All the AUBG students have been wondering what will the fate of Skappy’s be. Eversince the small cafe at Skapto 2 closed, students have been complaining that they have to go all the way to the new America For Bulgaria Student Center or to the nearest 24/7 store in case they urgently need to recharge their batteries
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After more than two weeks of debates and tossing around of mandates of the various Bulgarian political parties, the official interim government was finally announced a couple of minutes after 4 p.m. on March 12th, 2013. Continue reading…

As soon as the Bulgarian government’s resignation was accepted by the National Assembly on February 20th, 2013, politicians believed the tension in society would finally subside. Not only did that hypothesis not come true, but it also brought about another wave of protests in the biggest Bulgarian cities – Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas and the Blagoevgrad area over the next couple of days. Continue reading…

Bulgaria’s government resigned on Wednesday, Feb. 20 after nationwide protests against high electricity prices and austerity measures. Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s attempts to calm the protesters by promising to cut the power prices and by dismissing his finance minister failed, after violent outbursts on Tuesday Feb. 19. At least 25 people were injured after yesterday’s clashes. “I will not participate in a government under which police are beating people,” Borisov said.

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The lecture ”The Internet and Education: What is the Future?’,’ held by Prof. Andonova on the 12th February at the BAC Auditorium, brought together a rather small, but still enthusiastic group of students. Continue reading…

Thousands of people joined the third consecutive protest against the high electricity bills in Blagoevgrad on Sunday, Feb.10, 2013. Continue reading…

The Business Club at AUBG presented the “Change of Management Case at Skopje Brewery and Tikves Winery” in front of a full BAC Auditorium on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Continue reading…

Almost seven months after the terrorist bomb attack at the Bulgarian airport in Burgas – ”Sarafovo”, Hezbollah was pointed out as a prime suspect. The organization based in Lebanon was finally announced by the Bulgarian Vice President and Interior Minister Cvetan Cvetanov after a thorough investigation on the case. Stanimir Florov, the head of the Bulgarian directorate for fighting against organized crime, announced that the accident in Burgas was due to a mistake of the bomber.  Continue reading…

A number of controversial events shook up Bulgaria in the period between Jan. 19 and Jan. 29, 2013. Ranging from an assassination attempt, referendum voting, to an awakening debate over the British discrimination against Bulgarian and Romanian citizens – we had it all.  Continue reading…

The traditional and long-anticipated Drunken Eagle took place last Friday, the 30th November. This year’s edition was more special than ever as it commemorated the 100th anniversary of independence from the Ottoman Empire. The actual date of the anniversary is November 28th. The two main organizers were Eris Hysenllari and Ledian Asllani. Continue reading…