team completed the 2006 season, where Nikolay Paunov made great battle in the Hillclimb Championship mainly with Kostadin Shterev and in the final reckoning won the title again, defending his 2005 one and ofcourse was very close to the champion's place in the Circuit Championship. The battle in the 6th round will be very fiery, because the first three drivers in the championship - Nikolay Paunov, Kostadin Shterev and Hristo Parashkevov - come with equal resulst of 28 points! www.betaracing.net /news_en.html   (3508 words)

The Invasion and Battle for Greece This was the first and last tank battle that took place during the Greek campaign. On 19 April the 1st SS Regiment which had meanwhile reached Grevena was ordered to advance southeastward in the direction of Yannina to cut off the Greeks' route of withdrawal to the south and complete their encirclement. This mission was accomplished by 20 April, following a pitched battle in the 5,000 foot high Metsovon Pass in the Pindus Mountains. www.feldgrau.com /greecewar.html   (5022 words)

A Reader's Guide to Bulgaria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Under Boris's son, Tsar Simeon I, the kingdom reached the height of its power, and its capital, Preslav, was said to rival Constantinople in the vigor of its commercial and intellectual life. Bulgaria declined under Simeon's successors, and in 1014 the Byzantine emperor Basil II won a battle over the Bulgarian army after which he ordered 14,000 prisoners to be blinded. For this Basil II took the title "Bulgaroktonus," or Bulgar slayer, and Bulgaria was ruled by Byzantium until 1185. www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/ref/history.shtml   (861 words)

Iraq - US Forces Order of Battle As of 13 July 2004 there was one carrier strike group and one expeditionary strike group in the area for a total of around 17,000 naval personnel. A Nov. 28, Bulgarian News Agency quoted the country's Defense Minister as laying a pullout of the country's contingent in Iraq as being dependent on 3 factors: 1) democratic elections; 2) functionning law-enforcement structures; and 3) a request by a new Iraqi government for a pull-out. In a Nov. 18 interview with Rzeczpospolita, the Polish deputy chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Gen Mieczyslaw Cieniuch, confirmed that Poland would have a smaller contingent of troops deployed to Iraq when it implements its fourth rotation of troops there in January 2005. www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/iraq_orbat_041226.htm   (6886 words)

AEI - Short Publications They must be able to shape their situation, receive larger reinforcements, and pass the battle on to them. I visited the base last September as part of a study funded by NATO and the German Marshall Fund, and it gave me a good idea of the opportunities and the challenges inherent in a restructuring of U.S. Air Force Europe. Graf Ignatievo is near the city of Plovdiv, second largest in Bulgaria and about two hours' drive from Sofia. www.aei.org /publications/pubID.16384/pub_detail.asp   (3108 words)

Grapes Unlimited The Byzantine emperor Nicephorus was in 811 killed in battle as the first of his stand in The battle of the Shipka Pass in August 1877 was vital for the outcome of the Russian-Turkish war, and The Shipka monument and the battle of the Shipka Pass is counted as one of the foremost symbols of www.grapesunlimited.com /kingsheroes.html   (3472 words)

THE GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN THE BALKANS (SPRING 1941): PART III In order to feed the battle in Albania, the Greek command had been forced to make continuous withdrawals from eastern Macedonia and western Thrace. In an attack on a defensive position the mission of the flying column w as to advance through the gaps opened by the mountain troops during the initial penetration and to prevent the defender from rallying his forces and renewing resistance farther to the rear. During the fluid phases of the Greek campaign the carefully selected commanders of the flying columns were repeatedly able to turn the tide of battle in their favor. www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/balkan/20_260_3.htm   (11052 words)

Tobacco Reporter Latebreaking News!!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Stara Zagora-based Slantse Stara Zagora BT and Plovdiv-based Plovdiv BT will be sold part-and-parcel with their cigarette-production licenses. The future owners may also be allowed use of the brand portfolios of the cigarette factories subject to further negotiations. Plovdiv BT posted January-September earnings of 30.4 million levs, down from 38.2 million levs a year ago. www.tobaccoreporter.com /news/LateBreak.asp   (10066 words)

SI.com - Scorecard Daily - Soccer Truth & Rumors: March 16, 2006 - Thursday March 16, 2006 9:56AM FC Barcelona last night claimed victory in the battle for Thierry Henry. Sources close to Barca president Joan Laporta said that there is a "verbal agreement" that Henry will quit Arsenal to join the La Liga champions at the end of the season. Tomasic sustained an ankle injury during the 4-0 league win against PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1936 eleven days ago and missed the first leg against Udinese in Italy. sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2006/scorecard/03/16/soccer.truth.rumors   (556 words)

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