{
  "id": 11688477,
  "title": "A 1,000-year-old homecoming: Bulgaria gets possible remains of Tsar Samuel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/a-1-000-year-old-homecoming-bulgaria-gets-possible-remains-of-tsar",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2026/10/03/a-1000-year-old-homecoming-bulgaria-gets-possible-remains-of-tsar-samuel/237543"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a surprising turn of events, the remains of renowned Bulgarian ruler Tsar Samuel, who reigned from 997 to 1014, are set to make their way back to Bulgaria on Saturday. After being discovered by Greek archaeologist Nikolaos Moutsopoulos in the 1960s, the remains were long disputed between Bulgaria and North Macedonia, as the statue of Samuel graces the capital Skopje. The return of the remains has been hailed as \"historic\" by Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev, while a bilateral commission recommended presenting Samuel as the head of the Bulgarian Empire, based in present-day North Macedonia. This move has reignited tensions between the two neighbors, with some historians comparing the dispute to the French and German rivalry over Charlemagne.",
  "summary": "SOFIA, Oct 3 — More than a thousand years after his death, the remains of what may be Tsar Samuel, one of the last...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Remains of medieval ruler Czar Samuel will arrive in Bulgaria after decades of talks with Greece",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/remains-of-medieval-ruler-czar-samuel-will-arrive-in-bulgaria-after",
        "published": "2026-10-03T08:46:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Greece returns remains of Czar Samuel to Bulgaria",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/greece-returns-remains-of-czar-samuel-to-bulgaria",
        "published": "2026-10-03T12:17:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Bulgaria's Tsar Samuel returns 'home' after 1,000 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/bulgarias-tsar-samuel-returns-home-after-1-000-years",
        "published": "2026-10-03T12:34:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}