Gayane Minasyan* Recently, the need for educational reforms in Bulgaria has been a hot public topic. A number of political figures are actively trying to push their views in this direction. One of the main problems, however, is that the educational system in Bulgaria is the heir to the central-command approach of a bygone era. That is why it is growing …

Türker Mollahasan At the end of last year, on the air of BTV, the lecturer of civil law at Sofia University, Kristian Takov, announced that the solution for the Bulgarian judicial system is the privatization of the prosecutor's office. We are publishing a short commentary on the topic. What is Takov's idea? The idea of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kristian Takov (Chairman of the Arbitration …

This article will not appeal to many libertarians. The reason is that in it I try to follow general moral principles on a subject for which society as a whole wants temporary immoral measures. Many libertarians, in my opinion, have succumbed to this general attitude in society, and unknowingly abandon, at least …

Dimitrina Ivanova In this year's election, Labour in Britain won the fewest seats since 1987. This was followed by the resignation of leader Edward Miliband, elected after the resignation of Gordon Brown. His resignation came after the failure of the 2010 election. The party was in crisis and the election for a new leader was crucial. …

Yuri Ivanov* Over time, we may have forgotten it, but it is an obvious truth that in socialist Bulgaria people had the right to travel wherever they wanted... as long as they did not cross the external and internal borders outlined by the party. They also had the right to do whatever they wanted with their dreams... as long as they did not...

Every year at this time, students across America are taught the official story of Thanksgiving. Newspapers, radio, television, and magazines devote an enormous amount of time and space to the holiday. It's all quite colorful and fascinating. But it's also quite misleading. The official story has nothing to do with...

Miroslav Alexandrov Financial Fair Play was created in 2013 with the aim of improving the financial situation of football clubs by preventing them from spending more than they earn (or more precisely, no more than 5 million euros for any 3-year period) in their pursuit of quick success. UEFA's good intention was to …

Since the currency board was introduced in Bulgaria 17 years ago, every now and then some political pundit appears in the Bulgarian press to tell us that it is harmful to the Bulgarian economy. Now, I might agree with the statement in principle, considering that any …

Yavor Ganchev In the last few days I have been living in a state of confusion. I want Oresharski's #resignation, but if possible Klisarova should remain Minister of Education for as long as possible. There has never been a more useful Minister of Education. Let me summarize Klisarova's work for the last year. For a year she has mainly …

Lyubomir Martinov Six years after Kosovo declared its independence, we are once again having to redraw the map of Europe. Who would have thought that, against the backdrop of the upcoming referendum on the separation of Scotland from the United Kingdom this fall and separatist sentiments in Catalonia, the object of the new border redrawing would be Crimea? …