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Sculpture of Dimitar Blagoev in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. (Mihal Orela photo, Creative Commons, via Courthouse News) STRASBOURG, France (CN) — ‘Twas the morning of Christmas 2013, and all through Bulgaria, creatures had been stirring for months over energy prices, poverty and the election of Plamen Oresharski’s left-wing coalition government. Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria previously held 15 seats in parliament but got no seats from the race on May 12.  Some seven months later, on Christmas Day, someone in Blagoevgrad spray-painted a statue of the town’s namesake red and white to rese...

Five highlights and five low points from the past 12 months in the banding world... Wednesday, 30 December 2020 No one saw it coming. Now, everyone hopes to see the back of it. 2020 held the promise of so much; from the European Championships in Palanga to a final pre-Brexit round of musical European cooperation with Edward Gregson’s ‘The World Rejoicing’ at the British Open followed by encores in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and Norway. Hopefully the work will now have a long overdue premiere in 2021, even if it is laced with more than hint of titular irony. With all this in m...