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.
Fit of Schizophrenia on EU Doorstep
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Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
By Milena Hristova
That could have been Bulgaria's final and most earnest reckoning with its totalitarian past. Or could it?
It is only those naive to the point of foolishness, who believed the majority in Bulgaria's parliament will adopt a legislation that will throw light on the murky corners of the communist past. The journalists, who pooled efforts to demand for the entire opening of the security police archive, took the risk to appear that naive.
Naive and foolish, however, Ahmed Dogan was not. The leader of the ethnic Turkish party, always in the habit of working busily behind the scenes, was the one to first propose the complete opening of the files in the summer this year.
He and his coalition partners must have known that playing with the "national security card" always pays off. And keeps the tightrope-dancing act, called the opening of the secret files, rolling on and on.
The national security argument sounds lame now that Bulgaria is a NATO member and is on the threshold of its accession to the European Union. It sounds even lamer now that the Bulgarian people re-elected President Parvanov despite the disclosure of his secret file.
What the political haggling did was throw suspicions on the president, take a hundred journalists and citizens to the street and send a double-standard signal to Brussels.
The next interesting thing we will be holding our breath for will be the name of "that mythic personality, who will be given the power to decide the fate of an archive, never to be published."
That could have been Bulgaria's final and most earnest reckoning with its totalitarian past. Or could it?
It is only those naive to the point of foolishness, who believed the majority in Bulgaria's parliament will adopt a legislation that will throw light on the murky corners of the communist past. The journalists, who pooled efforts to demand for the entire opening of the security police archive, took the risk to appear that naive.
Naive and foolish, however, Ahmed Dogan was not. The leader of the ethnic Turkish party, always in the habit of working busily behind the scenes, was the one to first propose the complete opening of the files in the summer this year.
He and his coalition partners must have known that playing with the "national security card" always pays off. And keeps the tightrope-dancing act, called the opening of the secret files, rolling on and on.
The national security argument sounds lame now that Bulgaria is a NATO member and is on the threshold of its accession to the European Union. It sounds even lamer now that the Bulgarian people re-elected President Parvanov despite the disclosure of his secret file.
What the political haggling did was throw suspicions on the president, take a hundred journalists and citizens to the street and send a double-standard signal to Brussels.
The next interesting thing we will be holding our breath for will be the name of "that mythic personality, who will be given the power to decide the fate of an archive, never to be published."
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