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Legal aspects of the referendum to preserve the lev

|Full text of the analysis| On July 7, 2023, the majority in the National Assembly rejected the holding of a referendum on preserving the Bulgarian lev as a currency and, accordingly, postponing accession to the eurozone until at least 2043. The Parliament rejected the referendum proposal formulated in this way, even though all legal requirements were met and …

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The sadly forgotten principles of the Tarnovo Constitution

the Tarnovo Constitution

If democracy is the rule of the majority, then the constitution is the mechanism that must ensure the rights of the individual against encroachments by this same majority. In the historical development of modern Bulgaria, four constitutions have operated – the Tarnovo Constitution of 1879, the so-called Dimitrov Constitution of 1947, the Zhivkov Constitution of 1971…

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Is education compulsory in Bulgaria?

compulsory education

Author: Yavor Ganchev Most people will answer in the affirmative, and some will also quote Art. 53(2) of the Constitution: "School education up to the age of 16 is compulsory" Most people do not even notice that it is not about education, but about "school education". This is so because for most people - and with ...

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