Society

Another winter ended with the end of another episode of the Punic War between the concessionaire of the Bansko ski area and the strange couple DSB-Greens. This year, the bacchanalia erupted around the adoption of the new management plan for Pirin Park. Before the eyes of Bulgarians, the two sides once again clashed over the now legendary gondola lift …

Is it normal to wait for solutions in favor of only a handful of protesters, until the investor is completely wiped out? Hardly anyone would dispute that Sofia is a city that is constantly developing. Positive changes are a fact visible to everyone. Sofia is also the city with perhaps the most active residents. Unfortunately …

And in this election race, the topic of hemp was not heavily affected. The parties poured out their promises of all kinds of social benefits, such as more money (from taxpayers) for pensions, education, healthcare, defense, police, infrastructure, borders, world peace, the ozone hole, physical education, sports, etc. On the sidelines, however, stand tens of thousands of voters who are interested in who …

Or the story of how the far-right Bulgarian parties sided with the rich resorts against the poor municipalities. The Ministry of Environment and Water officially announced that an eco-assessment has never been done on a management plan for a Bulgarian natural or national park. Here we are talking about an external eco-assessment, since every draft plan for …

On Friday, a media storm erupted around a document signed by the acting Minister of Ecology (and around the Bansko resort), according to which the new Pirin Park management plan does not need an eco-assessment – just as no park management plan in Bulgaria has ever had one. An eco-assessment is being done …

Every culture known to us from history (with the sole exception of the Eskimos) has had its own potions, mushrooms, herbs for visions, meetings with the gods, spiritual growth. The Aztecs and Indians have their Peyote cactus (from which Mescaline is extracted), the Mayans have Ayahuasca, the Thracians in our lands had a selection of …

Recently, it has become fashionable for Sofia citizens to brag on social networks about original and effective ways of dealing with the latest innovation in the pedestrian life of the capital's residents - traffic light buttons. As you know, at this point, their function seems completely redundant as the only thing they do is not let …

In any conflict between two individuals (or groups) who adhere to the same basic principles, the more consistent one wins. In any cooperation between two individuals (or two groups) who adhere to different basic principles, the worse or more irrational one wins. When opposing basic principles are clearly and openly defined, this …

Every winter, along with the Punic Wars around the second lift in Bansko, the first in Pamporovo and the zero lift in Vitosha, we hear the propaganda that there is no year-round tourism in the Bulgarian mountains. The understanding is instilled that in Bansko (Blagoevgrad), Pamporovo (Smolyan) and Borovets (Sofia region) some bad and stupid people invest in hotels and ski areas, …

Sustainable examples from the private sector In October, Coca-Cola HBC, the bottler of Coca-Cola products in Central and Eastern Europe, topped the global Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) in the Beverages sector for the third consecutive year. A week later, the company also published its new long-term goals for …