Politics

Self-esteem and taking responsibility are personal qualities of fundamental importance to a person. Let's start with this definition: Self-esteem is the ability to accept oneself as competent to cope with the major challenges of life and to be worthy of happiness. It is confidence in the efficacy of our mind, …

Bulgaria has made official the candidacy of Irina Bokova for UN Secretary-General. Naturally, this has caused a storm of reactions, both of joy, pride and patriotism, and of distrust and disappointment towards the government. In the following lines I will try to explain why my personal opinion is that Bulgaria should not have nominated Ms. …

(Clarification: In this article, I refer to Kuzman Iliev by the name "Kuzman," not "Mr. Iliev," not with the aim of disrespect or neglect, but to avoid the unnecessary burden of formal addresses. In every respect, I consider Kuzman Iliev a friend and collaborator in the cause of freedom in Bulgaria. Disagreements on specific ...

DSB Chairman Radan Kanev announced a few days ago that he is preparing to create a new right-wing political project. According to Kanev, the Reformist Bloc has exhausted its potential, deviated from the right-wing idea and failed in its set goals. That is why he needs a new party to take his place …

In 2000, the UN presented its “Millennium Development Goals,” an ambitious program that should show what humanity should strive for in order to improve life on the planet at the beginning of the new millennium. One of the main goals of the international organization is to reduce the world population living in extreme poverty …

The last few days of political (and public) life have been quite intense and tense. As is well known, the National Assembly did not adopt the most important elements of the changes to the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, proposed by the now former Minister of Justice Hristo Ivanov and supported by the Reformist Bloc. Instead, they were voted …

Today we mark 26 years since the fall of the communist regime and the start of the so-called transition. What is happening on this day – in short, due to the crumbling socio-economic system in the USSR and the Eastern Bloc, the socialist economies can no longer live on artificial respiration and, driven by Gorbachev's perestroika, …

Dimitrina Ivanova In this year's election, Labour in Britain won the fewest seats since 1987. This was followed by the resignation of leader Edward Miliband, elected after the resignation of Gordon Brown. His resignation came after the failure of the 2010 election. The party was in crisis and the election for a new leader was crucial. …

I begin this text with an important clarification – I do not vote, I have not voted for a long time and there is no prospect of voting in the near future. In this text I will examine one of the main reasons for this – the party principle of electing the representatives of the people and part of the administration and the policy packages, …

On October 5, exactly one year ago, early parliamentary elections were held, bringing to power the current coalition government of Boyko Borisov. Anniversaries are usually a time for taking stock and analyzing what has been accomplished, and although the government was formally born on November 7, in Bulgaria the legislative and executive branches are not …