Image: iStock/Getty Images Introduction In each country, the main driver of social, economic and political development is its population, so a demographic crisis is capable of destroying any potential for a better future for a society. Unfortunately, we have witnessed such a crisis in Bulgaria for decades and its effects are […]
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Photo: AFP/ Getty images Analysing the benefits of the ‘lowest common denominator’ History shows that economic development, and the subsequent societal modernisation are strong correlates to having both a developed ‘democracy’ and a sustainable ‘rule of law’ and ‘welfare’ state. At the same time, the Bulgarian ‘transition’ can be understood as […]
The Bulgarian ‘institutional transition’ ended at some point between 2001 and 2007, prior to joining the European Union. The change of ‘institutions’ – in the form of formal society rules – towards both a market economy, and a multi-party parliamentary democracy, was completed. We had, at this point, accomplished the […]