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📷 Cheers and sneers as Bulgaria unveils EU's highest flagpole
Nationalism and populism are on the rise in the Balkan nation, where many remain strongly Russophile despite Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
People watch the rising of a large Bulgarian flag during preparations ahead of the inauguration of a 111-metre flagpole in Smolyan, Bulgaria on July 13, 2023. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
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ROZHEN - A soaring mast in the mountains of southern Bulgaria has made the EU's poorest country the home of the bloc's highest flagpole, filling some