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
No doubt about it - (beautiful) women have always been Bulgaria's best ambassadors abroad. Ever since the communist times, they beam down from thousands of advertising hoardings and are rising to the top of many sectors in Bulgaria's society. Making it more colourful, for good or for bad.
For all my respect to traditions, I refuse to honour March 8, but would gladly seize the day to pay honour to Bulgarian women's (mis)shots at power.
A change of balance of the sexes is most visible in politics. The gentlemen from the former king's party often step back to give the floor to energetic ladies. It was a woman from their ranks that got, albeit failed to excel, in a non-"soft-issue" ministry - former Economy Minister Lidia Shuleva. Now the female centrist, who never minces her words, is MEP Antonia Parvanova.
Parvanova has a worthy counterpart in the left-wing - the peppery red Tatyana Doncheva, former runner for Sofia mayor. It is not for nothing that even a macho such as mayor Borissov shudders at the thought of this sharp-tongued lady!
In the opposite part of the political spectrum, it was no other but Nadezhda Mihaylova, aka "the pretty Nade", who split the biggest right-wing party and left the leader's post (before leaving her husband as well).
Last, but not least, it was no other but a woman, who provided the only comical spot amid the apathy of last year's presidential elections. Sexy actress and vice president candidate Neli Topalova made the cutest faux pas in history by saying ""We shall work for opening the units at Kozloduy nuclear power plant... Uhm I don't know which these units are, but that is not a big problem..."
Hope it is not for statements such as these that it is only one-third of Bulgaria's women, who fill executive positions. And official figures confirm a continuing gap in income between sexes. In most employment sectors men earn more than women, a disparity, which rises to as much as 30% in health care.
My personal experience shows otherwise, but we need no survey to prove that it is the lifestyle of the man, which shapes the working day. One of the many reasons why the culture of Bulgarian man's manliness is in no danger. Especially as long as every political, business or PR event (e.g. handing out T-shirts against breast cancer), is lended colour by hostesses in skin-tight skirts.
Hats off (and T-shirts on) for Bulgaria's women!
No doubt about it - (beautiful) women have always been Bulgaria's best ambassadors abroad. Ever since the communist times, they beam down from thousands of advertising hoardings and are rising to the top of many sectors in Bulgaria's society. Making it more colourful, for good or for bad.
For all my respect to traditions, I refuse to honour March 8, but would gladly seize the day to pay honour to Bulgarian women's (mis)shots at power.
A change of balance of the sexes is most visible in politics. The gentlemen from the former king's party often step back to give the floor to energetic ladies. It was a woman from their ranks that got, albeit failed to excel, in a non-"soft-issue" ministry - former Economy Minister Lidia Shuleva. Now the female centrist, who never minces her words, is MEP Antonia Parvanova.
Parvanova has a worthy counterpart in the left-wing - the peppery red Tatyana Doncheva, former runner for Sofia mayor. It is not for nothing that even a macho such as mayor Borissov shudders at the thought of this sharp-tongued lady!
In the opposite part of the political spectrum, it was no other but Nadezhda Mihaylova, aka "the pretty Nade", who split the biggest right-wing party and left the leader's post (before leaving her husband as well).
Last, but not least, it was no other but a woman, who provided the only comical spot amid the apathy of last year's presidential elections. Sexy actress and vice president candidate Neli Topalova made the cutest faux pas in history by saying ""We shall work for opening the units at Kozloduy nuclear power plant... Uhm I don't know which these units are, but that is not a big problem..."
Hope it is not for statements such as these that it is only one-third of Bulgaria's women, who fill executive positions. And official figures confirm a continuing gap in income between sexes. In most employment sectors men earn more than women, a disparity, which rises to as much as 30% in health care.
My personal experience shows otherwise, but we need no survey to prove that it is the lifestyle of the man, which shapes the working day. One of the many reasons why the culture of Bulgarian man's manliness is in no danger. Especially as long as every political, business or PR event (e.g. handing out T-shirts against breast cancer), is lended colour by hostesses in skin-tight skirts.
Hats off (and T-shirts on) for Bulgaria's women!
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