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.
Bulgaria's politicians have no trouble deciding whenever someone tells them what to decide or whenever their approval rating is in peril.
Bulgaria freezes the controversial ACTA agreement until it hears what EU has to say, the country's Economy Minister Traicho Traikov declared on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Traikov stated he was ready to resign over the whole ACTA controversy – but not before Prime Minister Boyko Borisov decides it would be necessary.
Borisov, needless to say, blamed the former government for starting the negotiations on the agreement. The Prime Minister proudly announced he was assuming the entire political responsibility for the cabinet's decision to halt ACTA and expected to be attacked by international organizations on it.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party that headed the former government mocked the ruling centrist-right GERB for freezing too much stuff and not dealing with it later. Of course, the left-wingers were quick to present themselves as some kind of freedom-fighters in an attempt to impress the anti-ACTA majority.
Bulgaria is yet to withdraw its signature from ACTA but it will most likely do so if the overwhelming opinion in EU suggests it or if protests continue. It remains unknown whether the government is able to form a decision on its own.
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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