Politics

The formation of the so-called Reformist Bloc (RB) was announced back in May, but it presented its views on Bulgaria's economy only in early October. It is difficult to say that the ideas of the new political union are an alternative to the status quo, because in general they preserve the size of the state and in …

Do you remember "Tsar" - that famous strategy game from our childhood, in which the European race faced off with its fearsome stone giants, the Arab race with its magicians who struck down opponents with a rain of fire, and the Asian race with its agile horse samurai? If I had enough funds, I would create a new version in which ...

In the film, "Let the Dogs Bark," Robert De Niro plays Conrad Breen, an expert in manipulating the American press and politics. He helps the American president, two weeks before the election, reverse the negative image he has created by starting a war with...Albania. By inventing an entire media campaign covering the war, ...

1. The war in Syria has become civil, religious and other minorities are clashing – atrocities are on both sides. There is no “good cause” to defend. Innocents will die on both sides.

As the seventieth day of #DANSwithme approaches, many observers and especially opponents of the protests are increasingly raising the topic of the demands, goals, and proposals of those who came out to oppose the government. It can be said that this question is to some extent justified – from a political …

Among politicians, the instinct for self-preservation is particularly acute. In Bulgaria, this rule applies with double force, and the leading figures in our country recognize the danger from afar. Boyko Borisov and Sergey Stanishev are no exception. Their timid attempts at rapprochement last week showed that both are under great pressure, and the parties, …

If there is one thinker who has been brave enough to speak openly about the nature of civil protest, it is Niccolò Machiavelli. In his reflections on the first ten books of the Roman historian Livy, he calls protesters “an uncontrollable mob,” sweeping away everything before them, whether it is useful or not…

The protests that have been going on for more than twenty days are giving rise to reflections on the political system in the country. What are the levers of influence, how does our type of representative democracy function, where are the similarities and differences with other models around the world? On this occasion, it is interesting to look at where the legitimacy of the existing …

What happened to the democratic idea, what happened to the blue parties, what happened to the idea of individual freedom? Has every Bulgarian citizen decided that his freedom is insignificant, unnecessary and is ready to sacrifice it in the name of the "common good"?

Over the past two decades, each government has been entrusted with hopes of an economic “revival”, of prosperity and social justice. However, only about six months after coming to power, the enthusiasm has always disappeared, and scandals and accusations of corruption, revenge and economic clientelism have taken over. Perhaps the current government is an exception.