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.
A Dash for Freedom Dashed
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Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
By Milena Hristova
A famous Bulgarian movie, whose title literally reads "The boy is leaving", describes best our today's character. Unfortunately the English version of the title "The boy turns man" does not fit him.
Today may be the last time that we will have a reason to talk about EP observer Dimitar Abadzhiev - the young man who dashed to freedom by leaving the party of hardliner Ivan Kostov and saw his hopes of being free as a bird in Strasbourg dashed after Kostov kicked him out of the European Parliament and picked a more suitable representative.
The Bulgarian media took an unhealthy interest in the story and put it to good use in further discrediting former rightist Prime Minister Ivan Kostov. Fully aware of this, I would like to put the full stop by using the story as an example par excellance of the disease plaguing Bulgaria.
On the one side are the politicians or rather the political surf riders. Pretty often they are brought into the ranks of MPs and EP observers out of the blue and leave or hide when the going gets tough. The leaders, in their turn, disguise dictatorship as the virtue of consistency. It is a dangerous to speak out - debates in the right-wing are open and publicised, unlike that in the left-wing, where dictatorship is under cover. The lack of flexibility, however, is lethal for all parties - the right-wing died, while the left-wing degenerated.
On the other side is the media. It is no good sign that when a journalist airs discrediting information about President Parvanov or nationalist party Ataka, he is quickly kicked out of the media, while colleagues suddenly grow mum. When someone like Abadzhiev quits his right-wing party, however, the media gloats with pleasure and does not miss to tarnish the leader from head to toe.
In fact this may be the last but one time that the media will talk about Dimitar Abadzhiev. Next time he will enter the news as member of the party of Sofia mayor Boyko Borisov. To see his hopes of freedom dashed again.
A famous Bulgarian movie, whose title literally reads "The boy is leaving", describes best our today's character. Unfortunately the English version of the title "The boy turns man" does not fit him.
Today may be the last time that we will have a reason to talk about EP observer Dimitar Abadzhiev - the young man who dashed to freedom by leaving the party of hardliner Ivan Kostov and saw his hopes of being free as a bird in Strasbourg dashed after Kostov kicked him out of the European Parliament and picked a more suitable representative.
The Bulgarian media took an unhealthy interest in the story and put it to good use in further discrediting former rightist Prime Minister Ivan Kostov. Fully aware of this, I would like to put the full stop by using the story as an example par excellance of the disease plaguing Bulgaria.
On the one side are the politicians or rather the political surf riders. Pretty often they are brought into the ranks of MPs and EP observers out of the blue and leave or hide when the going gets tough. The leaders, in their turn, disguise dictatorship as the virtue of consistency. It is a dangerous to speak out - debates in the right-wing are open and publicised, unlike that in the left-wing, where dictatorship is under cover. The lack of flexibility, however, is lethal for all parties - the right-wing died, while the left-wing degenerated.
On the other side is the media. It is no good sign that when a journalist airs discrediting information about President Parvanov or nationalist party Ataka, he is quickly kicked out of the media, while colleagues suddenly grow mum. When someone like Abadzhiev quits his right-wing party, however, the media gloats with pleasure and does not miss to tarnish the leader from head to toe.
In fact this may be the last but one time that the media will talk about Dimitar Abadzhiev. Next time he will enter the news as member of the party of Sofia mayor Boyko Borisov. To see his hopes of freedom dashed again.
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