Ten years ago we had the unity slogan: “25 equals 100,” meaning that 25 years of Communist rule had brought the country forward an entire century. In 1976 we finally got the catchword: “1956-1976: Twenty Years of Happiness, Progress, etc.” and a large portrait of Shivkoff, the head of state. In 1979, however, there was no “35-140” slogan. This is understandable, in view of the accelerated drop in the standard of living and the open and ever more apparent dependence of (...) Bulgaria on the Soviet Union. Pressure by the Soviet Union no longer consists only in the exploitation of the land resources, in cultural and political colonization. (shrink)