Stefan Krastev: The Pernik municipality considers vital the implication of citizens in just transition process
The deputy mayor of Pernik explains how the municipality sees the just transition and what it does for the post-coal...
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Georgi Stefanov: Due to permanent political crisis, Bulgaria just cannot deliver the green transition reforms
We really need a clear direction and a clear commitment. We need to know what is going to be done...
The government of Rosen Zhelyazkov is a bridge to all
Boyko Borissov is again at the centre of the Bulgarian political system. All roads pass through him. The broad support...
What is crucial is that the people of Stara Zagora are given real, tangible opportunities – not just abstract promises
Rumyana Grozeva holds a PhD in Economics from the Institute of Economic Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her PhD is...
Ognyan Atanasov: Bulgaria lacks political will to drive the just transition, but it has no alternative and is a chance for the affected regions
Vladimir Mitev, Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat Ognyan Atanasov is Vice President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (KNSB) with...
Atanas Pekanov: There is no political will for a just transition, but the European Commission should be more flexible too
Atanas Pekanov is a Bulgarian economist. He was the Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds Management in the first (12...
Petar Vitanov: In Bulgaria, green and just transition issues have been swept below the floor for a long time. Now, they explode
- We all knew in 2020 what was going to happen. Industrial and energetical transitions have been imminent. But the...
Dimitar Sabev: Bulgaria’s green transition is not transformative. It simply replaces Big Coal with Big Solar
- If Bulgaria thinks strategically, we could turn the very miserable coal region of Maritsa East, with all its high...
Dimitar Sabev: The heterogeneity of political and economic interests in Maritsa East carbon region creates obstacles to the just transition process
Dimitar Sabev is an economist at the Economic Research Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He holds a PhD...
Central and Eastern Europe is expected to play a greater role in EU foreign and security policy
Vladimir Mitev, The Bridge of Friendship, 19 October 2024 Vessela Tcherneva, Deputy Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations,...
