«Inspiring Balkan Protests» - Maria Guineva
June, 17 2013 (http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=151330)
«The Balkans are protesting – Turkey, Greece, and now Bulgaria.
After admiring the Turkish demonstrations for weeks, Bulgarians are rallying with their children, pets, and national colors in a fight against the suffocating status quo - old and young, smiling, polite, mostly educated and with good jobs - the fragmented, small, often ignored "middle class."
These people, who almost to date a year ago protested to protect nature from greedy oligarchs, were propelled to the streets by the outrageous election of a controversial media mogul and lawmaker as national security chief. The reasons deserve a separate commentary, but it united many with different views.
With earlier unflattering parallels between the rallies in Turkey and those in Bulgaria against poverty, (though also righteous), there is now an inspiring similarity.
Bulgarians rose for democratic values, for civil rights, for their voices being heard. It is now crucial to evade violence and political and ethnic rifts.
One senior MP warned today they could bring millions in a counter rally. Erdogan bused nearly a million supporters to Istanbul Sunday.
What both fail to understand is that the very same people they are fighting are the ones who can push their countries forward. They are the better future.»
«Map of the Roman provinces of Macedonia, Thracia, Illyricum, part of Pannonia Inferior, Moesia & Dacia. It is a reproduction of the 1849 Finley Map with Roman provincial borders (of about 150 AD) added to provide more information» Megistias (Wikipedia)
«Villa Armira» photo by Klearchos Kapoutsis (Wikipedia)
«Map of the northern Balkans in the 6th century AD, with the Roman provinces, major settlements and roads» Cplakidas (Wikipedia) Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
«Bulgarians and Slavs VI-VII century» Kandi (Wikipedia)
Todor Bozhinov (Wikipedia) Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en)
Todor Bozhinov (Wikipedia) Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
After admiring the Turkish demonstrations for weeks, Bulgarians are rallying with their children, pets, and national colors in a fight against the suffocating status quo - old and young, smiling, polite, mostly educated and with good jobs - the fragmented, small, often ignored "middle class."
These people, who almost to date a year ago protested to protect nature from greedy oligarchs, were propelled to the streets by the outrageous election of a controversial media mogul and lawmaker as national security chief. The reasons deserve a separate commentary, but it united many with different views.
With earlier unflattering parallels between the rallies in Turkey and those in Bulgaria against poverty, (though also righteous), there is now an inspiring similarity.
Bulgarians rose for democratic values, for civil rights, for their voices being heard. It is now crucial to evade violence and political and ethnic rifts.
One senior MP warned today they could bring millions in a counter rally. Erdogan bused nearly a million supporters to Istanbul Sunday.
What both fail to understand is that the very same people they are fighting are the ones who can push their countries forward. They are the better future.»
«Map of the Roman provinces of Macedonia, Thracia, Illyricum, part of Pannonia Inferior, Moesia & Dacia. It is a reproduction of the 1849 Finley Map with Roman provincial borders (of about 150 AD) added to provide more information» Megistias (Wikipedia)
«Villa Armira» photo by Klearchos Kapoutsis (Wikipedia)
«Map of the northern Balkans in the 6th century AD, with the Roman provinces, major settlements and roads» Cplakidas (Wikipedia) Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
«Bulgarians and Slavs VI-VII century» Kandi (Wikipedia)
Todor Bozhinov (Wikipedia) Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en)
Todor Bozhinov (Wikipedia) Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
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