Politics

After the summer break, the deputies returned to parliament, enthusiastic about interfering in our lives and picking our pockets. But those who voted for the parties in parliament should not frown – because they chose the authors of the reforms, the problem is that along with the dry land, there are fires...

The election of outspoken socialist Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party in the UK marks the beginning of an interesting shift in the British political system. What is actually happening to the second (for now) largest party in the country and what can we expect in the future: Corbyn's victory comes after the decision of the failed …

On this day 71 years ago, Bulgarian communists staged a coup d’état and seized power in Bulgaria. Today, their successors once again celebrate the “bright holiday,” trying to convince us of what an achievement communism was for Bulgaria. Let us recall this chapter in the country’s history. The red narrative of the events is that …

The focus of media and politicians in recent weeks and months has been the so-called “refugee crisis” in the EU. Whether they view it as a “wave of Islamization in Europe,” as many on the right do, or as a “humanitarian crisis,” as many on the left interpret the events, most …

A key quality of leftist intellectuals is their total denial of reality. In their fight for a “just world,” they skillfully use the rhetoric of Big Brother (not the one from television, but the one from Orwell’s novel “1984”), easily managing to mislead their audience, calling freedom slavery, war…

On July 29, in his show, Slavi Trifonov, demonstrating deep sorrow and indignation at the decision of the deputies to reject the referendum proposed by President Rosen Plevneliev, announced that he would initiate a petition to hold a new referendum, which would include the following 7 questions: Changing the electoral system to a majoritarian one; Reducing the …

June 14, 2015 marks the 2nd anniversary of the start of the protests against Plamen Oresharski’s government. Ironically, something else happened on the same day: “There is such a party!”[1] With this appeal, BSP leader Mihail Mikov addressed the “disheartened” Bulgarians in Kovachevtsi – the birthplace of …

Among the huge volume of news surrounding the negotiations between Greece and its EU and IMF creditors this week, a more curious one has crept in - the central bank stated in its report on the country's monetary policy that if an agreement is not reached, Athens will embark on a course towards bankruptcy and leaving the eurozone. …

Recently, President Rosen Plevneliev put forward the idea of a referendum to change the electoral rules. Of the three proposed questions, one deserves special attention – do we want compulsory voting to be introduced? The first point to note is that such a question is of a very general nature and citizens do not really know …

The UK election has come as yet another surprise to pollsters. Just a day before the vote, they predicted that the Conservatives and Labour would achieve a very similar result, and some analysts even drew scenarios in which there would be new elections in a few months. However, the reality turned out to be the opposite – the Tories managed to secure a comfortable …