Twenty people walk into a bar. Five Bulgarians, five Americans, five French, and five British. In each group, there is one person born in 1880, 1920, 1950, 1980, and 2000. All identify themselves politically as “right-wing” and “conservative.” None of them have any …
More »Three "Hurray!" in the National Assembly
Emotions and feelings inevitably have an impact on the overall socio-political and economic life. It is especially strong in decisive historical moments. This justifies the interest in them. The main questions that will be answered in this text are: when and under what conditions has political life in Bulgaria caused joy, delight …
More »The new cabinet set the political realignment in motion
The four-party government has already been formed and communication about the government’s priorities is in full swing. Not only do we know what has been agreed upon by the coordination groups in the mall[1], but we are also listening attentively to the first moves of the new ministers. What we hear immediately points us to the ongoing process of political realignment, in which …
More »How to survive DSB
"As long as the right is led by Boyko Borisov, it has no chance to rise" ~ Ivan Kostov A threat of institutional death has loomed over all possible coalition partners of the new leading force in the person of "We Continue the Change". Slavi Trifonov's people are pushed into a corner by their political failures and contradictions. The Socialists must ...
More »With all this salt, you still don't understand "Vazrazhdane"
In the photo: Protest of "Vazrazhdane" against the "Borisov" cabinet Kilograms of salt are piling up in the cleverly beautiful corners of social networks. Anti-vaxxer-fascists will be in the next National Assembly and there, like all other nationalists so far... they will sell passports and overdo it with stimulants. Or maybe not. In fact, even mainstream sociologists already feel that things are ...
More »The government's shameless propaganda on the euro issue
In the photo: Ivaylo Hristov, Deputy Minister of Finance Last week, at the two-day banking and financial forum of Manager magazine, another propaganda "discussion" was held regarding the pros and cons of Bulgaria joining the eurozone. I call it propaganda because this is another "discussion" in which only ministers, employers ...
More »Left right
Different views on the (re)organization of society are promoted with different labels. Probably the most widely used are left and right. They should briefly explain the essence of proposed reforms and policies, and help identify the political opponent. In this text we will read the views of a Bulgarian “right” from the 1930s and early …
More »If Boyko Borisov is not a communist, then no one is
"I was a young lieutenant in the fire department back then. They mobilized us and sent us to Dulovo. Hundreds of thousands of Bulgarian citizens and Bulgarian Muslims were expelled by this same communist party, now called socialist. And I don't know how our opponents from the MRF accept to form a coalition with the former communists, who are not ...
More »Why is the EU ignoring corruption in Bulgaria?
The short answer is because, despite all the banditry that is spreading throughout the country, for the past 12 years the government has been unwaveringly implementing the agenda of the Berlin-Brussels-Paris axis. This so-called agenda generally consists of centralization and transfer of sovereignty (so-called European integration), granting artificial competitive advantages to industries/countries with strong lobbies in Brussels …
More »“Conservator”: The End of an Experiment
The “Conservator” website is deserted. At the time of writing this text, the most current articles on the main page were uploaded at best three days ago. None of the five were written for the site – they are all reprints. To the extent that there are still people who make efforts for “Conservator”, they are directed …
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