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08 Nov 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Thousands of supporters of Bulgaria's first democratic party, Union of Democratic Forces, participate in a pre-election rally in this August 26, 1990 file photo. Twenty years after the fall of communism, nostalgia for the past is growing in the small Balkan country and across the former Soviet bloc. Capitalism's failure to lift living standards, impose the rule of law and tame flourishing corruption and nepotism have given way to fond memories of the times when the jobless rate was zero, food was cheap and social safety was high. To match Special Report COMMUNISM-NOSTALGIA/ REUTERS/Georgi Georgiev/Files (BULGARIA ANNIVERSARY POLITICS CONFLICT) QUALITY FROM SOURCE
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