Senile Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) is facing bankruptcy, and its heating budget only stretches to March. The daily Standart sees this as an expression of its senility and lack of reform: "The truth is simple. The BAS resembles other state institutions that are a legacy of socialism. It's like an old people's home that has no money left for heating despite its large budget. ... The reality is that there are around 500 people working at the BAS who should be pensioned off, who are already pensioners anyway. But they can't be dismissed because they are working on international projects. And we have this state of affairs because such international contracts are based on the principle of the 15th Conference [of the former communist party, the BKP]: Don't let any new people, any younger, unknown people, get their fingers in the pie."

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