28 years since the beginning of the democratic changes in Bulgaria

Bulgaria did something unthinkable after November 10, 1989 – it became a member of the EU and NATO

Десетоноемврийският пленум заедно с последвалите събития е наричан „тихата революция“ Source: novini.bg

10th November marks the anniversary of Bulgaria's democratic revolution.

This was the beginning of Bulgaria’s real progress, with the new government immediately declaring its intention to join both NATO and the EU.

The story of democracy in Bulgaria at age 28 is a cautionary tale about transplanting a one-size-fits-all model of Western values. Bulgaria is still the poorest, most corrupt nation in the EU, and there's a division in the way people remember their communist past. Most shudder at the memory of closed borders and brutality of the communist regime—yet many, turned sour from political corruption and inaction, high crime rates and inflation absent pre-1989, equate democracy to disaster.

Political commentary by Plamen Asenov.