Bulgaria Sets Aside Day to Honour Anti-Nazis

[TomSea]

Bulgaria Sets Aside Day to Honour Anti-Nazis

The outgoing government has designated February 21 as a day of thanks to the people who resisted Nazism in Bulgaria during the Second World War - partly in order to strengthen
Sofia

At its last meeting for the year on Wednesday, Bulgaria's outgoing government adopted a proposal to establish a commemoration day in honour of Bulgarians who fought against Nazi Germany. The proposal was submitted by the Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev.

February 21 was chosen because on this day in 1941 members of the Bulgarian opposition met for the first time in the house of the leader of the former Democratic Party, Nikola Mushanov to oppose Bulgaria joining the Axis Powers.

“An annual payment of tribute to the opponents of Nazism will help to strengthen democratic values,” the government noted in its decision.
- See more at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/bulgaria-to-commemorate-opponents-of-nazism-12-28-2016#sthash.UAv9RSBi.dpuf

[Right_in_Virginia]

Well, I'll put this in the "Good News on the World Stage" category.  (It's been pretty sparsely populated lately)