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.
Is Bulgaria Employing Black PR Against Murder Victims?
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Over the course of a single week, two dead bodies were discovered in the very downtown of Bulgaria's capital Sofia.
The country's Interior Ministry, which has been very active in sharing details abouts its fancy-codenamed special operations, has disclosed scarce information about both cases.
After the body of 28-year-old Yana Krasteva was found on July 10 in the lively Borisova Gradina park, several media outlets believed to be close to the ruling centrist-right GERB government, said she was a "hobo" and an "alcoholic."
(I am forced to say "believed to be close", since, unfortunately, many Bulgarian media refuse to reveal their political dependencies or their real owners.)
Devastated, dozens of Krasteva's friends denied the initial information on Facebook.
Thus far, it is only known that the young woman was strangled and that she had a blood alcohol content of 2 permiles when she was murdered.
The second body, that of a middle-aged woman yet to be identified, was found last Friday just 300 meters from the first one. It is unknown whether she was a murder victim, but the police are sure she was a drug addict.
I have the terrible feeling that the police and the media are subtly downplaying the gravity of hard-to-solve crimes by presenting the victims as some kind of subhuman trash, stating that murders of homeless people and drug addicts are not that important.
I hope I am not right. And I hope Sofia's streets become safer.
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