Politics

What is the right-wing policy in culture? Are these ideas represented in politics and what do most parties actually say, commenting on this sector? Everyone is united that “culture should be a priority”, but this is a completely populist phrase. How will culture actually be important in Bulgaria, a priority – not for the parties, …

Ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, we are witnessing one of the strangest election campaigns in recent years. This is a campaign in which political parties are falling into heavy populism, promising us a flood of absurdities - economic growth of 6-7% per year, doubling pensions, huge increases in the average and minimum wage...

Six years ago, a study by Alberto Alesina, Dorian Carloni, and Giampaolo Lecce was published entitled “Electoral Consequences of Large Fiscal Adjustments.” In it, the authors dispute the thesis that large reductions in budget deficits (for which the term “fiscal adjustments” is used) lead to worse electoral results for political parties that …

For the past 12 years, the Heritage Foundation, one of the leading and most renowned institutions in the field of economic freedom and policy research, has published its annual Index of Economic Freedom in countries around the world. 2016 is no exception, and Bulgaria reports better results compared to its performance last year, but …

I'll start with a little linguistics. The original meaning of the word "art" with the Latin root ars, artis is "dexterity, craft, technical skill", but also "approach, cunning, way of behaving". Only much later did the modern interpretation of the word appear as "creation of a work". And the word canard is translated as duck, but there is ...

For almost a year, despite my avowed hatred of the phenomenon of a “political party” in its modern Bulgarian form, I have been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Movement for European Unification and Solidarity (DEOS) party. I accepted the invitation as a representative of the Bulgarian Libertarian Society, not only because I was invited by our members and I wish to …

Rositsa Garcheva Sunday 29.01.2017 the "official" French left organized the final phase of the vote for the nomination of its presidential candidate. Approximately two million citizens participated. The result: a victory with 58.8% for the representative of the left spectrum of the coalition "Beautiful People's Alliance" Benoit Ammon against a little more than 41% for his opponent - the former Prime Minister ...

Krasen Stanchev Definition Rumors are officially or documentary-factual-statistically unconfirmed messages that are put into circulation both in interpersonal and official information channels. Conditions for the sustainability of rumors: a. Plausibility (a grain of truth) concealing disinformation; b. Reliability (connection with generally accepted beliefs and ideas about human nature); c. The alleged …

For many people, mostly with more left-wing ideological views, the past year was bad and even scandalous because of Donald Trump and Brexit. However, neither Trump has begun his reign, nor Brexit is a fact, so there is no need for hasty conclusions and mass hysteria. Quite the opposite – the focus should be on …

The creation of the "Yes, Bulgaria" formation was announced two days ago at an event in the capital, in front of the eyes and ears of a large part of the protest activists, scattered across various organizations from parties (DEOS and the Greens) to streamlined coalitions (Protest Network). The application was to organize a party around the resigned minister in the second cabinet ...