June 14, 2015 marks the 2nd anniversary of the start of the protests against Plamen Oresharski’s government. Ironically, something else happened on the same day: “There is such a party!”[1] With this appeal, BSP leader Mihail Mikov addressed the “disheartened” Bulgarians in Kovachevtsi – the birthplace of …

Last Monday it became clear that the Ministry of Health (MOH) has serious intentions to strengthen control over "public health" by introducing sanctions for not going for preventive check-ups: higher health contributions for "offenders". A week before that, Minister Dr. Moskov said that he wants to impose a 10% excise tax on harmful foods and ...

Recently, President Rosen Plevneliev put forward the idea of a referendum to change the electoral rules. Of the three proposed questions, one deserves special attention – do we want compulsory voting to be introduced? The first point to note is that such a question is of a very general nature and citizens do not really know …