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22/11/2008

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Obretenov, Liuben

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Sega - Bulgaria | 17/10/2007

Bulgaria's students have grown up

Ljuben Obretenov tries to explain why, contrary to all expectations, the teachers' strike has now gone on for three weeks. "The similarities with the events of ten years ago are striking. In 1997 they ended with the government's downfall. .... The striking teachers of today are the students of back then, jumping around and singing at protests. The older teachers cry with excitement because this is their first civic protest. The younger ones feel like fish in water. This is a new generation of teachers that is strong enough to act like yeast in the pastry of protest."

Sega - Bulgaria | 30/01/2007

The new self-confidence of the citizens of Bulgaria

Declarations of solidarity with the imprisoned Bulgarian nurses in Libya; the protests of the distilleries against European directives; the weekly mass demonstrations of pensioners who dream of better living standards – Ljuben Obretenow notes that lately more and more people are taking to the streets in protest in Bulgaria. "Whether it's a coincidence or not, the country's accession to the EU has coincided with a wave of public protests. Over the past 20 days our country has witnessed a flood of public protests and demonstrations... The loss of national ideals and 45 years of communism had dulled the citizens' sense of justice. Perhaps the EU can now help us regain the self-confidence our ancestors once possessed."

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