abstract: Piano Quintet> is a three movement piece, inspired by music of Eastern Europe. Sunrise in Hungary starts with a legato song in the first violin unfolding over slow moving sustained harmonics in the rest of the strings. This is contrasted with a lively Hungarian dance which starts in the piano and jumps throughout all of the voices. Armenian Lament introduces a mournful melody performed over a subtly shifting pedal tone in the cello. The rest of the voices are slowly introduced until the movement builds into a canonic threnody. Evening in Bulgaria borrows from the vast repertoire of Bulgarian dances, including rhythms from the horo and rachenitsa. Each time that the movement returns to the primary theme, it incorporates aspects of the dance that directly preceded it. The final return is the crux of the piece, with the first violin playing a virtuosic ornaments run on the melody. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.M. Composition 2014

This thesis concerns development of a communication strategy in Eastern Europe, particularly Bulgaria, as a model country, in the area of international tolling, more precisely road user charging system offered by Satellic. In this strategy the promotion mix tools such as advertising, personal selling, PR, public affairs, events and conferences are applied. A concrete target group, the key message, the goal, the message strategy and the budget are created in each of the above noted promotion mix tools.

The thesis aims to analyze Europeanisation of party system in Bulgaria. In the introduction are presented the basic definitions and approaches to Europeanisation, which are used in the thesis as a theoretical basis. The basis for this analysis derives from the theory of Robert Ladrech, which examines the party programs, organizational structure, party system, relations between political party and government and reflects political parties beyond the party competition. The first part of thesis deals with the transition process and shows the development of party system since the fall of communism, including characteristics of various political parties that established themselves in democracy. The second part focuses on the relation between the European Union and Bulgaria. Main focus of this chapter is to present a short exposure of Bulgaria in the EU, an election to the European parliament and an analysis of political parties in the context of their attitudes towards European integration and European issues in their program. Framing previous information into the theoretical framework of Robert Ladrech is the last - analytical - part of the work. According to the last part it can be proved or disproved whether it has been Europeanisation of party system in Bulgaria established or not.

The networking relationships provided by microenterprise development (MED) organizations foster sustainable and scalable Bulgarian small businesses. Some Bulgarian MED leaders lack the strategies to help sustain small businesses in Bulgaria. Guided by the actor network theory, the purpose of this case study was to explore the strategies MED leaders use to help sustain small businesses in Bulgaria. Data were collected through a semistructured focus group comprised of MED Bulgarian business leaders (n = 4) in Rhodope Mountain Region and company data consisting of financial reports, marketing presentations, and company business plan. The data analysis included using keyword frequency comparisons, coding techniques, and cluster analysis. Three themes emerged from the findings: access to financial and nonfinancial capital, networking and relationships, and sustainability and scalability. According to the study results, strategies and scalability impede the ability to expand and service more small business owners. The recommended change in business practices of MED leaders included the formalization of networks of other MED leaders and partner organizations to efficiently meet the demands of the Bulgarian small business market. The implications for social change include the need for networks to aid entrepreneurs in gaining market access, obtaining capital resources, and maintaining sustainability that contributes to the economic and social development of Bulgaria.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University

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Fondée en 1878 par le traité de San Stefano, mutilée par celui de Berlin, la principauté autonome de Bulgarie voit ses destinées confiées en 1887 à Ferdinand de Saxe-Cobourg et Gotha. Le nouveau knyaz est contraint dès son avènement à imposer sa personne et les ambitions de son pays dans l’arène internationale. Après une lutte de longue haleine pour obtenir la reconnaissance de son titre par le concert européen, il s’évertue à mener les Bulgares vers la réalisation de leurs idéaux nationaux. Il se heurte aux blocages dus aux liens unissant Sofia à Constantinople, à la rivalité des États environnants et aux politiques balkaniques contradictoires des puissances. Le prince aiguise au fil des ans son sens de la diplomatie et déploie une politique extérieure visant à tirer profit à la fois de la position stratégique de son pays et des rivalités des forces en présence, tout en exploitant à bon escient les circonstances successives. Sa politique de bascule aux ressorts progressivement définis est mise en œuvre, et à l’épreuve, au cours des secousses qui rythment les deux premières décennies du XXe siècle. Si elle permet à la Bulgarie d’accéder à l’indépendance, et au statut de royaume, dans le sillage de la crise bosniaque de 1908, ses revers sont patents pendant les Guerres balkaniques et le premier conflit mondial. Pourtant, force est de constater que ses échecs ne sont pas imputables au seul Ferdinand dont l’examen des faits tend à atténuer les responsabilités dans les « Catastrophes nationales », les deux défaites vécues par les Bulgares en 1913 et 1918, conséquences d’un écheveau de causes d’une grande complexité. / The boundaries of an autonomous Bulgarian principality established by the provision of the San Stefano Treaty in 1878 were substantially reduced by the Great Powers at Berlin. Many unresolved problems between Sofia and Saint-Petersburg led to suspension of the bilateral relations and the abdication of Alexander of Battenberg. Ferdinand of Saxe-Cobourg and Gotha was elected Prince in 1887. After a “controversial” accession to the Bulgarian throne, the young knyaz was committed to impose himself and his country’s national interests to the international scene. After a long-term efforts aimed at recognition of his title of king amongst European chancelleries, he tried hard to realise Bulgarian national ideas. However, it undermined relationship between Sofia and Constantinople but also contributed to the rivalry between surrounding States and the Great Powers in the Balkans. Due to his diplomatic experience, Ferdinand opted for a new foreign policy strategy designed to benefit both from the Bulgaria’s strategic position and the rivalry between powers. Thus, the first two decades of the 20th century were marked by the tumult of Balkan politics. However, it allowed Bulgaria to gain independence, the status of the Kingdom in the wake of the Bosnian crisis in 1908, and the defeats during the Balkan Wars and the First World War. The defeats are not attributable entirely to Ferdinand who was the most responsible for the “National Catastrophes” in 1913 and 1918. This research has shown that fact-based analysis provides a more nuanced picture of Ferdinand’s reign which was effected by a complexity of contributing factors that inevitably plunged the country into international isolation and defeat in the Great War.

This thesis is devoted to an unsuccessful mission to Sofia undertaken in the fall of 1914 by Noel Buxton, a Liberal British M.P., who aimed to win Bulgaria over to the side of the Triple Entente. Although referred to on occasion in works having to do with the conduct of British foreign policy during the First World War, the affair has never before been described in full. Through a close examination of hitherto unexploited material from Buxton's own archive, it has been possible to reconstruct the evolution of the mission, analyze its contemporary significance, and suggest its relevance to current trends towards the moralization and democratization of diplomacy.

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Τα τελευταία χρόνια, οι ολοένα και περισσότερο εμφανιζόμενες επιπτώσεις της κλιματικής αλλαγής, η οικονομική αστάθεια αλλά και οι μεταβαλλόμενες πολιτικές συνθήκες, έχουν επαναφέρει δυναμικά στο προσκήνιο τις Ανανεώσιμες Πηγές Ενέργειας, καθιστώντας αυτές ως το πλέον εναλλακτικό τρόπο παροχής ενέργειας, μετά τις συμβατικές πηγές. Τόσο η Ελλάδα όσο και οι Βουλγαρία είναι δύο χώρες με μεγάλο δυναμικό ανανεώσιμων πηγών ενέργειας, η αξιοποίηση του οποίου μπορεί να δώσει σημαντική βοήθεια στην οικονομική τους ανάπτυξη, ιδιαίτερα εν μέσω της δύσκολης οικονομικής συγκυρίας που έχει εμφανείς επιπτώσεις και στις δύο χώρες. Στην παρούσα έρευνα, γίνεται προσπάθεια ώστε να σκιαγραφηθούν οι απόψεις των πολιτών των χωρών της Ελλάδος και της Βουλγαρίας αναφορικά με τις Ανανεώσιμες Πηγές Ενέργειας, καθώς και μία θεωρητική ανάλυση για την κατάσταση σχετικά με την «πράσινη» ενέργεια που επικρατεί στις δύο χώρες. Στόχος είναι να αποτυπωθούν οι απόψεις των πολιτών, να συγκριθούν και τελικά να εξαχθούν χρήσιμα συμπεράσματα που θα προσδιορίσουν τον τρόπο δράσης των αρμοδίων των δύο χωρών. Τα δεδομένα συλλέχθηκαν μέσω ερωτηματολογίων που διατέθηκαν σε 400 συνολικά πολίτες των δύο χωρών (200 Έλληνες και 200 Βούλγαρους), και αναλύθηκαν μέσω του προγράμματος SPSS 19. / In recent years, the emerging impacts of climate change, the economic instability and the political conditions have turned renewable energy sources to the most important alternative energy supply. Both Greece and Bulgaria are two countries with large potential on renewable energy sources. Their use can provide significant assistance in economic development, particularly in the midst of economic crisis which has obvious implications for both countries. In the present study, an attempt is made to sketch the views of citizens of the two countries regarding renewable energy. It is also a theoretical analysis of the situation of "green" energy in both countries. The objective is to properly reflect the views of citizens, to compare and ultimately to teach lessons that will determine the mode of action at these two countries. Questionnaires were distributed to a total of 400 citizens of the two countries (200 Bulgarians and 200 Greeks) in order to collect the data and we used SPSS 19 to analyze them.