15." The politicians are incredibly indebted to the people. Their enrichment is impossible to be explained, Stoyan Ganev, former Chef de Cabinet of Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, said on Darik Radio. I see nothing wrong to be aboard a yacht, the problem is in that when the people are poor, such things enrage them," Standart in English, June 5, 2003.
16. In reaction to numerous accusations of official corruption, fraud, and embezzlement of EU funds, Brussels suspended several EU aid programs for Bulgaria that were worth nearly a billion euros.
17. "By far, Bulgaria's most serious problem is that for the past 20 years its politicians have been shamelessly abusing power and getting away with it. All political parties in power have done so. But our politicians--divided as they are into coteries, gangs, mafias, and other similar criminal groups vying for power--ought to realize that Bulgaria cannot simultaneously be an EU member and continue to be governed in such a criminal way." Interview with Tzvetozar Tomov, "Ima opiti da se nalozhi avtoritaren rezhim" [We Are Witnessing an Attempt to Impose an Authoritarian Regime], Duma 298, January 5, 2010 (my translation).
18. See, for example, "Nie sme bananovata republika na Evropa" [We Are Europe's Banana Republic] Standart, October 30, 2009; and Dimitar Iliev, "Durzhava tzirk po nasledstvo" [A Country Turned into a Circus] Standart, October 30, 2009.
19. See Grigor Lilov, Tainyiat proekt Boiko Borisov [The Secret Project of Boyko Borisov], Sofia: Kailas, 2009. According to Lilov, soon after the fall of Communism Borisov (aka "Batman") became personally involved in murderous gangland warfare against other Bulgarian Mafiosi in the streets of the capital Sofia. See also Jeff Stein, "Bush's Bulgarian Partner in the Terror War Has Mob History, Investigators Say." Congressional Quarterly.com, March 7, 2007.
20. Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 407.
21. Dimitrova, "Language and Politics in Bulgaria," 133.
22. For more on this topic, see Rossen Vassilev, "Bulgaria's Ethnic Problems." East European Quarterly 36:1 (Spring 2002), 103-25; also Rossen Vassilev, "Changes in the Linguistic Status of Post-Communist Bulgaria's Ethnic Turkish Minority." Linguistic Changes in Post-Communist Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Ed. Ernest Andrews. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008, 215-30.
23. George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1992, 37.
24. Dimitrova, "Language and Politics in Bulgaria," 144.
25. According to Law Professor Valkanov, a former independent presidential candidate, "Our health care system is in dire straights. Each case of illness represents an individual tragedy, but our entire healthcare system is a national tragedy. Not everyone has the right to receive medical treatment, for only those who can financially afford it are entitled to health care." Velko Valkanov, "Sreshtu pohvalnite slova za programata Ran/Ut" [Disagreeing with the Words of Praise for the Rahn-Utt Program], Duma 271, November 27, 2009 (my translation).
26. See Rossen Vassilev, "Bulgaria's Demographic Crisis: Underlying Causes and Some Short-Term Implications." Southeast European Politics VI:1 (July 2005), 14-28.
27. "Predi narodut da kazhe 'Ne'mam nervi'" [Before Bulgarians Say "I Can't Take It Any More"], Nova zora 38: October 27, 2009 (my translation).
28. Dimitrova, "Language and Politics in Bulgaria," 133.
29. Ibid., 140.
30. See Rossen Vassilev, "Public Opinion and Bulgaria's Involvement in the Iraq War." East European Quarterly XL: 4 (December 2006), 467-87.
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