Between West Hall and East Hall: Seven Reasons Why Bulgaria's New Cabinet Is Unprecedented
Thursday, November 6, 2014 will be remembered as a peculiarday for Bulgaria's democracy, and this definition has many layers worth mentioning.
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If Radan Kanev Becomes Bulgaria's Prime Minister...
"If there is disagreement related to positions in the cabinet... we are ready for other options, including to support a cabinet with Radan Kanev as Prime Minister, for instance," GERB's Tomislav Donchev said on Sunday. But what does this actually mean?
Enough Of This Farce Already!
It's been almost a month since Bulgaria held its early elections on October 5, but a new government is still nowhere in sight.
MEP Iliana Iotova: GERB, Reformist Bloc Should Form Minority Gov't
Center-right GERB and right-wing Reformist Bloc stand chances to form a government, "even though a minority one", socialist MEP Iliana Iotova said on Sunday.
George Soros: 'Europe Is Facing a Challenge from Russia to Its Very Existence'
American investor and philanthropist George Soros warned that Russia's expansionism poses an existential threat to the EU and called for more material support for Ukraine.
Is GERB's Government Casting Turning Ugly?
Speculation about where the next Bulgarian government is being forged is now over.
Ognyan Minchev: Too Early to Say GERB-RB Talks Have Failed
It’s too early to claim that talks between GERB and the Reformist Bloc on forming a government coalition were a failure, a leading Bulgarian political scientist has said.
Osman Oktai: DPS’ ‘Unconditional Support’ Comes With Strings Attached
There is no such thing like ‘unconditional support’ in politics, one of the founders of mainly ethnic Turk party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) has said.
Bulgaria's Boyko Borisov Facing Huge Test as 'Political Animal'
Renowned Greek philosopher Aristotle has described the human species as a "political animal" (zoon politikon). But, to paraphrase an iconic book by George Orwell, some people are more of a "political animal" than others.
Russia Is Upset. We're Finally Doing It Right
This week's harsh comments of Russian state officials criticising Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev, calling the Defence Minister “one Shalamanov” and accusing PM Bliznashki of “betrayal”, leave the impression that Russian officials have lost their ne
Bulgaria's Grand Parliament Chessboard Might Be Both Ailment and Cure
Never in Bulgaria's recent history has such a result been observed - eight parties, meaning an extremely fragmented Parliament, with political deadlocks against warring factions preventing any two-party majorities.
Plan A: Conservative-Socialist Cabinet
GERB won by a lot of ballots, while the BSP lost by a lot.
National Mourning For Our Non-Existent State
October 3 is yet another day of mourning this year – mourning for the mediocrity of state institutions and the transition, democracy and European values that never happened.
Opinions Clash Ahead of Budget Update Discussion
The 2014 budget update drafted by the caretaker government has stirred a lot of controversy ahead of its discussion with representatives of employers and trade unions.
Seven Reasons to Observe TV7 Carefully
The article originally appeared on BGNES news agency.
Budget Talk: a Striking Example of Partisan Behavior in Bulgaria
For weeks now the caretaker government of Bulgaria has kept reiterating public finances are in dire straits.
Protest Vote May Disturb Calculations of Big Parties in Bulgaria - Expert
Genoveva Petrova from the Alpha Research polling agency has suggested that the early elections in Bulgaria on October 5 will play out according to the existing forecasts, with the main political parties retaining their positions.
Elenko Bozhkov: 10% Power Price Hike is Unjustified
A leading Bulgarian energy expert has disputed the need to raise power prices by as much as 10%, claiming that rate of increase only served the interests of power distributors.
Tsvetan Vasilev and the Voice of Business
I don't know what it means to "surrender" without having been in hiding, but the past 24 hours have created this precedent as well.
Meeting Turkey's Erdogan: a Matter of 'Unnatural' Timing
A visit of liberal DPS's leader Lyutvi Mestan to Turkey's presidential compound might look like the "perfectly natural" thing for a party representing a vast Bulgarian Turkish population.
Emil Harsev: KTB Insolvency Would Be Ungrounded
There is not a single reason requiring that Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank or KTB) be declared insolvent, financier Emil Harsev believes.
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