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Stefan Popov Comments on the Terrorist Attack at Sarafovo Airport 26.07.2012

The bomb blast at Sarafovo airport was not breach in the Bulgarian national security. No one expects Bulgaria to be prepared for such attacks the way Israel, USA and Great Britain are. Terrorist groups are operating even in those top-security coutries and there is always a certain degree of vulnerability. Bulgaria was shocked, because since decades this was the first attack. These are the highlig...

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ЕU - Alternatives to the Collapse 08.06.2012

Stefan Popov Kultura Weekly 08/06/2012 In yet another article about the disintegration of the political formations, Stefan Popov throws an important question: What is the structure that would collapse with the disintegration of the European Union? His logic is built on the presumtion that the nature of the process is related to the nature of its subject. Hence the possible hypotheses for the...

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The Collapse of Yugoslavia 31.03.2012

Stefan Popov "Kultura" Weekly, 30/03/2012 "Kultura" weekly presents a text by Stefan Popov, treating the problem of the impossible federation of nation states. The Yugoslav "centaur" was able to exist in the clearances of the Cold War and because of the will of the Great Powers. Its rapid decay at the end of the twentieth century illustrates the illusory sovereignity of a belated empire. This a...

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Discussion on the Future of the Supreme Judicial Council - Outcomes 22.03.2012

The impending need for changing the constitutional provisions regarding the judiciary was the topic of a discussion organized by RiskMonitor Foundation, which took place yesterday in Radisson Hotel, Sofia. It is high time for radical changes in the Supreme Judicial Council. For Mr. Daniel Valchev, former Vice Prime Minister in the coalition government of BSP, NDSV, and DPS, and Member of Parliame...

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