Unhindered passage on Sofia's roads is important. However, isn't expedited passage through Terminal 1 more important? We have a situation... People are protesting against the government, which is preventing other people from using certain common areas - specifically roads. The complaints were not long in coming - amplified by the politicians' megaphones: You are preventing...
More »Why did Catholics and Protestants march in Sofia?
Author: Momchil Petrov An unusual protest took place in Sofia this weekend. Billed as a “Prayer March for Free Profession of Faith,” the event’s goal was to oppose the changes to the Law on Religious Denominations that were voted on in the first reading. The protest was organized by the Protestant churches in Sofia and was supported …
More »Why can't the state fulfill the demands of pensioners?
A protest by a number of pensioner organizations, supported by President Rumen Radev, was held in front of the Council of Ministers today, with demands that generally converge towards one common one - an increase in pensions. In more detail, the main demands of the protesters are 5 - higher indexation of pensions, removal of the pension ceiling, the creation of a law ...
More »Another winter is over – DSB and the Greens once again served Yulen AD
Another winter ended with the end of another episode of the Punic War between the concessionaire of the Bansko ski area and the strange couple DSB-Greens. This year, the bacchanalia erupted around the adoption of the new management plan for Pirin Park. Before the eyes of Bulgarians, the two sides once again clashed over the now legendary gondola lift …
More »Not populism, but pragmatic solutions for Sofia residents
Is it normal to wait for solutions in favor of only a handful of protesters, until the investor is completely wiped out? Hardly anyone would dispute that Sofia is a city that is constantly developing. Positive changes are a fact visible to everyone. Sofia is also the city with perhaps the most active residents. Unfortunately …
More »And the forest won't wonder why with such "rightists", the leftists come to power
Or the story of how the far-right Bulgarian parties sided with the rich resorts against the poor municipalities. The Ministry of Environment and Water officially announced that an eco-assessment has never been done on a management plan for a Bulgarian natural or national park. Here we are talking about an external eco-assessment, since every draft plan for …
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 …
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