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For God's sake, brothers, don't vote!

As the European Parliament elections approach, political parties are increasingly trying to encourage citizens to vote – preferably for them. Regardless of the differences in their political and economic platforms, all parties agree that every citizen in a representative democracy should exercise their right to vote, …

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The right to reject the State*

Herbert Spencer Let us suppose, for the sake of argument, that, in some Malthusian panic, the legislators pass a law that all children born in the next ten years shall be drowned. Is there anyone who thinks such a law would be justified? If not, there are clearly limits to the power of …

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Guest article: The Crimean crisis – the power of law or the right of the strong

Lyubomir Martinov Six years after Kosovo declared its independence, we are once again having to redraw the map of Europe. Who would have thought that, against the backdrop of the upcoming referendum on the separation of Scotland from the United Kingdom this fall and separatist sentiments in Catalonia, the object of the new border redrawing would be Crimea? …

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Playing with fire in Ukraine

For the past ten days, all eyes have been on Ukraine. And while the media has been discussing various political issues at length – the claims to power of the president who fled the country, the various moves of the opposition that took power, and the very real possibility that Crimea could secede from Kiev and (possibly) return to …

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Export in French

If you're in a hurry to get from point A to point B, you're in Paris, and you have a smartphone at hand, you can use a mobile app to request a car to come to your service. But, for the sake of a fairer world, you'll have to wait at least 15 minutes before you can drive off. The French government …

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The new totalitarian Penal Code

Няма две мнения по въпроса, че управлението БСП-ДПС, поело юздите на политическия живот на България през последните осем месеца, е постоянен генератор на лоши политически идеи и законодателство. Управляващите имат намерение да облагат с допълнителни данъци производителите на електроенергия от възобновяеми източници, което вероятно ще доубие този бизнес. Друг интересен …

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Peter Volgin's Market Fundamental Mistakes

Mr. Volgin's comment begins like this: "Last year, a trend became noticeable in Bulgaria, which I strongly hope will become even more visible in 2014. I mean the trend in thinking. And as we know from Plato, the most important thing is the thought, the most important idea. In order to get one ...

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The Iran-US deal in the balance

The agreement on Iran's nuclear program with the P5+1 countries, including the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, is probably the most important geopolitical event of the past year. After nearly a decade of increasing pressure on the Islamic Republic, the negotiations on the principle of the "big stick" have yielded results. With the Iranian economy …

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What is oligarchy and does it have a place in Bulgaria?

One of the most frequently repeated words by protesters in recent months is 'oligarchy.' They use it to describe Bulgaria's current economic and political model - the real power in the hands of a handful of people directly connected to the state apparatus, who use all their available resources to enrich themselves at the expense of ...

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