Italian Magazine: Corruption, Lack of Indictibility Reign in Bulgaria
9 December 2008, Tuesday
The Italian L'Espresso Magazine has sharply criticized the reality in Bulgaria and especially the corruption practices and the lack of indictability in a reportage published in its latest issue.
The media report, written by Roberto Di Caro, emphasizes on the fact that business, mafia and politics interweave in "the sick country."
The magazine defines the freezing of EUR 220 M of the EU funds as a "loud slap" for Bulgaria. It also cites a statement made by the writer Anton Donchev who claim it is a catastrophe for a country, which has 7.7 million citizens.
There is mentioned also a statement of Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev who has recently accused the western media of ruining the image of the country.
Stories told by some ordinary Bulgarians have been included in the article to show how easy it is to pay for getting a driving license or to bribe policemen.
According to the weekly, Sofia Mayor Boyko Borissov is the one, who gains credit due to the present social discontent.
In an interview for L'Espresso, he claims the ruling government is to blame for the high levels of corruption.
Asked what he would do if being elected prime minister, Borissov says he would appoint professionals, chosen by Brussels, at all key positions in the country's management. The aim is to prevent stealing more money from the state's exchequer.
"Except that, I would take off the political umbrella, which now protects the Prosecutors' Office," he adds.
Chinese girl gets 'kiss of deaf' Chinese couple share a kiss Couples are advised to "proceed with caution"
A young Chinese woman was left partially deaf following a passionate kiss from her boyfriend.
The 20-something from Zhuhai in Guangdong province arrived at hospital having completely lost the hearing in her left ear, said local reports.
The incident prompted a series of articles in the local media warning of the dangers of excessive kissing.
"While kissing is normally very safe, doctors advise people to proceed with caution," wrote the China Daily.
The doctor who treated the girl in hospital was quoted in the paper explaining what had happened.
"The kiss reduced the pressure in the mouth, pulled the eardrum out and caused the breakdown of the ear."
The chorus of warnings was echoed by the Shanghai Daily, which wrote: "A strong kiss may cause an imbalance in the air pressure between two inner ears and lead to a broken ear drum."
The young woman is expected to regain her full hearing within about two months.
I thought the original thread was excellent, so here's some more. In fact I'm prompted to do so by the ghastly news that my country's population, if the media reports are to be believed, has been the victim of a heinous crime - genocide or so it would seem. See what can happen when you turn your back for just a minute? It's appalling.
Many of those old cars wind up in eastern Europe!!! A guy in my village has just bought an old East German Trabant!! Yep, complete with 2-stroke engine.
They can come here and till the land, there's plenty of it.
Cool spicey but a mitre saw's too precise! Round here it's chainsaws. We're rough hewn folks in these parts you see. I was sawing logs just an hour ago. The solar panels are on my wish list too so see if you can fit some on the sleigh!!
Cool spicey but a mitre saw's too precise! Round here it's chainsaws. We're rough hewn folks in these parts you see. I was sawing logs just an hour ago. The solar panels are on my wish list too so see if you can fit some on the sleigh!!
Hey that's great, now I can cross it off my list. Also I need a diesel generator and a water tank for my loft! So if you're talking to Santa please let him know /quote]
Hey that's great, now I can cross it off my list. Also I need a diesel generator and a water tank for my loft! So if you're talking to Santa please let him know /quote]
Hey that's great, now I can cross it off my list. Also I need a diesel generator and a water tank for my loft! So if you're talking to Santa please let him know
By the way have you seen this: Bulgaria out of EU, Thailand in.
It says clearly: Marriage and God. Is this another example of exaggeration and porky pies in advertising? Yup, and by whom, why those righteous men of God !!
It was a rhetorical question, sorry. I was hoping to provoke some debate!! or something.
I was trying to be funny, as usual. As usual, reception was kinda mixed. That will not stop me trying to perpetrate my brand of "humour" on you guys and the world at large. I'm a nutter, let's face it.
I don't believe in God or gods, nor in Gad, as the guy in the clip kept saying. Btw, who else finds some of the American pronunciation of English a pain? Am I the only one? Route rhyming with clout and snout? (oh, good idea, a clout on the snout). Olltimate for ultimate. Noocular bam (guess it goes BAM!!) for nuclear bomb. And many more.
I couldn't marry God, Dragonfly, he's already married. Well he has a kid, and I guess he's not living in sin! That would be the olltimate joke.
That was my experience. First I tried to give up then caved in after days of craving.
Tried again a week later and same thing. This happened a few times over a long period.
My friends would all laugh and ask if I was smoking or quitting!
So I decided on a different tack. No more attempts to to give up unless I really really meant it and felt I was strong enough to tough it out. So I didn't give the matter any more major thought until about a year or so later I was talking to this guy in a restaurant and offered him a ciggy. No thanks he said, I gave up years ago. They rob you of your energy. But go ahead and smoke, it doesn't bother me. So I smoked my last cigarettes and the next morning I was looking for a Tabac place to buy some more Marlboros (this was in France), and I couldn't find one, and kept on walking. Then suddenly I said to myself, OK that was it. (expletives deleted). And that was 10/5/1985. Since that day, no more ciggies, no pain, no withdrawal symptoms, no nothing. Put on some weight though.
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Girls, you better watch out!
Sorry what was that you said??