Bulgarians Blind for Blogs? Bad!
The 'geeky' world of blogging, to my surprise and horror, has proved a more insightful and honest source of opinions than the online media in Bulgaria.
The 'geeky' world of blogging, to my surprise and horror, has proved a more insightful and honest source of opinions than the online media in Bulgaria.
One of the key political events of the week in Bulgaria was the formal confirmation by President Georgi Parvanov that he intends to run for chair of the Bulgarian Socialist Party.
Bulgaria has been in the grip of a bonus hysteria for some two weeks.
Last Wednesday, Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, gave an ultimatum to senior officials to return or donate all bonuses they have received.
As Bulgaria’s Schengen accession was once again postponed, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov once again reiterated the country’s technical readiness to enter Europe’s border-free area.
Eurovision has never been considered a sacred cow, even in Bulgaria. Yet this year it turned into a mangy bull everyone wants to prod to death.
History wasn't supposed to repeat itself and time machines weren't supposed to exist.
A bizarre ritual exists in a tiny and remote southeastern Bulgarian village:
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov knows he should be more than careful in his staff policy, which has often been a washout with dire consequences.
The so called Greek crisis has been shaking Europe for the past two years.
Bulgaria's politicians have no trouble deciding whenever someone tells them what to decide or whenever their approval rating is in peril.
A battle is raging and a bickering is taking place in the Bulgarian left-wing Socialist party on the backdrop of huge problems with the polar temperatures and deadly floods.
If equality and non-discrimination are prerequisites for modern democracy and the rule of law, then the Netherlands seem to be losing it.
On Monday, Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov vowed that Bulgaria would comply with EU minimum standards for keeping egg laying hens by April 2012.
In the last two weeks Bulgaria was hit by the coldest and harshest winter in a decade with heavy snowfall, ice, and treacherous, largely uncleaned roads.
If you are into Bulgarian history and politics, you might have heard of the mythical Cold War plans of Bulgaria's communist regime to blow up the dams of large Bulgarian water reservoirs as a defensive measure in the event of a war with Turkey, back then
Much to the indifference of many Bulgarians, the country's former President Georgi Parvanov renewed his membership in the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the formation in which he launched his political career.
The unexpected, much discussed visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Bulgaria over the coming weekend is set to bring to the table a string of burning global and bilateral issues.
Bulgaria's Borisov Cabinet has just come up with a new unpleasant surprise for the Bulgarian public by signing ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), the controversial copyright protection deal, without telling anyone.
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?
2011's Davos World Economic Forum marks a new stage on the debate for EU emergence from the crisis with important speeches by adversaries Angela Merkel and David Cameron.
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