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It has begun to snow again. The flakes, silver and dark, fall obliquely against the lamplight.
Who would believe that under the peaceful and poetic whiteness that has wrapped the country, there is discontent and anger?
Nobody.
But here is a prosaic fact - the majority of Bulgarians say the quality of life in the country over the past year was just as miserable as during the severe economic and banking crisis in 1996-1997.
Back then the winter was riotous and saw massive street protests after the country's banking system rumbled to pieces and precipitous inflation emerged.
This year the winter is just seeing the gentle tapping of the snow flakes and fairly good approval ratings for the prime minister.
Few openly complain, while the majority seems to be happy with Borisov's strong embrace.
How can people hate their lives, but love the person who tailors it?
To me this question exposes the deepest contradictions that now lie at the heart of Bulgarian society. It is a paradox, isn't it?
"Polenta doesn't explode" is the gnomic phrase Romanians use to describe the attitude of resigned acceptance typical to the country.
But even in Romania something snapped this month.
What gnomic phrase should we, Bulgarians, use to describe the love-and-hate attitude typical to our country?
Suggestions? Anyone?
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.
The term “Iron Curtain” was not coined by Winston Churchill, but it was he who turned it into one of the symbols of the latter part of the twentieth century by using it in his famous Fulton speech of 1946.
Hardly anything could be said in defense of the new government's ideological profile, which is quite blurry; at the same time much can be disputed about its future "pro-European" stance.
Look who is lurking again behind the corner – the tandem of Advent International and Deutsche Bank, respectively the buyer of the Bulgarian Telecom Company in 2004 and the advisor of the Bulgarian government in the sweetest deal of the past decade, seem t
We have seen many times this circus which is being played out during the entire week and it only shows one thing - there is no need of a caretaker government in Bulgaria.
You have certainly noticed how many times President Rosen Plevneliev used the phrase “a broad-minded person” referring to almost every member of his caretaker government.
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