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Government surveillance — this is just the beginning

31.03.2014BySchool of PoliticsVideo Gallery, Videos

Privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian sees the landscape of government surveillance shifting beneath our feet, as an industry grows to support monitoring programs. Through private companies, he says, governments are buying technology with the capacity to break into computers, steal documents and monitor activity — without detection. This TED Fellow gives an unsettling look at what’s...

Mar

You don’t need an app for that

24.03.2014BySchool of PoliticsVideo Gallery, Videos

Are the simplest phones the smartest? While the rest of the world is updating statuses and playing games on smartphones, Africa is developing useful SMS-based solutions to everyday needs, says journalist Toby Shapshak. In this eye-opening talk, Shapshak explores the frontiers of mobile invention in Africa as he asks us to reconsider our preconceived notions...

Mar

Prof. James Robinson: “I don’t think that Bulgaria is a failed State”

21.03.2014BySchool of PoliticsNews

“I think that Bulgaria has been very successful. It is just that Bulgaria and the Bulgarians are the biggest pessimists. I understand there is a heavy institutional inheritance and how difficult it is to change that. That is why it is important for you to have a collective vision of how society should look like”....

Mar

Prof. James Robinson, co-author of the bestseller “Why Nations Fail” will hold a public lecture in Sofia by an invitation of the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza”

19.03.2014BySchool of PoliticsNews

Will Bulgaria enter the successful nations club? What role institutions play and why some states manage to establish more functional institutions than others? Is there a historical dogma that no state can hide or overcome? Is poverty a result of culture, climate, geography? The Harvard professor James Robinson is to hold a public lecture on...

Mar

Global ethic vs. national interest

17.03.2014BySchool of PoliticsVideo Gallery, Videos

Can the interests of an individual nation be reconciled with humanity’s greater good? Can a patriotic, nationally elected politician really give people in other countries equal consideration? Following his TEDTalk calling for a global ethic, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown fields questions from TED Curator Chris Anderson.

Mar

The Charity Night of year 2014 gathered 15 000lv.

15.03.2014BySchool of PoliticsNews

The charity night organized by the participants of the Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza”, took place in Pravetz on 15th March. The cause was “Rehabilitation and care for prematurely born kids in Bulgaria”. The collected money will be given for the purchase of equipment for a neonatologial ward in the hospital for active treatment...

Mar

The National Program 2013/2014 is now closed

15.03.2014BySchool of PoliticsNews

The final course of the National Program, dedicated to the European Policies just finished. The last session was on the topic of “Campaign Elections”. The director of “ProMedia” Mr. Petko Georgiev explained the specifics of the campaigns for the national and the European parliament. The participants received information for the “Forum on Democracy” in Strasbourg.

Mar

Igor Kogut: “We are pessimistic about the possible future scenarios on Ukraine”

14.03.2014BySchool of PoliticsNews

“I do not believe that NATO forces will take any military action on Ukrainian territory, because that will mean a Third World War”. This is what the director of the Ukrainian School of Political Science – Igor Kogut said, who was a special guest-speaker in the National Program “Governing Skills” of the Bulgarian School of...

Mar

Youth unemployment – a European priority

13.03.2014BySchool of PoliticsNews

The participants discussed policies regarding solutions to youth unemployment in a debate on the topic. The discussion was led by a journalist from the Bulgarian National TV and presenter of the TV program “Referendum “- Dobrina Cheshmedzhieva.

Mar

Yousef Laraaj: “Bulgaria and Morocco can work together for improving citizen participation”

12.03.2014BySchool of PoliticsNews

The Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza” and the Civil School for Political Studies in Morocco should exchange experience in order to work for democratization and to involve more people in civil society”. This is what the director of the Moroccan School of Politics, Yousef Laraaj said, who was a special guest in the rubric...

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