tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66022878853595420052011-04-21T21:38:40.882-04:00Dimitar Naydenov BlogDimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-11444279798878932162008-08-21T09:09:00.002-04:002008-08-21T09:28:29.618-04:00I am moving to another placeDear readers,Thank you for your time reading my first blog ever. I hope you enjoyed reading it. You probably liked some of the articles I have written about so far, others, I guess, you found not as good as the rest of the articles.I, personally, see what I like and what I do not like (or should I say dislike) about my blog. That I will not share with you but will keep it in my mind instead. Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-26086491683482741172008-08-17T11:50:00.002-04:002008-08-17T13:52:36.729-04:00My Opinion About the War in GeorgiaThis week will be discussed for years to come because of the military conflict in Georgia's province of South Ossetia. I expect a lot of interpretations about it in the future, and it cannot be otherwise. After all history can be interpreted differently no matter whether or not we want it.I am not going to say which country was good and which country was evil in this conflict. I am going to Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-4477172797745506972008-08-06T09:28:00.006-04:002008-08-06T15:03:30.860-04:00Back to the Presidential Elections: On the IssuesBoth Barack Obama's and John McCain's presidential campaigns are relatively in a standsill. Some people are rather disappointed of that because they feel that the only time when the two biggest presidential hopefuls come out and speak is when it is actually time to vote. However, I cannot fully agree with such thinking. What can John McCain and Barack Obama do right now? Both parties' national Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-77567723892153567802008-07-17T14:39:00.006-04:002008-07-20T14:35:01.487-04:00How History Can Make a Myth of a Political GlobalizationGlobalization is a nice process in today's world. It has various aspects: economic, cultural, sociological and so on. Its basic principle is integration regarding those aspects. Countries and national identity are presumed to remain. The final goal is a better world without bashing past and today's national, ethnic and communal belongings.My political, economic and social beliefs completely Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-47856018744807430602008-07-06T19:13:00.006-04:002008-07-10T07:56:43.245-04:00Mysteries in a Recent Military OperationThursday, July 3, 2008, is another historic day. On that day 15 hostages were liberated from FARC - a marxist-leninist terrorist organization operating on part of the territories of Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador, according to http://www.fas.org/. The terrorist organization is most famous for its activities in Colombia. Among those 15 hostages 3 are American citizens, 11 are Colombian Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-31194653145453398212008-06-26T23:32:00.004-04:002008-06-27T12:41:12.179-04:00Supreme Court's Decision on Gun RightsThe day is June 26, 2008. It is a historic day for the American system of checks and balances. Since the enactment of the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments in the U.S. Constitution, this is the first time the Supreme Court interpreted the Second Amendment. The right to bear arms has always been an issue in the American history. Even in a more peaceful environment, as the 21st century is, Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-89859623124933600692008-06-17T15:42:00.005-04:002008-06-19T07:38:45.455-04:00Gas Prices or the Prices That Control PricesGas prices have always been an issue since the beginning of the use of gas-operating devices. They have always been not just a political issue but also an economic, a financial and one that concerns the security of a country, that is, the most important issue for its existence.Throughout the years gas prices have suffered a significant rise. And, while their rise in the past was generally based Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-39189820996969861652008-05-24T20:37:00.006-04:002008-05-27T16:01:06.946-04:00Torture, Inflation and Tension in ZimbabweIn 1980 the existence of Southern Rhodesia, a British colony, was terminated and an independent country was formed. Its name was, and still is, Zimbabwe. Twenty-eight years before nowadays, a national hero contributed significantly to the country's independence and became its first president. This national hero, Robert Mugabe, is still alive which is nothing out of ordinary. What is out of Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-34290192179497645602008-05-19T22:55:00.005-04:002008-05-28T14:40:31.135-04:00South African Unrest the Result of the Overall Tension in the RegionAfrica - a continent where many wars have taken place and where many wars still take place like the one in Sudan. I have never been to Africa but every time I read something about this particular continent, it is either connected with lack of democracy, or with poverty and meager chances for a positive change. A good support of my statement is that all of the ten poorest countries in the world Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-92184531816945001262008-05-11T22:06:00.004-04:002008-05-12T13:35:33.921-04:00Serbian Elections EvaluatedToday's general parliamentary elections in Serbia were crucial for the country. Everybody who has been following the issues in the Balkans knows the meaning of this statement. It is not another cliché statement about elections in a country - Serbian citizens had an abundance of parties to choose from with three of them being the major competitors but only two paths for the future.Those two paths Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-77408340609462870042008-04-11T19:03:00.010-04:002008-05-28T14:47:04.192-04:00The Two Sides of the Coin About Hillary Clinton's False Remarks on her Trip to BosniaAbout three weeks ago, Senator Hillary Clinton made clearly false statements about her adventures in Tuzla, Bosnia. She went there twelve years ago to meet with the American troops who were on a mission regarding the Serbian-Bosnian conflict. Her false story can be listened to on Youtube and can be read on different websites as well. The media showed the video which revealed the truth about the Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-38469651343593691732008-03-28T22:02:00.005-04:002008-05-28T14:54:07.222-04:00Democratic Race or Should I Say Democratic MessThe Pennsylvania Democratic primaries are approaching with three and a half weeks remaining to make any difference in Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's campaigns. This northeast state is considered a Clinton's territory when it comes to the question who is going to win it. What is important, however, is what percentage of the 158 delegates at stake goes to the two presidential hopefuls. Right Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-38119203485302785022008-03-22T19:31:00.003-04:002008-05-28T14:58:34.943-04:00My Impression on the Current Events in TibetTibet is located in southwest China. The people who live there are of different ethnic groups but as many might infer, the Tibetan culture is predominant in that region. There are Tibetans outside the territory of Tibet as well. As journalist Adrienne Mong has pointed out in her blog on the MSNBC website, in Aba Prefecture, neighboring Sichuan province, half of the people there are Tibetans. ThisDimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-8120414086733376902008-03-11T23:14:00.010-04:002008-05-28T15:02:16.077-04:00Primaries and Caucuses So FarRoughly two and a half months passed since the beginning of the presidential race in the United States. Most of the two major parties' candidates quitted it before the Iowa caucuses, right after them, or after two or more states having cast their ballots, whether primaries or caucuses. It has been a rather interesting contest so far both in the Republican Party and in the Democratic Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-8320263117386486172008-03-06T16:58:00.008-05:002008-05-28T15:05:47.562-04:00Russia and the Presidential Elections - Past, Present, FutureRussia, the biggest country in the world geographically, may have lost a lot of its power for the past several years but it is still a world power and everybody who thinks that Russia has lost its influence in the world either hasn't read news for the last several years or has never been interested in business or politics. In my opinion, what happened in the recent presidential elections must notDimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-4965535669782123062008-02-21T18:09:00.005-05:002008-05-28T15:07:32.804-04:00Analysis of the Different Reactions to Kosovo's Declaration of IndependenceToday is 21 February 2008: four days after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia without waiting to be recognized first. The whole world, and especially the Balkans, is watching things in Kosovo very carefully and now we see reactions that were initially expected - even before 17 February 2008. Spain, Romania, Slovakia, Cyprus and Greece oppose Kosovo's declaration of independence; Serbia, Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-53945398547625436722008-02-15T15:57:00.011-05:002008-05-28T15:10:53.172-04:00The Future of Kosovo to be Decided SoonThe Serbian province of Kosovo, with capital Pristina, is expected to declare independence on 17 February 2008. Kosovo's Albanian majority wants to separate the province from its belonging to the territory of Serbia and continue its existence as an independent country. However bright Pristina's ambitions look at first sight, the entire procedure is rather long and delicate. Even if Kosovo Dimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602287885359542005.post-79897548919801393982008-02-09T23:06:00.006-05:002008-05-28T15:15:31.451-04:00The Next President Has to be DeterminedWith the majority of the states having already voted in both the Democratic and Republican primaries and caucuses, nobody is still capable of predicting who the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention will dominate to be their candidate to the general elections in November.Republican presidential hopeful, Senator John McCain from Arizona, still has a substantial leadDimitar T Naydenovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027478403155405982noreply@blogger.com0