Personality

The fact that Greece was able to sell treasury bills with a negative yield for the first time is a major milestone which carries significant symbolic weight.

Theologists are reportedly proposing that the study of religion in schools should be divided between chapters that seek to develop students' Orthodox Christian conscience and ones that seek to educate them on religion.

Protests demanding government action on climate change which took place in some 150 capitals around the world including Athens on Friday were a welcome development.

Greeks are the most pessimistic among their EU peers about the future of the European Union, according to the Standard Eurobarometer survey of spring 2019 published on Monday, which inquired about topics such as the European political situation, the economy and European citizenship.

What did we witness in Paris, beyond the partial destruction of Notre Dame Cathedral? And what did we see behind the shocking image of the world heritage monument devastated by the blaze? Impressively, we saw a society standing shoulder to shoulder and united before an open wound suffered by a symbol of French and European culture.

There is cautious optimism that ratification of Macedonia’s accession protocol will meet no obstacles in NATO member state parliaments – but experts fear the process may be slower than some expect.

Bulgaria is among the countries in the world where pessimism prevails over optimism. 30% of Bulgarians expect 2019 to be worse compared to the current year, while 22% believe that the next 12 months will be better.

This is clear from the first and oldest "Global Index of Hope" called "End of the Year". The survey is conducted annually by Gallup International.

Armenian who writes in Russian, and in the last year her books have been a hit among Bulgarian readers. Her latest book, "Live on," has already been translated into Bulgarian, and Narine Abgaryan herself has come to Bulgaria specifically for its release

Boryana Cherganova from BNT met and spoke with Narine Abgaryan.

Retailers appear to have relatively high expectations for the winter sales, which start on Monday, January 8, and will last for more than seven weeks through February 28. The optimism stems from the rather positive picture of the festive period.

Shakespeare called it: ‘The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.’

This is the Dunning-Kruger effect: the best among us often seem to think the worst of themselves – and that works the other way around too.