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During the lecture, entitled “Bulgaria as a Stabilizing Factor in Southeast Europe and the Black Sea Region,” Stanishev called for regional cooperation and further Euro-Atlantic integration in ensuring the stability of the two regions...
...there is no free speech, are you to be trusted that Bulgaria is a democracy?” asked one Northeastern student, who came to the lecture with a sign saying “Meet PM of the most corrupt EU country.” Transparency International—an organization that monitors corruption—globally ranks Bulgaria 72nd, below all other countries in the European Union...
However, Vessela Hristova, a teaching fellow in the government Department who is from Bulgaria, said she thought otherwise...
...Bulgaria ranks fifth among foreign countries in the number of students it sends to Harvard...
...steepest population declines are expected in eastern Europe, where countries such as Bulgaria and Poland could lose up to one quarter of their populations, according to the study. These losses are the result of "a combination of economic differences and relative freedom of movement," as well as reduced fertility, says Kroehnert. He noted that women in eastern Europe under communism were accustomed to working and continued to do so after the fall of the Berlin Wall. But with weakened social support networks for raising children, many began putting off child bearing until later years or gave it up altogether...