Society

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. … …

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 …

1. Stefan Ivanov Hadzhienov / Hadji Enyo (1809 – 1894) The founder Persistent, skillful, enterprising, the Bulgarian emigrant in Bucharest managed to gain an enviable position as a large merchant and landowner. He was a prominent Russophile and an active participant in the activities of the “Virtuous Company” in all its cultural, educational and political affairs. He provided significant …

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...

Every new thing is a well-forgotten old + a pinch of salt. Can you imagine how an educational initiative during the socialist era was regularly branded as “pro-Western” and “American”, a few years after the fall of the regime it was closed by revanchist-minded politicians because it was “communist”, and today everyone is stubbornly struggling…

Special thanks to Svetlina Nancheva for her help in preparing this article. If anyone is wondering why the Bulgarian education system is failing compared to others, let them stop and read this – during the entire period of the so-called "transition", all the projects that were leading innovations in their time, not only in ...

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 …

Let's imagine a small, but tall and boisterous child. Let's call him Peter. The child suffers from what psychologists call "accumulated behavioral deficits." Simply put, he is aggressive and boisterous. He often gets into conflict with his classmates. He bullies them mentally and physically. In general...

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, ...

Recently, a professor from Maastricht University presented a report in which he recommended that the number of higher education institutions in Bulgaria be reduced to 10, because “this was the European practice.” The argument is that until this reform is carried out, any increase in funding for science will not achieve the desired result, and that only through such …