The latest report of the European Commission on Bulgaria's progress in the area of justice and home affairs has opened a new page of the prolonged trench warfare between the Ministry of the Interior and the judiciary.

It was started again by the Executive with clearly offensive comments by Prime ... more

“If you tried to test the safety of cars or children’s toys using the same method the European Union applied in its stress tests on banks, you would end up in jail. How so? Simply because the testing mechanism was calibrated to fix the result. The purpose of the exercise was to ensure that ... more

Nelly Koutskova is a judge at the Sofia Court of Appeals and a spokeswoman of the Union of Judges in Bulgaria. Ms Koutskova has a nearly 30-year career as a judge, she was Deputy Minister of Justice (1992-1993), member of the Supreme Justice Council (1999-2003), co-founder of the Legal Initiative for ... more

According to a popular eastern philosophy, one repeats the same mistakes (within one or a few lives) until he understands where he was wrong and until he makes the right choice. This fully applies to human history, not to mention that in the Buddhist sense, Bulgaria obviously has a bad karma.

Accidentally ... more

We have always thought that Bulgarian media are narcissistic and love to deal with themselves, but in a very selfish way and also useless for the public. Starting from the issue of media ownership, passing through digitalization, the fate of the State Television and Radio and moving to Internet regulation ... more

The last thing that may come to your mind in the eve of a July Morning are the prices of gas and heating. Well, at least before you read the newspapers. It is not a surprise that the price of gas has risen by nearly 25 percent, because you may remember what happened before the elections with ... more