The so called West is largely associated with all kinds of civic liberties, democratic values and general appeasement. This cliche has been particularly actively exploited in the European countries of the former Soviet block. The ideas might have been fantastic but the execution turned out to be a far cry
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Aneliya Veleva, who is now a former leader of the local structure of the National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB, right-wing extremists), pleaded to be innocent the whole time and the Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov stood up for her. Now she is hoping to avoid an effective
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Department of Iranian Studies at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and “Center for Iran, Balkan and Central European Studies” – IBCE, organized a summer school of Iranian Studies and a symposium for the heads of the Iranian Studies Departments from the Balkan and Central European Universities. The vision for a
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Parents, teachers and school principals are in a shock right around 15 September because of another inadequacy in the new Education Law. Regional inspectorates are also puzzled.Ivaylo AtanasovIvaylo Atanasov is a Bulgarian journalist, political analyst and teacher. He is one of the editors of the Baricada.org website. His research interests
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