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Quiet Voices Against Corruption Labor
12.11.2008The New York Times describes the atmosphere of hopelessness in Bulgaria but also notes that there is a reaction against it. A month after the smashing article about contract killings and ubiquitous corruption the newspaper refers to "quiet corners of this country of seven million people where voices rise" against crime.
According to the author Doreen Carvajal these voices are concentrated among "journalists, two nonprofit organizations, several environmental groups and even some politicians".
The newspaper refers to the RiskMonitor Foundation, the Bulgarian Judge Association, the Center for the Study of Democracy, the journalist Ognian Stefanov and Atanas Atanasov, Parliament member from Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB).
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