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Politics
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The End of the Séance
26 Dec 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
At the end of 1989, when the Soviet Bloc was in its death throes, a miraculous healer appeared on TV. His name was Anatoly Kashpirovsky, a Ukrainian-born psychotherapist and self-appointed guru.
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Bulgaria: Small-town Mayor Leads Opposition against Gold Mine
18 Nov 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Zulbie Ahmed, modern-minded mayor of Ovchari, takes a strong stand against a modern mining company—she confronts the managers of Dundee Precious Metals and consistently votes against their plans.
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Bulgaria: The Gold Mine and the Beekeeper’s Fable
16 Nov 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Author and beekeeper Ismail Yakup says the Bulgarian government is ignoring the voice of the Krumovgrad community by supporting an open-pit gold mine that will pollute the soil, water, and air.
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Bulgaria: A Town Debates Plans for an Open-Pit Mine
14 Nov 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
In the cafes of Krumovgrad, Bulgaria, young and old debate the proposed opening of a large open-pit gold mine by a Canadian company, a project that could increase jobs—but also contaminate the water.
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A Threat to Public Order
04 Nov 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Or, How My Love of Belarusian Tractors Got Me Arrested by the KGB
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Veins of Time
01 Oct 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
An ancient Romanian mining town is wary of losing its historical roots to a large-scale open pit mine.
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Back in the USSR
01 Oct 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Twenty years ago, the most grandiose political and social experiment of the twentieth century, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, came to an end.
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The Farmer-Philosopher of Rosia Montana
02 Sep 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Eugen David, a farmer in Rosia Montana, refuses to sell out to corporate interests who want to build the world’s largest open-pit gold mine on his land.
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Димитър Кенаров: В Беларус не одобряват Лукашенко, но страхът е огромен
06 Jul 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Интервю за вестник Дневник, 6 юли, 2011. (In Bulgarian)
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Sarajevo, My Love
01 Feb 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Life seems to have returned to the city, where just a few years ago the trees in the public parks were cut down for firewood and the Olympic ice rink was used as a makeshift morgue.
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