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 Kameliya Atanasova (Sofia Photo Agency)
By Petya Sabinova
Unlike the citizens of many bigger and more powerful countries, when Bulgarians go abroad, they rarely take the time to research where the Bulgarian embassy in the country of their choice is. Why? Because they simply know that if it comes to needing help from the Bulgarian authorities then all is lost. The trial of the five nurses showed just how spineless our country is when having to protect one of its own, and the recent events have just confirmed it.
Lately the Bulgarian politicians have been using the term "European" way too often. It was a "European" mayor that got shot during the week, but the police officers that are working the case certainly don't seem to sport the talent of their European colleagues so far. The outrageous, organized attack on Bulgarians in Skopje was a blatant attack on "Europeans", but somehow their own country's response still bears the Balkan post-slavery mentality of laying low when things heat up. At a time when other countries would have stopped issuing visas to the hundreds of Macedonians besieging the embassy every day, all our government does is issue a statement saying just how "unacceptable" the anti-Bulgarian moods are. The whole EU is flagging support for the five nurses, yet our very own deputy Justice Minister can't even get a permission to visit them in the Libyan jail. And let's not forget Mrs Kuneva, our European Commissioner, who sent a letter thanking Romania twice for dropping a tax they didn't have any right to impose in the first place. Well that was rich. A fortnight ago she was threatening them with a lawsuit and now she's all nice and servile again.
Bulgarian politicians should all take a crash course in standing their ground if they don't want the country to be treated as a third-class EU member. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent," Eleanor Roosevelt once said. Now hers is a country that can teach us a little something about sticking up for your own.
Unlike the citizens of many bigger and more powerful countries, when Bulgarians go abroad, they rarely take the time to research where the Bulgarian embassy in the country of their choice is. Why? Because they simply know that if it comes to needing help from the Bulgarian authorities then all is lost. The trial of the five nurses showed just how spineless our country is when having to protect one of its own, and the recent events have just confirmed it.
Lately the Bulgarian politicians have been using the term "European" way too often. It was a "European" mayor that got shot during the week, but the police officers that are working the case certainly don't seem to sport the talent of their European colleagues so far. The outrageous, organized attack on Bulgarians in Skopje was a blatant attack on "Europeans", but somehow their own country's response still bears the Balkan post-slavery mentality of laying low when things heat up. At a time when other countries would have stopped issuing visas to the hundreds of Macedonians besieging the embassy every day, all our government does is issue a statement saying just how "unacceptable" the anti-Bulgarian moods are. The whole EU is flagging support for the five nurses, yet our very own deputy Justice Minister can't even get a permission to visit them in the Libyan jail. And let's not forget Mrs Kuneva, our European Commissioner, who sent a letter thanking Romania twice for dropping a tax they didn't have any right to impose in the first place. Well that was rich. A fortnight ago she was threatening them with a lawsuit and now she's all nice and servile again.
Bulgarian politicians should all take a crash course in standing their ground if they don't want the country to be treated as a third-class EU member. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent," Eleanor Roosevelt once said. Now hers is a country that can teach us a little something about sticking up for your own.
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