Bulgaria writes new chapter in long story of demographic decline
Starting with the first sentence, I have 1 single word for this - bollocks.<p>&gt; Google “Bulgaria” and “demography” and you will rapidly learn that journalists and analysts have for years been reporting that the country’s population is one of the fastest shrinking in the world.<p>Looking at our press and journalists, the first thing you need to keep in mind is that they rely solely on sensationalism: &quot;everything is getting worse, we are the most miserable and oppressed nation in the entire multiverse&quot;. Essentially fox news, bild and daily mail. Because this is what sells best. This is what gets facebook shares, comments and likes, simple as that. It appears as if everyone has forgotten what the 90&#x27;s looked like and what queuing at 4 in the morning to get a bottle of milk was, daily shooting in the streets and hyperinflation. Because this is what most of the 90&#x27;s were. None of which is happening anymore.<p>The population decline is a phenomenon which can be observed in most of Europe, the big difference is that there is very small migration from anywhere here which makes the issue more obvious (on paper) then in other countries. There are a million and one reasons for this, like bad reputation(see the paragraph above), language barrier which is a problem when it comes to daily life and realistically racism, which may be a problem outside the capital(even some large areas in the capital as well).<p>Families in most modern societies are shrinking. And while there was a lot of immigration in the late 90&#x27;s and 2000&#x27;s, in recent years, the numbers have gone down drastically and there is a factor which no journalist will dare speak of because it goes against the &quot;everything is worse than ever&quot; rhetoric. The number of people who have returned after a certain amount of time spent abroad(me being one of them). I was one of the first that fled back for multiple reasons. And while the question &quot;but why&quot; was pretty common back then, no one has asked me that question in over 5 years.