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 …
More »Nationalists vs. Federalists – the False Clash
The events surrounding and especially after Brexit have once again brought to the forefront the fundamental debate about what the right "recipe" for the European Union is – is a Europe of nation states better than a united and centralized Europe? On one side of this argument stand the Eurosceptic nationalist movements of the Old Continent – UKIP, …
More »What is a majoritarian electoral system and does it have a foothold in our country?
A few months after the National Assembly condemned the referendum proposed by President Plevneliev in its part on a majoritarian electoral system, this issue may again come up on the agenda if the referendum organized by Slavi Trifonov and his team sees the light of day. In general, the idea of a majoritarian electoral system is in the …
More »The free speech of a radio host
The entire progressive elite in our country is deeply moved and outraged by the news that the leadership of the Bulgarian National Radio has decided to take Petar Volgin's show "Deconstruction" off the air. Fierce attacks are pouring in against the authorities, against censorship, and the host of the show himself organized a protest on December 22 in front of the Bulgarian National Radio building. …
More »Is the transition over?
Today we mark 26 years since the fall of the communist regime and the start of the so-called transition. What is happening on this day – in short, due to the crumbling socio-economic system in the USSR and the Eastern Bloc, the socialist economies can no longer live on artificial respiration and, driven by Gorbachev's perestroika, …
More »Democracy as a means, not an end
The results of the referendum are now clear – the majority of voters supported electronic voting, but most voters decided not to vote at all. This seems like a great tragedy for the advocates of the idea, but was it really that important? The answer is “no”. Here’s why: Democracy is a form of government in which those who are governed …
More »The first day of school and the problems of education
Today is September 15th – the day when all students head to their favorite school. Or at least that’s how the authors of the native reading books try to present the situation. Unfortunately, however, the situation is far from being so rosy. Quite the opposite. The situation of Bulgarian education is so critical that with each passing year, in …
More »Leftist thoughts and passions
A key quality of leftist intellectuals is their total denial of reality. In their fight for a “just world,” they skillfully use the rhetoric of Big Brother (not the one from television, but the one from Orwell’s novel “1984”), easily managing to mislead their audience, calling freedom slavery, war…
More »Slavi Trifonov's 7 points
On July 29, in his show, Slavi Trifonov, demonstrating deep sorrow and indignation at the decision of the deputies to reject the referendum proposed by President Rosen Plevneliev, announced that he would initiate a petition to hold a new referendum, which would include the following 7 questions: Changing the electoral system to a majoritarian one; Reducing the …
More »How far has healthcare reform come?
On June 16, after long debates, the Parliament adopted on second reading some of the amendments to the Health Insurance Act proposed by Minister Moskov. The main points of the amendment are as follows: NHIF will divide the health packages into two - basic and additional, with the basic one including socially significant serious diseases for which …
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