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Plovdiv celebrates Unification Day: Gallery

Tue, Sep 06 2011 22:25 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Plovdiv celebrates Unification Day: Gallery

Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Plovdiv celebrates Unification Day: Gallery

Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Plovdiv celebrates Unification Day: Gallery

Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Plovdiv celebrates Unification Day: Gallery

Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Plovdiv celebrates Unification Day: Gallery

Like other political parties with an eye on the municipal and presidential elections forthcoming on October 23, nationalist party VMRO did not miss the chance to show the flag on Unification Day.

Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Plovdiv celebrates Unification Day: Gallery

Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Plovdiv saw state ceremonies and military re-enactments on September 6 2011, as the city led national celebrations of Unification Day, which commemorates the 1885 episode in which Bulgarians rejected the post-Berlin Congress state of "Eastern Roumelia" to re-unify the country.

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