Among the owners and managers of the largest beneficiaries of 60/40 are individuals such as Kiril Domuschiev, the wife of Tseko Minev, a former deputy and former mayor of GERB. In recent days, the most recent data from the National Social Insurance Institute on beneficiaries of state aid under Decree 55 of the Council of Ministers has made headlines. Decree 55 was adopted on …
More »Principles are not pasta: Jock, Bonev and the right-wing yellow vests
The yellow-paved ideological bubble is jumping through the phases of change significantly faster than the rest of the country. We can explain this with a simple interpretation of Maslow's pyramid, in which materially satisfied millennials have climbed much higher than village grandmothers. Even more so with open access to waves of new information about …
More »Resignation as a political penicillin for chronic incompetence in power
Author: Nikola Genov Prime Minister Borisov has proven in his long political career that he is extremely consistent in his inconsistency. Many analysts, both well-intentioned towards his governments and opposition-minded, recognize his political acumen. His ability to be a weather vane of public storms is probably the main reason for ten years of political scandals …
More »The dog barks, the caravan (of GERB) moves on
"On March 21, 1986, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party and Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, Comrade Todor Zhivkov, accepted the resignation of Comrade Grisha Filipov from all state posts. Comrade Filipov remains a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party. The party will rely on his invaluable experience in the daily struggle for ...
More »Ep. 37: GERB fights "psychological violence" through whistleblowing
Conversation with psychologist Yanko Boyadzhiev - 4:39 Conversation with lawyer Zhoro Mishev - 34:45 Answers to our donors' questions - 47:49 Links: GERB's proposals Decentralization according to IME Event of "Millennium Club" For greater convenience, we recommend downloading the audio of the podcast by clicking on the "Download" button in ...
More »Ep. 29: Weekly Review and Answers to Patreon Questions
Links: Tuesday (04.09) Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday (10.09) For greater convenience, we recommend downloading the podcast audio by clicking the “Download” button in the player above. Don’t forget to like and share on Facebook and write a comment with your opinion and/or criticism about this episode! So …
More »10 misconceptions about Bulgarian libertarians
The Bulgarian libertarian movement has been gaining serious popularity in recent years. This seems to be unpopular with a certain part of society, as over the past few months a number of articles have appeared that directly attack both the entire philosophy and the personalities of specific libertarians. These comments – intentionally malicious or …
More »It's high time we abolished the interest tax
In 2013, GERB introduced one of the most dangerous and illogical taxes – the “interest tax”. The introduction of this tax was also strange from a purely political point of view, because at least in theory, a right-wing party should do everything possible to reduce the tax burden on households and businesses. In 2014 …
More »Pre-election exhortations: BSP outsmarted its main competitor
The following article aims to examine the programs of the two main parties in the next parliamentary elections - BSP and GERB. The basis for this is a debate organized by "Nova TV", as well as the programs published on their websites. The article focuses on their economic aspects and, even more so, their consequences for the fiscal system. The first …
More »Media Fattening Month
In just a few days, the official election campaign will begin. Smiling and presentable party members will pour out promises of a bright future, solutions to every problem, a new child for every grandmother and… media vouchers. We decided to write a few lines about them, provoked by an incident on Facebook, which we became unwitting witnesses to. Yesterday (22.02) in …
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