ESSAYS

On the occasion of the initiative “25 Years Free Bulgaria”, organized by the Sofia Platform under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev, which had the aim to commemorate the 25th anniversary since the fall of the Berlin Wall, we collected essays on that topic from Bulgarian and foreign participants throughout the events and activities of the initiative. The authors are historians, researchers, writers, public and intellectual figures. Download the initiative’s catalogue containing the full essay collection in addition to information about all activities related to the project.

LANGUAGE AND THE STATE

by Boyko Penchev

PRAISE OF INSECURITY

by Dimitar Botchev

“And they will enter a church to make the sign of the cross, so that they remain in power…”

by Evelina Kelbecheva

Liberation is not a political event, but a state of mind

by Evgenia Ivanova

THE CURTAIN IS LIFTED

by Evtim Kostadinov

1989 – THE OTHER DATES

by Georgi Gospodinov, from the book “The Invisible Crises”, publishing house Zhanet 45, 2012 (abridged version)

HISTORY LESSON

by Georgi Gotchev

WHAT DOES THE TRANSITION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA MEAN?

by Jan Z. Kulenović

25 YEARS OF FREEDOM

by Jorge Fuentes Monzonís-Villalonga

25 THINGS WE LOST FOR 25 YEARS

by Julian Popov

COMMUNISM DEMOTES THE INDIVIDUAL

by Kalin Yanakiev

THE ROAD TO A BETTER FUTURE

by Nassya Kralevska-Owens

DO YOU LIKE THIS FREEDOM?

by Nikolay Nikolov

NATIONS LOST AND FOUND

by Nina Khrushcheva

DE-COMMUNIZATION IN BULGARIA FAILED TO KEEP UP WITH CHANGING NATURE OF THE COMMUNIST ELITE

by Ognyan Minchev

GOING BACK AND FORWARD – 25 YEARS OF TRANSITION AND YET NO END OF HISTORY IN SIGHT

by Vedran Dzihic

MY 1989

by Vladimir Levchev

POWER PROBLEM

by Wojciech Przybylski

HAS THE “NON-HAPPENING TRANSITION” HAPPENED?

by Yordan Sokolov