For the very first time in EU history, the 2014 EP elections provided citizens with the opportunity to influence the nomination of the Commission President by casting a vote for the main Europarties' 'lead candidates'. By subjecting the position of the Commission President to an open political contest, many experts have formulated the expectation that heightened political competition would strengthen the weak electoral connection between EU citizens and EU legislators, which some consider a root cause for the EU's lack of public support. In particular, this contest was on display in the so-called 'Eurovision Debate', a televised debate between the main contenders for the Commission President broadcasted live across Europe. Drawing on a quasi-experimental study conducted in 24 EU countries, we find that debate exposure led to increased cognitive and political involvement and EU support among young citizens. Unfortunately, the debate has only reached a very small audience.

This work is an attempt for a brief analysis of the new "Strategy for the development of higher education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2021-2030" and is searching for an answer to the new challenges facing the education system. Searching and finding the right solutions in this direction does not only require specific skills and competencies, but also sufficient experience, information and knowledge in this direction. This challenge cannot and should not be the action of just one person, but of a group of scientists, researchers and politicians with a sufficiently high level of expertise that would contribute to the development of an objective and accurate action plan.

This work is an attempt for a brief analysis of the new "Strategy for the development of higher education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2021 -2030" and is searching for an answer to the new challenges facing the education system. Searching and finding the right solutions in this direction does not only require specific skills and competencies, but also sufficient experience, information and knowledge in this direction. This challenge cannot and should not be the action of just one person, but of a group of scientists, researchers and politicians with a sufficiently high level of expertise that would contribute to the development of an objective and accurate action plan.

The paper presents results of content analyses of 69 public collective positions of Bulgarian intellectuals, published in the internet media in the period of 2005-2019. The research question is what the image of the Bulgarian intellectuals in the mirror of their public collective positions is. Theoretical roots of the research are in the sociology of intellectuals and sociology of interventions. It is built on the works on intellectuals and intellectual field of the classic sociologists from XX century, as well as their new millennium successors. This study poses a number of questions for further research.

This work is an attempt for a brief analysis of the new "Strategy for the development of higher education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2021 -2030" and is searching for an answer to the new challenges facing the education system. Searching and finding the right solutions in this direction does not only require specific skills and competencies, but also sufficient experience, information and knowledge in this direction. This challenge cannot and should not be the action of just one person, but of a group of scientists, researchers and politicians with a sufficiently high level of expertise that would contribute to the development of an objective and accurate action plan.