Dimitrina Ivanova In this year's election, Labour in Britain won the fewest seats since 1987. This was followed by the resignation of leader Edward Miliband, elected after the resignation of Gordon Brown. His resignation came after the failure of the 2010 election. The party was in crisis and the election for a new leader was crucial. …
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The election of outspoken socialist Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party in the UK marks the beginning of an interesting shift in the British political system. What is actually happening to the second (for now) largest party in the country and what can we expect in the future: Corbyn's victory comes after the decision of the failed …
More »Health reform – another historic compromise
Yesterday, the deputies finally adopted legal changes indicating the creation of the long-discussed National Health Card and selectivity of the NHIF in terms of which hospitals it will conclude a contract with. The new reform was enthusiastically welcomed by the ranks of the Reformist Bloc, while the opposition was firmly against it. The goals of the reform The first of them …
More »BSP, political morality and the impossibility of socialism
June 14, 2015 marks the 2nd anniversary of the start of the protests against Plamen Oresharski’s government. Ironically, something else happened on the same day: “There is such a party!”[1] With this appeal, BSP leader Mihail Mikov addressed the “disheartened” Bulgarians in Kovachevtsi – the birthplace of …
More »Guest article: Politics is for everyone
Kalin Manolov On January 22, 2015, the Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) – the General Assembly of the Chamber of Commerce referred the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria with a request for interpretation of Art. 12, para. 2 of the Constitution. The article states: “Citizens’ associations, including trade unions, may not set political goals and carry out …
More »A brief history of the world
Boyan Rashev Once upon a time there were two tribes that lived far from each other, and between them was the Great Water. Quite by chance, on the same day, smart people from both tribes invented the wheel while trying to drag a pile of cut wood to their villages. A historic moment! The smart ones who lived west …
More »Guest Essay: A Brief History of the World
Boyan Rashev Once upon a time there were two tribes that lived far from each other, and between them was the Great Water. Quite by chance, on the same day, smart people from both tribes invented the wheel while trying to drag a pile of cut wood to their villages. A historic moment! The smart ones who lived west …
More »The myth “Bulgaria will get better when politicians start listening to the people”. Part Three: More examples and conclusions
V. Privatization and concessioning of state and municipal property: This last article brings together several subtopics. What they have in common is that they are systems that are an example of inefficiency and are on the verge of collapse, but there can be no question of taking radical measures to solve the problems, …
More »Guest article: The myth “Bulgaria will get better when politicians start listening to the People”. Part two: What happens when politicians actually listen to the “People”:
The first part examined the incentives driving the behavior of politicians and the "People" and at the same time questioned the idea that the "People" is a homogeneous body that thinks and acts alike. The second part will focus on several policies that have been on the agenda in recent years and were imposed with the argument that ...
More »Political powerlessness and police violence
Let's talk about police violence… It's not that this is a new topic, it's not that I didn't write about it during the previous government, it's not that in Bulgaria the rights of the common man are respected at the expense of those of politicians. And as Gore Vidal says – “There is something that makes …
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