politics

1. През 2016 г., когато беше избран за президент, Румен Радев беше масово непознат и дори само този факт го изправи в директен конфликт с цялата партийна система. Че един непознат кандидат можеше да получи милион гласа на първи тур и два милиона гласа на втори, само по себе си …

Boyko Borisov and his power apparatus are the main obstacle to the ongoing processes of political realignment in Bulgaria[1]. For and against the Gerbadzhi domination is our, local division, which even today manages to unite in one camp forces with opposite attitudes to the new main dividing line in countries with a Western-style policy …

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 …

I met Vlado ten years ago in the bar on the corner of Rakovska and Vasil Levski. He came on a motorbike and quickly asked me about pressing economic and political issues – I was in a sort of interview. Karolev was running for mayor and was looking for a campaign assistant, I was recommended to him as his …

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 …

Author: Yaroslav Romanchuk Group and class interests are tearing apart the foundations of the institutions of freedom and the market. Women, sexual minorities, racial, religious, environmental, ethnic and all sorts of different groups are demanding their rightful place not only in the system of governance, but also in the management of business and international public organizations. The tyranny of …

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 …

Author: Yaroslav Romanchuk Translation: Marina Zaharieva The world economy is synchronously falling into the zone of another powerful turbulence. This is no coincidence, given all the efforts of central banks and governments. It is they who take care of the synchronization in the inflation of market bubbles of various assets and resources. It is they who succumb to lobbying …

To answer this question, we must first answer the opposite - what are the great successes of the Transition? Because, somewhat paradoxically, its greatest successes also contain its greatest failures. The Transition in Bulgaria actually occurred only in 1997, after a period of severe economic cataclysm. The fact that ...

To Mr. Krasen Kralev, To Mr. Borislav Mihaylov, To prime ministers, popes, patriarchs, To media, journalists, oligarchs, To the proud, sleeping Bulgarian people. After an evening like this one on Monday, words come more difficult than sleep. Once again we have seen how sport can reflect the state of an entire country. Is it …