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ICCU, ; Mode of access: Internet. ; El nombre del autor consta en la dedicatoria. ; ICCU da como fecha probable de edición 1614. ; El lugar de impresión es falso, el ICCU da Venecia como probable lugar. ; Sign.: A-S4

The mayor of Sofia certainly doesn't leave one indifferent. With his shaved head, his black belt in karate & his penchant for Cuban cigars, this former fireman & bodyguard cuts an unlikely figure in Bulgarian politics. Boyko Borissov has become extraordinarily popular on the back of his anti-elitist & security-conscious message. To everyone's surprise, he was elected mayor of the country's capital in November 2005, thanks to his reputation as an honest & incorruptible man during his years as head of police in the early 2000s. Building on this success he has set up his own center-right party, Gerb (Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria). In Sofia, Borissov administered anti-corruption shock therapy, using strong-arm tactics that won him plaudits from the population. In less than twelve months, Gerb has become the premier political party in Bulgaria. Borissov has a little over a year to achieve his goal: win the legislative elections & become the country's next prime minister. Adapted from the source document.

We agree with Karen Levy and Joseph Eisenberg that observational studies of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions with carefully designed counterfactuals can play a valuable role in generating evidence on effectiveness, particularly in urban settings. Randomised controlled trials for community-level WASH infrastructure interventions are not always feasible in urban settings, because of the political and logistical constraints of defining treatment and control groups; strong observational designs could help fill the gap.1 With increasing urbanisation in Asia and Africa, WASH intervention studies in low-income urban communities will be crucial for informing strategies to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 6.1: to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all. ; AJPi, BFA, CN, MR, and CPS report grants and other support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, during this study. JMC received salary support and University of California, Berkeley, received the prime award funding for the conduct of the WASH Benefits trials in Bangladesh and Kenya. JHH reports grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Department for International Development (UK Government), and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

This paper (based on a lecture delivered by the Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) first notes the challenges facing the world in the 21st century to adapt to the socioeconomic changes now underway. The 1990s saw unprecedented economic, political, technological, social, & cultural transformational processes. Traditionally, diplomacy has been able to adapt to changes in the international system, but now there are more media & civic influences & greater attention to ethical matters such as human rights & the environment to be taken into consideration in diplomatic relations. The author explains that Bulgaria, as a small nation with limited resources, abides by internal law & seeks integration in international economic, political, & military structures in which it can defend its own as well as collective interests. Its diplomatic strategy is to practice an advanced foreign policy that is based on Bulgarian interests in the context of European values. The country also engages in initiatives of regional cooperation in southeastern Europe, in which it can be a more constructive participant. Adapted from the source document.

Aus westeuropäischer Sicht + Aus bulgarischer Sicht

Aux abords de l'espace Schengen , les pays d'Europe de l'Ouest délèguent sans états dame l'exercice des contrôles douaniers aux pays limitrophes de l'eldorado , créant ainsi une Europe centrale à deux vitesses. D'un côté se trouvent les pays frontaliers de Schengen , dits " de Visegrad" (Pologne , République tchèque , Hongrie ), de l'autre les pays balkaniques (Bulgarie , Serbie, Roumanie, Albanie). Ainsi se créent de nouvelles lignes de fracture dans une région où elles sont déjà nombreuses. Un reportage dans les mailles du filet de Schengen.