This outmigration is often referred to as a “brain drain,” though many who remained in Bulgaria bristle at this phrase.
Escape From Ignorance and Chalga (Part 2)
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Escape From Ignorance and Chalga (Part 1)
This outmigration is often referred to as a “brain drain,” though many who remained in Bulgaria bristle at this phrase.
The Failure of Funding Roma Inclusion
A nexus of corruption links certain Roma leaders to the ethnic Bulgarian political elite.
Fight for Human Rights in Bulgaria Meets With Mixed Success
Krassimir Kanev monitors and assesses human rights for minorities in Bulgaria.
Where Bulgaria Went Wrong
Bulgarian politicians and economists mouthed all the right phrases, but preserved much of the previous order.
Taming the Wild East: Bulgaria
Even during the communist era, Bulgaria was a center for organized crime.
Bulgarians Wear Their Pessimism as a Badge
In a 2009 Gallup poll, Bulgaria ranked at the bottom of the world in their view of what life would be like for them five years hence.
Bulgaria’s Educated Among Those Most Likely to Discriminate Against Roma
The “Decade of Roma Inclusion” has run into resistance by, of all people, the educated of Bugaria.
Bulgaria’s New Left
The new left in Eastern Europe has taken pains to distinguish itself from the Communist Party politics of the Cold War era.
Balkan Blues
As one travels south into the lands of the former Ottoman Empire, the blues became more and more significant in both architecture and music.