Yesterday we angered the Minister of the Interior Valentin Radev. He was offended that we took data that is freely available from the website of the Ministry of the Interior and told it to the public. The reason was the "Analysis of Bulgarian Drug Policy 2009-2016" that we published. The information "undermines the authority of the Ministry of the Interior", he said and sullenly scolded us for not ...
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Author: Bill Wertz, vocaleurope.eu The latest move by the Social Democrats and Greens in the European Parliament has called for a gradual phasing out of phosphate in doner kebabs. Or at least that’s what the headlines were saying until the Social Democrats’ wing came out with the claim that this was actually fake news. The popular Turkish dish is …
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With the campaign and election of Trump, a number of phenomena with roots in the hidden corners of the internet gained greater visibility in the public sphere – meme culture, troll wars, alt-right crypto-fascism, YouTube intellectuals, etc. One of the interesting online subcultures that has attracted the attention of even mainstream media outlets like the Guardian are the so-called …
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Saturday's day off was marred by the disturbing news that an 18-year-old man beat up a nurse and strangled a patient in the Emergency Department of Pirogov Hospital. "An 18-year-old man, admitted to the toxicology department of Pirogov, attacked and beat up the nurse on duty due to marijuana use. She is currently lying in the maxillofacial ward. … …
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They say ideas are contagious. They start with a few, they spread by word of mouth, which promises them a furious growth until they circle the Earth. What if that idea was to live in a country where you could freely buy cannabis from your local shop? Only a quarter of a century ago, Amsterdam was …
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Earlier this week I had the (un)pleasure of participating together with the most famous vegan in Bulgaria – Nikola Donev – in "The Hour of Milen Tsvetkov" on Nova TV. The specific topic of the participation was the destruction of the barbecues in Lauta Park in Plovdiv, most likely by vegans, judging by the signs "Meat is murder" and "Meat is …
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The team of the Expert Club for Economics and Politics categorically condemns the threats that MP Anton Todorov and Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov dared to make to journalist Viktor Nikolaev, host of the morning block on Nova Television. Such treatment of journalists by politicians is absolutely unacceptable and has no place in a …
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Evan Fagart, bitsonline.com Roger Ver – a very well-known figure in the Bitcoin community – along with entrepreneur and cryptocurrency enthusiast Olivier Janssens is planning to found a brand new country. But here’s the catch: this country will have no government and no state, but instead will adhere to the principles of …
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This month, the latest edition of the Cato Institute’s Human Freedom Index in Washington, D.C., was published. According to this edition, which is based on data from 2014, Bulgaria’s human freedom index score is 7.86, a slight improvement over last year’s level of 7.80. …
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Guest Author: Alexander Mihaylov I recently came across this article in Club Z, written by Evgeniy Dainov, where the author (once again) criticizes the Bulgarian people (and folk psychology) these days as having degraded to an extremely low and even barbaric level. The specific example of this that Dainov addresses is the recent riots in Asenovgrad. According to the author, …
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