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The work with my beloved Pirin has predictably become boring, so it needs to be commented on again. We humans love the light and fear the darkness. We associate it with the unknown, the unfamiliar, evil. Monsters are born in our imagination there. Well, it's the same in business. What do the large mass of protesters want for Pirin? …

Historical knowledge is overgrown with myths. The reasons for this can generally be reduced to two. First, the past is usually projected with political or other goals of contemporary elites and their court historians. The other reason for the mythologizing of the past is its use as a means of escape from …

We've been on an environmental wave lately. From the case of Pirin National Park and the potential construction of a second lift in Bansko, public attention has shifted its focus to the extremely serious air pollution in large cities, especially in Sofia. If you live in Sofia and have been out in the last few days, you can confirm. …

Very often, when a given object from the cultural and historical heritage of Bulgaria – and around the world – is in some unenviable condition, the reactions are that “the state should take care of it.” Care, of course, must be there, but the fact that state care is expected is no guarantee of quality. If the object is …

It sounds beautiful in words - to fight violence and discrimination against women. But why should we accept the cultural Marxist "gender" ideology and define women as presumed victims and a protected category of people in need of special protection? "Positive" discrimination is not a way to fight discrimination. It becomes ...

The entire story surrounding Pirin is filled with so many myths, misconceptions, and false claims spread by the radical wings of both disputing sides that I can't resist a long post addressing the most prominent among them. The lack of reasonable discourse on the subject is appalling, and the only one that passes through it is...

Author: B. K. Marcus, fee.org Excited men in colorful rags gathered in front of the best houses in the city and demanded to be let in. Some of them disguised themselves in pseudo-luxurious clothes, as a mockery of the unwelcome hosts, while others blackened their faces or were dressed as animals. If you try …

Christmas is the most commercialized holiday of the year?! While it is stigmatized with such statements, people rarely think about where Christmas comes from and what they actually celebrate. With this article, we bring some clarity to the historical origin of the holiday and its modern significance, especially in economic terms. How was Christmas born? The distant history Interesting …

Traditionally, Christmas Eve is an occasion for many Bulgarian families to sit down at a table and, at least for a short while, forget about television or social media. Such an atmosphere of domestic idyll and communication between generations is a great opportunity for evangelical fans of the market economy and personal freedom to bring political clarity …

State money for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is a topic on which no matter what anyone says, it will still be wrong. This is because there are two completely opposite, but equally correct, points of view. On the one hand, it is really not right for someone to receive money without working for it – in …