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Scandal over Shipka Renovation. Protesters Stopped Equipment, but the Facts Are Different - Politics — News Standard

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The Freedom Monument on Mount Shipka is not being demolished - its most extensive renovation in more than four decades has begun, necessary to preserve one of the largest Bulgarian national shrines. However, this week there was tension, protests and even a blockage of construction equipment due to the dismantling of parts of the northern staircase and the site. The Director of the Shipka-Buzludzha National Park-Museum, Dr. Chavdar Angelov, expla…
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The renovation of the Freedom Monument on Mount Shipka has become a new source of tension, mainly due to the removal of stone slabs from the stairs and the platform. There was a protest during the week, construction equipment was blocked. The Moscow embassy also added fuel to the fire by expressing concern. "The last renovation on such a scale was carried out in the early 1980s in the period 1981-1982," the director of the Shipka-Buzludzha Natio…

The Freedom Monument on Mount Shipka is entering its first large-scale renovation in four decades, after the last similar activities were carried out in the period 1981–1982, explained to bTV the director of the Shipka-Buzludzha National Park-Museum, Dr. Chavdar Angelov.

Over the past week, tensions surrounding the ongoing renovation of the Freedom Monument on Mount Shipka escalated, leading to protests. The reason ...

The Freedom Monument on Mount Shipka is not being demolished - its most extensive renovation in more than four decades has begun, necessary to preserve one of the largest Bulgarian national shrines. However, this week there was tension, protests and even a blockage of construction equipment due to the dismantling of parts of the northern staircase and the site. The Director of the Shipka-Buzludzha National Park-Museum, Dr. Chavdar Angelov, expla…

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standartnews.com broke the news on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
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