Stories about Bulgaria from February, 2009
Bulgaria: IHT's Coverage of Corruption
Veni Markovski criticizes the International Herald Tribune's coverage of corruption in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria: Education and Interethnic Relations
Maya's Corner writes about Sofia's schools and the relations between local Gypsies and ethnic Bulgarians.
Bulgaria: Gas Dispute, Russophobes and Russophiles
Blogging Balkanistan points out a TOL piece by Boyko Vassilev on the reactions of Bulgarian “Russophobes” and “Russophiles” to the Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute.
Bulgaria: Deaths in Police Custody
Maya's Corner writes about the recent deaths of two people in police custody: “In the 1990s, arrested people were regularly beaten by police and some of them died. Fortunately, as Bulgaria was (at least de jure) moving to the civilized world, this trend slowly but steadily declining. Now, we seem...
Bulgaria, U.S.: Sofia Mayor's Harvard Visit Cancelled
Veni Markovski writes about the cancellation of Sofia mayor's visit to John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard – here and here: “I feel relieved that my country will not be exposed by the rabidly gay-bashing Bulgarian politician!”