Bulgarian Spring: Self-Immolations Highlight a Desperate Electorate

“Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets nationwide, with up to 30,000 demonstrating in Varna, a large city and seaside resort on the Black Sea coast. Old boys’ networks left over from the communist era have divided the country among themselves. They dominate the parliament and government agencies, they secure the best contracts for themselves, they threaten the press and they are in league with organized crime. Bulgaria is the poorest country in the European Union, with a stagnating economy. Up to half a million Bulgarians have already emigrated.”

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/protests-grow-in-bulgaria-against-political-corruption-a-898682.html

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