Out in the streets

摘要

GROWTH is slow and recession looms. The country's attempt to join the European Union's passport-free Schengen area has been slapped down by the Dutch and the Finns, who cite concerns about corruption (see Charlemagne). The fight against organised crime is weakening. Good news is in short supply in Bulgaria. With presidential and local elections due later this month, the last thing that Boyko Borisov, the prime minister, needed was a week of racially charged rioting.