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Sdravkova, Ianina
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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Dialysis pays - for corrupt officials
Bulgaria does not have enough donor organs. The new Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is now part of an advertising campaign promoting more transplants. The daily Sega comments: "Bulgarians aren't going to donate their organs because they don't trust the state or its health system. That's not going to change, regardless of whether Boyko and his ministers carry around 'I'm an organ donor' certificates in their wallets. And even if they did people still wouldn't want to donate their organs. ... Who would do such a thing in a state with more than 2,000 dialysis patients who are rightly convinced that kidney transplants receive less public support because transplant patients bring the state less money than dialysis patients? Because dialysis secures more public contracts and commissions for corrupt officials."
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The Bulgarian way of life under threat
Janina Sdrawkowa takes stock of Bulgaria's first month in the EU: "The country's accession to the EU has been accompanied by the imminent and inevitable threat of inflation - in all areas. However, membership isn't just affecting our finances, it's also having a profound impact on other areas, on our mentality and our way of life. There's the heavy tax on homemade spirits, and cucumbers now have to be 25 cm long and straight to be qualify for the A-class category… And now another threat is looming on the horizon: smoking is to be confined to the home. All these things are fundamental to the Bulgarian way of life. Without spirits, salad and cigarettes, life for Bulgarians is as boring and pointless as a cucumber."
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