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The 'M' word: breaking the Bulgarian complex

In January 2009, Sofia’s then-mayor and current PM banned anti-government protests after citizen disillusion with the country’s corruption; Bulgaria is officially the poorest EU state, according to Transparency International. One year on, the remnants of a ‘protest culture’ lie in the urban, cultural and mediatic fragmentation of a society rooted in tradition, the past - and the mafia, to an extent

by Nabeelah Shabbir @ // 07/01/10

urban space, eu crisis on the ground, protest, media, music, violence, corruption

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