Thu, Feb 09 2012
Photo: Tsvetelina Angelova
Who watches over the watchers? And considering how widespread allegations of corruption are in Bulgaria, who watches the watchers that watch the watchers?
The euphoria of the election night is long gone and just about everyone has got to grips with the idea that Boiko Borissov will be Bulgaria’s next prime minister.
It feels so good to say the words: "outgoing prime minister Sergei Stanishev". Almost as good as the words "outgoing economy minister Petar Dimitrov".
Some degree of horse-trading is unavoidable in politics. To rail against the practice in principle is pointless and counterproductive, but one can understand why political deals get such a bad rap in Bulgaria, beyond the implied negative connotations of the word itself.
Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski blames the world crisis on "the intoxication with the fact that you could make money from nothing", but the same applies to generating economic growth.
This year, forget about Earth Hour, celebrate human achievement instead.
The situation which came to a head last week involving Roma people in France from Bulgaria and Romania would be a perfect plot for a modern grand opera
Reflections on the fallout from five days of dark dealings, ambiguous election results and the odd crazy columnist
According to a recent report in Bulgarian-language daily Monitor, an alleged "SMS mania" was responsible for the inability of the average Bulgarian teenager to write to standards of grammatical correctness in their native language.
We have finally learned about the activities of Ahmed Dogan, the almighty and long-standing leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) party, during all the years he failed to appear in Parliament.
Perhaps a Bulgarian can answer this question for me. Why do people vote for this party!!??