Bulgaria

In the photo: Prime Minister Boyko Borissov with Hans-Gert Pöttering, a politician from the CDU in Germany and chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from 2010 to 2017. In the Bulgarian media space, opinions on the development of Bulgaria made by the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation [named after the first Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Germany …

The market process played an important role in the development of Bulgarian society before the Liberation. It steadily penetrated even into spheres and areas that were perceived as isolated from it. Its spontaneous manifestations left an imprint on educational work, cultural institutions and social life. Read through the prism of voluntary exchange, supply and demand …

Bulgaria is entering a second lockdown. The entire education system is switching back to remote mode, restaurants and malls are closing, and even sporting events, which are without an audience anyway, are stopping. There are several conclusions from all this. The main one is that the comparison of running a country with driving a jeep has received another …

Last week, the Association of Language Centers in Bulgaria joined the growing number of professional associations that asked the government to provide tax breaks due to difficulties related to the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting economic crisis. As expected, given the existing problems with face-to-face learning in classrooms. Schools are losing clients from …

"I agree that it's absurd, but what can I do? The RZI gives us some lists and we break our legs going from house to house. I'm writing to you that you're not here, because you're not here," the policeman tells me on the phone. He's standing in front of my apartment door, but I'm not in …

Mass restrictions are back. As the pandemic has escalated in recent weeks, a number of countries in Europe have re-imposed closures of most public facilities and businesses. Given that we are only at the beginning of the “cold” season of the year, the horizon for clearing the current escalation in the pandemic situation is very …

Have you ever wondered how a person like Boyko Borisov can propose an agreement like the Istanbul Convention for ratification by the parliament? How did his Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva sign the IC in Turkey in 2016, his Deputy Minister of Justice Desislava Ahladova promised at a roundtable with various …

Vladislav Goranov has decided to become a lobbyist. This is the gist of the news that the former finance minister has decided to establish a consulting firm after his resignation from the GERB government. All doubts about a potential conflict of interest aside, hardly anyone can be seriously surprised by such news. Still …

"These numbers can't be real. Do you know anyone who will vote for Slavi?" reads one of the comments under the latest Trend poll, which gives "There is such a people" - or "Slavi Trifonov's party", as it is written in parentheses in the poll itself - 16%, which ...

Mass protests in Bulgaria have been going on for two months, but the government stubbornly refuses to resign. Despite the obvious damage this is doing to the ratings of the government and the prime minister himself, despite the increasingly critical tone of the foreign press, GERB and United Patriots are determined to hold on to power until the last moment...