Thursday, February 28, 2013

Iceland as Inspiration

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Iceland is a small country (300,000 people) in the Scandinavian zone of influence whose citizens gave an example of democratic wisdom and...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Can public trust be restored??

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If this blog has had one theme in its four years’ of existence, it has been that of the increasing moral corruption of the European polit...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

Bulgarian demonstrations move to constitutional revolution

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“A plague on the political classes” – that’s what people have been shouting in the streets and squares all week in both Italy and Bulgari...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

A prayer for Bulgaria

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While I was tucked in my (private) hospital bed for my first ever overnight in a hospital (for some diagnostic work), the Bulgarian Gov...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Casanova and all that

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One of the many pleasures to follow from the absence of television from my living places is the selection of videos to buy and watch – and ...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

About economic parasites

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A couple of weeks ago I referred to a series of strategic reports written by Tim Morgan which adopted, for me, some much better yardsti...
Friday, February 8, 2013

Quis Custodiet Custodes? Transparency, trust and accountability

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Last April, I wrote about t he accountability of public bodies on my blog - "Some 15 years or so ago, transparency and accountab...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Perfidious Albion again?

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Glorious sun yesterday in Sofia with pavement cafes full of people tasting an early spring day as I emerged from the Rodina Hotel after s...