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Weekend blog: Is anonymity failure in the UK today?

Hard-working, anonymous people no longer count to our greedy, celebrity-obsessed establishment in the UK.

Weekend blog: Not good enough votes

Most people who have been forced to seek the assistance of Bulgarian embassies abroad are not always impressed.

BAS launches Earthquake mashup

Bulgarian Geophysics Institute quietly launches new website that combines Google maps with latest earthquake data.

Weekend blog: Jail rap

Two appalling cases of youth violence highlight the spread of a psychopathic culture in the UK

US presidential election blog: Could Barack Obama really be a president for Europe?

With five days to go to the elections, polls including those by RealClearPolitics give Barack Obama a comfortable chance of becoming the next president of the United States. It is well-known that were Europe able to vote, polls would be barely worth a glance because an Obama landslide would be a certainty. But for all the current flush of romance, a president Obama's long-term relationship with Europe may not live up to expectations.

Weekend blog: Is anonymity failure in the UK today?

Hard-working, anonymous people no longer count to our greedy, celebrity-obsessed establishment in the UK.

Weekend Blog: Ataka, the losers

Conventional wisdom has it that the European Parliament elections saw all far-right parties on the rise; in contrast, Bulgaria’s Ataka has a slippery slide to recover from if predictions that it will improve its performance in national parliamentary elections are to prove true.

Blog: John Bercow wins but will he carry the Commons?

Tory MP John Bercow may expect a wave of animosity from his own ranks that hinders his new role as House of Commons Speaker.

Weekend blog: Not good enough votes

Most people who have been forced to seek the assistance of Bulgarian embassies abroad are not always impressed.

Blog: Bloodshed in Tehran but a seamless transition in Chelsea

Current developments in Iran remind me of the winter of 1979 when the Shah was ousted from power and a classmate's desk lid mysteriously reinvented itself overnight.

Weekend blog: Gordon Brown's frown

Media pundits in the UK contemplate who should preside over Labour's sinking ship but gloss over the real issues

BAS launches Earthquake mashup

Bulgarian Geophysics Institute quietly launches new website that combines Google maps with latest earthquake data.

Blog: Bloodshed in Tehran but a seamless transition in Chelsea

Current developments in Iran remind me of the winter of 1979 when the Shah was ousted from power and a classmate's desk lid mysteriously reinvented itself overnight.

Weekend Blog: Ataka, the losers

Conventional wisdom has it that the European Parliament elections saw all far-right parties on the rise; in contrast, Bulgaria’s Ataka has a slippery slide to recover from if predictions that it will improve its performance in national parliamentary elections are to prove true.

Blog: John Bercow wins but will he carry the Commons?

Tory MP John Bercow may expect a wave of animosity from his own ranks that hinders his new role as House of Commons Speaker.

Weekend blog: Is anonymity failure in the UK today?

Hard-working, anonymous people no longer count to our greedy, celebrity-obsessed establishment in the UK.

Blog: Newsflash - Speaker Michael Martin uses double negative

The Speaker of the UK House of Commons has come up with an ingenious turn of phrase to justify his actions. So let's put his statement under the microscope.

Blog: Bloodshed in Tehran but a seamless transition in Chelsea

Current developments in Iran remind me of the winter of 1979 when the Shah was ousted from power and a classmate's desk lid mysteriously reinvented itself overnight.

Blog: Newsflash - Speaker Michael Martin uses double negative

The Speaker of the UK House of Commons has come up with an ingenious turn of phrase to justify his actions. So let's put his statement under the microscope.

Weekend Blog: Ataka, the losers

Conventional wisdom has it that the European Parliament elections saw all far-right parties on the rise; in contrast, Bulgaria’s Ataka has a slippery slide to recover from if predictions that it will improve its performance in national parliamentary elections are to prove true.

Weekend blog: Gordon Brown's frown

Media pundits in the UK contemplate who should preside over Labour's sinking ship but gloss over the real issues

Weekend blog: In which nothing is said and a bit is addressed

Can it be possible that one has no commentary on the current state of things in Bulgaria? Yes, it can be possible, because sometimes there are ideas, but no words. Or, there are words, but they are floating around inside one's head, being weighed as to which deserves to be put down on paper, to be published, and which deserve to be held back - social niceties, of course.

Weekend Blog: Ataka, the losers

Conventional wisdom has it that the European Parliament elections saw all far-right parties on the rise; in contrast, Bulgaria’s Ataka has a slippery slide to recover from if predictions that it will improve its performance in national parliamentary elections are to prove true.

Weekend blog: Gordon Brown's frown

Media pundits in the UK contemplate who should preside over Labour's sinking ship but gloss over the real issues

Blog: John Bercow wins but will he carry the Commons?

Tory MP John Bercow may expect a wave of animosity from his own ranks that hinders his new role as House of Commons Speaker.