Image: Informo.bg Situation in the Western Balkans A key element of the European Union’s (EU) conditionality in the Western Balkans for accession is regional cooperation. The aspiring countries must cooperate with each other by, for example, reducing trade barriers and improving intra-regional infrastructure. This analysis will review the development (or […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Photo: Club Z “The Transition” since 1989… To some, it brings hope fora better, more democratic future. To others, it gives reason to mourn socialism. To some “the Transition” is a real chance to make it. To others, it is a lie and a deception. Reason to rectify past mistakes… […]
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 […]