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Where did the rulers go wrong?

Yesterday, the ruling coalition lost the presidential elections in an extremely difficult way. The main reason for this is, of course, not the BSP party itself, but above all the negative vote of the people against our entire political class. This protest vote is to some extent a natural continuation of the trend of similar events in the Western …

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Now where to?

Election night confirmed all preliminary predictions, namely – Rumen Radev won the second round of the presidential elections without a hitch and, in addition to securing the presidential seat, sent the country into a parliamentary crisis with an unclear outcome, because Prime Minister Borisov expectedly announced his resignation, a commitment he had made a month ago. Why …

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President Trump - expectations and lessons

See: Dimitar Karagegov's comment Georgi Vuldjev's comment Our media appearances on the topic Dimitar Karagegov - The collapse of the mainstream media is complete The thing that I will remember these elections with, purely as a machine and mechanism, is the total collapse of the traditional media. A candidate who was not supported by any …

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Budget 2017: Deficit and more spending for better or worse

The draft law on the state budget for next year does not confirm initial expectations. The government has once again accumulated surpluses this year and although the budget balance at the end of 2016 is equal to zero, a balanced budget will not be a fact next year. Instead of trying to utilize its current revenues and preserve …

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The Health Insurance Fund's budget is growing, as is the mortality rate in Bulgaria.

The Council of Ministers has adopted the new budget of the National Health Insurance Fund, the next step is for it to be adopted by the Parliament. Here is what we know so far: The budget is growing, so is the mortality rate This is nothing new - since the NHIF was established, its budget has been growing every year at a rapid pace, as the Ministry of Health …

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Traycho Traykov answered us! Look what!

Although the TEAM has never been affiliated with any party entities, nor are our authors among those who consider voting in elections to be the only correct political action, our media has always been responsible for the process of exchanging ideas and visions of the world. Together with Brain Workshop and the Institute …

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Comments: Who won the last presidential debates in the US?

Nikola Filipov: The third and final presidential debate was certainly the most constructive so far. There was a good reason for this: the moderator of the debate, Chris Wallace, was not afraid to ask uncomfortable questions, both to Clinton about Wikileaks and to the accusations of sexist treatment of women by Donald Trump. Within the framework of …

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