Another winter ended with the end of another episode of the Punic War between the concessionaire of the Bansko ski area and the strange couple DSB-Greens. This year, the bacchanalia erupted around the adoption of the new management plan for Pirin Park. Before the eyes of Bulgarians, the two sides once again clashed over the now legendary gondola lift …
More »And the forest won't wonder why with such "rightists", the leftists come to power
Or the story of how the far-right Bulgarian parties sided with the rich resorts against the poor municipalities. The Ministry of Environment and Water officially announced that an eco-assessment has never been done on a management plan for a Bulgarian natural or national park. Here we are talking about an external eco-assessment, since every draft plan for …
More »Why are Radan Kanev and Yes, Bulgaria defending the monopoly of Bansko?
On Friday, a media storm erupted around a document signed by the acting Minister of Ecology (and around the Bansko resort), according to which the new Pirin Park management plan does not need an eco-assessment – just as no park management plan in Bulgaria has ever had one. An eco-assessment is being done …
More »Slavi Trifonov is dangerously clever with the Prosecutor General
Martin Nikolaev In recent days, you have surely noticed the Facebook buzz surrounding Slavi Trifonov's meetings with Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov. The opinions on the social network seem to prevail that this is a terrible blunder by the showman, who has connected with the corrupt Prosecutor General, and this will be the end of the referendum and ...
More »With a three-way gambit, Trump is currently winning his second term
Martin Nikolaev While you read in the media how the US is preparing for a new recount of ballots and the stars are magically aligning for Hillary Clinton to become president, Donald Trump, as usual, is doing what his critics least expect – winning his second term before the first has even begun. …
More »The Radev-Tsacheva debate should be studied in universities around the world
It is unlikely that there has ever been a debate in political history in which one candidate did everything right and the other did everything wrong. This happened in yesterday's debate between Rumen Radev and Tsetska Tsacheva, during which the red general gave a lesson in politics. The Game of Expectations We humans do not perceive reality objectively, …
More »Rejecting the referendum will bring Trifonov to power
The Constitutional Court cut off half of Slavi Trifonov's referendum, and the very next morning the TV presenter hinted for the first time about entering politics. As we already wrote a month ago, this was completely predictable - Slavi's political bid goes through a politically cut or truncated referendum, and not through a successful or ...
More »The coup against Erdogan – like the attack on Dogan
When you go up against Ahmed Dogan with a combat pistol and that pistol catches you, there are not many options for what you do – either you are a complete idiot or you are a paid actor. No matter which of the two is true, Dogan will go home with all possible positives. The same is true for …
More »Who is the fool: Slavi or the people who fell into his trap?
A screenwriter from Slavi Trifonov's team tore up a photo of President Rosen Plevneliev on national airwaves, causing a media storm that has been going on for the 4th day now. The overall response and comments are negative for the showman, with even the lazy and sluggish SEM taking matters into his own hands and sending a letter to bTV. bTV itself …
More »Should a future politician be taken off the air?
In recent days, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, the proxy media and GERB proxy analysts have begun to promote the thesis that Slavi Trifonov cannot remain on the air if he continues with his political requests. Unsurprisingly, the PIK news agency was one of the most active, with its owner renewing his attacks on Trifonov. Here are two …
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