Culture and history

Capitalism in Bulgaria emerged during the Ottoman rule and as a natural effect of the widespread losses of the Ottoman Empire in the various wars and uprisings against it during this period. After several key losses such as the Serbian Uprising and the Greek Revolution, the empire had to implement reforms concerning the army...

Very often people around the world expect easy answers to complex questions. We find this type of behavior in Bulgaria when on a given topic it is said "Let's do it like it is done 'in the West' or 'in civilized countries'". The topic of preserving cultural heritage is one of those immeasurably complex issues, for which, however, ...

On October 1, 1888, the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" was founded. The idea for the university was born eight years earlier, in 1880, when the Ministry of Education submitted to the National Assembly a draft Basic Law on Schools, which provided for the establishment of a Bulgarian higher education institution that would accept high school graduates. …

The Handmaid's Tale is a series adapted from the novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. The story takes place in the United States in the present day, where a totalitarian regime serving "traditional" values has seized power and seized human freedoms, replacing them with the dystopian state of Gilead. Religious totalitarianism in a frightening dystopia The revolution of Christian …

It is very difficult to define and specify what culture and cultural policies are, but one of the most clearly defining things about culture is that it is different and specific in different places. Attempts to equate, level, unify and create general cultural policies in different places actually destroy it. Any society, no matter how …

Author: Georgi Georgiev History of the development of the right to freedom of expression, the right to free speech and free press and media. The article is divided into several main sections and follows a chronological order of presentation, namely: Definition of Freedom of Speech and Press and legal framework Freedom of speech and …

Adam Ozimek, Forbes.com Note: This article is about the TV show Game of Thrones and contains spoilers. Westeros’ technological and economic development seems to have been frozen for a very long time. Bran the Builder built Winterfell and the Wall about 8,000 years ago, suggesting that the same medieval building technologies were in place back then. …

This text is an analysis of the government's program in the field of culture for the period 2017-2021, published on 02.08.2017 on the website of the Council of Ministers here. The review of the 14 goals identified and the 63 measures selected by the government for the implementation of the priority called "Development of the arts, cultural and creative industries, cultural heritage ...

Individual freedom is an important topic in every aspect of our lives, and through the prism of libertarianism, the protection of this freedom is a guarantee of prosperity in the relevant sphere. Topics such as the creation of works of art or the preservation of cultural heritage are no exception. In a series of articles we will try to …

Photography is one of those strange creations of human culture that is difficult to fit into strictly established frameworks. It can be both art and science, used for entertainment, advertising and what not. We are so used to it - and at the same time we are ...