The latest election ad by Vasil Terziev that I came across seems to be starting to adapt the right rhetoric. Is Terziev's headquarters and the democratic community slowly starting to REDIPILE? I can only hope. The clip is very simple and that is precisely its genius. On a white background in a film studio …
More »The price of "free"
There are hardly many people who would not accept free consumption of goods or services. However, free should be in quotes, because someone always pays the price in some form. It does not have to be paid in money, it is possible that those who consume do not realize that they are paying, it is possible …
More »Who is the dog barking for?
The dog in the title is the State Security (DS) – the secret services of Bulgaria during the communist regime (1944-1989). Their numerous functions also include monitoring various aspects of the country's economy. The preserved authentic documents with which the DS representatives informed the political leadership about the economy of Bulgaria are important and interesting. …
More »The financial coup in Bulgaria of 1947
The year 1947 in Bulgarian history is associated with the implementation of an important monetary reform. It is part of a chain of profound and comprehensive changes that led to the establishment of a Stalinist economic and socio-political model: nationalization of industry, adoption of a new constitution, elimination of the parliamentary opposition, collectivization of agriculture, etc. The important lessons …
More »Bulgarian economists, the market and power
One of the important questions about the social order is whether ideas determine the actions of the authorities or do the representatives of the authorities order the ideas they need? The question, posed in this way, is so general that any answer can be both right and wrong. There are enough world authorities who take opposing positions, …
More »A chance encounter with Alexander Solzhenitsyn or two shades of political incorrectness
A Bulgarian translation of the novel "In the First Circle" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) was recently published. The story is based on his life experience and concerns one of the so-called sharashkas - secret Soviet camps where imprisoned scientists worked on intelligence or military projects. The disappointment of ...
More »"They are not inclined to normal work"
The title is a quote from the Report-Analysis of Quality, Defects and Complaints at the Electric Transport Plant "6th September" - Sofia. The document dates from the second half of 1961. It is an internal attempt by the plant to identify organizational, technical and other shortcomings in the production of electric forklifts. With the help of authentic archival sources from the end of …
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 »What is the Global Climate Strike fighting for?
You may have noticed how in recent days the media, and especially a national television station, have been inundating us with constant information about the climate apocalypse, which seems to be about to plunge our planet into horrors such as fires, floods and wetter summers. These PR exercises, of course, are not accidental. As of today, globally …
More »Selected quotes by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin on the occasion of September 9
On January 21, 1924, Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin), the ideological inspirer of the October Revolution of 1917 and the first leader of the Soviet Union, died. In the years after his death, a real cult of his personality was created. His body lies in the center of Moscow to this day as a symbol of an entire era. Here …
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