How many Times were Diplomatic Relations between Russia and Bulgaria Severed
If we look at history, there are not many cases in which relations between Bulgaria and Russia at the state level were as bad as they are at the moment.
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Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
By Milena Hristova
"In shrinking Bulgaria, where are the people?", exclaimed the International Herald Tribune last week. "In nonchalant Bulgaria, where are the voters?", I would add in the week, which ushers in the election day - October 22. Seven days before the vote, all we have ended up with are pollsters' projections that voters will shrink from 3 millions in the first democratic elections for president in 1992 to 1 million in 2006. And the winner (not to mention his runner-up), whoever he is, will be as pathetic to call himself president of all Bulgarians, as anyone can be.
A sluggish vote is among the most news wire-unfriendly events that we, journalists, dread. I gave up any hope of seeing ruffled feathers after the scandal with the so-called resignation of top journalist Ivo Indhzev failed to do so. And remembered that the first scandal in the campaign was not over programs or secret services files but over accusations of copying a rivalling runner's website.
The Internet seems to be the only place that offers the vivid and juicy info we are starving for. Here, until recently, you could see nationalist Volen Siderov naked. Or current President Georgi Parvanov next to a bleeding wolf he apparently shot dead with his own hands. Or read the impressions of right-winger Yuliana Nikolova in her special blog.
This may sound like a joke, but it may well be one of the few things I will remember the election campaign with. I am not kidding. Someone else surely does...
PS: The bad news is that the over-50-year-old potential supporter of Parvanov, the over-50-year-old fan of elderly Beronov or the angry young and not that young men, who side with Siderov, hardly have access to the Internet.
"In shrinking Bulgaria, where are the people?", exclaimed the International Herald Tribune last week. "In nonchalant Bulgaria, where are the voters?", I would add in the week, which ushers in the election day - October 22. Seven days before the vote, all we have ended up with are pollsters' projections that voters will shrink from 3 millions in the first democratic elections for president in 1992 to 1 million in 2006. And the winner (not to mention his runner-up), whoever he is, will be as pathetic to call himself president of all Bulgarians, as anyone can be.
A sluggish vote is among the most news wire-unfriendly events that we, journalists, dread. I gave up any hope of seeing ruffled feathers after the scandal with the so-called resignation of top journalist Ivo Indhzev failed to do so. And remembered that the first scandal in the campaign was not over programs or secret services files but over accusations of copying a rivalling runner's website.
The Internet seems to be the only place that offers the vivid and juicy info we are starving for. Here, until recently, you could see nationalist Volen Siderov naked. Or current President Georgi Parvanov next to a bleeding wolf he apparently shot dead with his own hands. Or read the impressions of right-winger Yuliana Nikolova in her special blog.
This may sound like a joke, but it may well be one of the few things I will remember the election campaign with. I am not kidding. Someone else surely does...
PS: The bad news is that the over-50-year-old potential supporter of Parvanov, the over-50-year-old fan of elderly Beronov or the angry young and not that young men, who side with Siderov, hardly have access to the Internet.
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