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Bulgaria's Cabinet has adopted the 2013 Budget projecting a 0.2 pp GDP growth increase(!). Nonetheless, it can't avoid a 2012 recapitulation unless the world comes to an end in December.
Are the new highways enough for Bulgarians? Apparently not; although "every metro line leads to Sofia University", PM Borisov's popularity has plummeted.
But why are Bulgarias so dissatisfied? The minimum wage will hit EUR 160, pensions will go up, education and healthcare will get some more money. Every Bulgarian borough now boasts a mall, bar, disco, hypermarket.
Sure, Bulgarians are getting further away from their National Revival values, putting a highway from the bars in Sofia's notorious College Town to the discos in Sunny Beach before libraries, theaters, schools, parks.
Obviously, the (re)capitulation is for us – who allowed those in power to tolerate election fraud, reduce Southeast Europe's largest observatory to starvation, look on as students in Bulgaria's top university fight because of the bureaucracy, while their classmates get wasted with cheap vodka at another "university party" in the "College Town".
So why is it that what crosses my mind is the fable about the crowd hungry for "bread and games", and the herd needing a shepherd?
A 20-year-old woman from the village of Kalitinovo, Stara Zagora Province, has been detained by police following a stabbing incident at a restaurant in Sunny Beach.
Students from the "Tsar Simeon the Great" school in the village of Ivanyane, near Sofia, extended a heartfelt gesture by raising funds to help five young people seriously injured in the recent tragedy in Kocani, North Macedonia
Bulgarian businesses are actively recruiting students to fill seasonal positions for the upcoming summer, offering earnings ranging from 4,000 to 6,000 leva
As the summer season approaches, preparations on Bulgaria’s Southern Black Sea Coast are in full swing
Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova discussed the recently adopted 2025 national budget, emphasizing that it was a step toward stabilizing Bulgaria's public finances
Bulgaria's Parliament has approved the creation of a state-owned chain of grocery stores in post offices across the country, based on a proposal by Delyan Peevski
We are increasingly facing the danger of a déjà vu of history: Vučić’s Serbia has revived Milošević’s narrative of “Serb victimhood”
The global monetary and financial landscape usually remains stable, with changes being rare and significant when they do happen
In an increasingly unpredictable world, the European Commission's recent recommendation for citizens to be prepared with a 72-hour survival kit in case of a crisis has sparked a heated debate
The upcoming emergency summit of European leaders on Ukraine is not just a crisis response, at the same time it is also a historic opportunity to redefine Europe's economic and political trajectory
In the 1994 Budapest Agreement, Russia, the United States, and Britain promised to secure Ukraine’s independence if Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons
A year has passed since Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader and anti-corruption activist, was murdered in an Arctic penal colony under Vladimir Putin’s regime
Borderless Bulgaria: How Schengen Benefits Are Transforming Trade and Logistics
Bulgaria's Mortality Rate Remains Highest in Europe
