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The phone fraud business

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0200

Sadistic crooks exploit people’s panic and fear over their loved ones

One hundred and counting

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0200

November 3 saw Boiko Borissov’s Government reach the 100-day mark, with much of its stated aims still at the groundwork phase

The first 100

The Sofia Echo staff — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:59:00 +0200

Boiko Borissov’s Government proved that decisions can be taken quickly and transparently

Archaeology’s losing fight

Alex Bivol — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0200

Bulgaria’s Cultural Heritage Act, meant to finally replace a four-decades-old law, proved to be a compromise that satisfied no one

Risky business

Gabriel Hershman — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0200

Is poverty an excuse for robbing a nation’s heritage?

A case study

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0200

Bulgaria’s new law on cultural heritage is about to face one of its first tests in the prosecution of Dimitar Draganov, a professor in numismatics from the town of Rousse on the Danube.

Defaulters no more

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:59:00 +0300

Making Roma pay their electricity bills proves mission possible

Holding the beach in Varna

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:01:00 +0300

Business interests clash with NGOs in the battle to develop Varna as a tourist destination

Wrong war

Rene Beekman — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:01:00 +0300

Relaxing copyright laws or charging for downloading is better than the ongoing crusade against so-called internet piracy, Veni Markovski says

Never a dull moment

David Clark — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:59:00 +0300

Bulgarian villages sometimes need an English-language speaker to plead for help

The bitter end of the sugar factory

Zornitsa Lateva — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +0300

A 111-year-old monument of culture in Sofia faces destruction, caught between business interests and bureaucracy

Miscarriage of justice?

Gabriel Hershman — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:01:00 +0300

Michael Shields’ royal pardon followed a long campaign but observers are perplexed what ‘new’ evidence triggered Straw’s decision

An apology would change everything

Michaela Stankova, The Slovak Spectator — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +0300

The Roma are a classic example of the whole continent’s abuse of a minority

Keeping the ‘bad’ guys out

Petar Kostadinov — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +0300

Lustration has become a popular word in South East Europe

Ve have vays to make you vatch

Gabriel Hershman — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +0300

On the 70th anniversary of the start of World War 2, Hollywood’s appetite for Nazi-era stories is unabated amid a flurry of films depicting victims as fighters

Shrimps learn to whistle

Gabriel Hershman — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:01:00 +0300

From a doddery Russian bear to a ‘superstar’, the Soviet Union’s final 15 years provided some memorable images for a young boy growing up in the West

Abandon hope all ye who enter here - a memoir of schooldays

Gabriel Hershman — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:01:00 +0300

Little Hitlers dominated the school maths and science department, offering no mercy to arty-farty types

Friend a minister

Rene Beekman — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:45:00 +0300

Just how internet-savvy is Bulgaria’s new Cabinet?

To the new seven wonders

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:00:00 +0300

There was disappointment in Bulgaria as the Belogradchik Rocks tumbled out of competition to find the world’s New Seven Wonders. Meet the natural features – mountains, lakes and seas, and canyons that beat the Rocks

Voyaging to the World Cup

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:01:00 +0300

Booked a ticket to South Africa or just one of the estimated more than a billion planning to settle in front of the television for the 2010 Fifa World Cup? The Sofia Echo takes a further look at the big question: Will they be ready?