The war in Ukraine, the consequences for the Balkans and Bulgaria’s and EU’s role
Large-scale demonstrations in solidarity with the Ukrainian people take place in Sofia and other big cities regularly, as military and...
Southeastern Europe
Unlike Romanian labour unions, the American ones have a lot of money
The January 2022 strike of the public transport workers in Bucharest was met with strong resistance by the citizens and...
Bulgaria needs a real housing policy
Social inequalities in Bulgaria are at the highest levels in the EU (source: Pixabay, CC0) A snapshot of the state...
Codru Vrabie: Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine must be supported in economic and humane terms on their path to the EU
Codru Vrabie (photo: Vlad Stanciu, Asociația INK) Interview with the Romanian expert on good governance in the context of the...
The war in Ukraine is no excuse to crush the anti-war idea
Stoyo Tetevenski (source: Stoyo Tetevenski) Some myths in the Bulgarian public consciousness about the Russian invasion of Ukraine Stoyo Tetevenski,...
The necessary change in Bulgaria: from static to dynamic identity?
Bulgarian urban landscae from the times of transition (source: YouTube) Bulgaria’s foreign and domestic policies are a mystery to many...
Bulgaria entered in 2022 with considerable social problems
A view from a contemporary Bulgarian city (source: Pixabay, CC0) In an interview for the Danish organization Democracy in Europe...
Labor unionism in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria: revival or stagnation?
A protest of the workers in the public transport in Bucharest, 19.01.2022 (source: YouTube) A discussion about recent the recent...
Gospodinov or the Art of Balkan Melancholy
Aurelian Giugăl (source: YouTube) A review of the novel The Physics of Sorrow, published in 2021 in Romanian in translation...
The Romanian-Bulgarian border on the Danube
The two countries have problems with defining their river border and with the division of the islands on the Danube....
