The Barricade

1 December 2020 Vladimir Mitev

Ioannis Armakolas: Historical issues raised by Bulgaria may spiral out of control

An interview with the specialist on Southeastern Europe about the Bulgarian veto on the beginning of Macedonian accession negotiations with the EU.

1 December 2020 The Barricade

Eastern Europe and protests: where’s the catch?

The postdoctoral researecher at the University of Cambridge Julia Rona is the guest of the On the Barricades podcast, speaking about her new book on protests in Europe

29 November 2020 Vladimir Mitev

A blockade of the Macedonian road to the EU risks undermining the region’s European prospects

An interview with Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă, international relations expert on the Balkans, about the Bulgarian-Macedonian dispute over good neighbourliness and common history

28 November 2020 The Barricade

For the global health, res publica

Proposals on the occasion of the 37th Special Session of the UN General Assembly dedicated to Covid-19 (3-4 December 2020) at the level of Heads of State and Government

25 November 2020 The Barricade

Albanian reactions to the Bulgarian policy towards the Republic of Northern Macedonia

Sofia’s veto on the start of Skopje’s negotiations with the EU was met by Albanians in Northern Macedonia and Albania with their characteristic pragmatism.

25 November 2020 The Barricade

#Right2Cure: No profit on pandemics

Left-wing forces all over Europe demand free and universal access to a Covid-19 vaccine and treatments for everyone.

24 November 2020 Albena Azmanova - Marshall Auerback

Why 2020 Was the ‘Precarity Election’ in the USA

Neither political party has truly addressed the issue of economic security, which is why the country remains a house divided against itself

22 November 2020 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Moldova goes West? Are any changes possible after Sandu’s election?

The Molodovan presidential elections seen through the prism of oligarchy, anticorruption, feminism, geopolitics.

21 November 2020 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Poland: Violence on the streets, chaos in the parliament

More than three weeks after the outburst of the protests resisting the anti-abortion ruling of the Constitutional Court, the struggle continues!

21 November 2020 Vladimir Mitev

Macedonians met the Bulgarian foreign minister’s comments on Tito with an avalanche of laughter

Bulgarians fail to understand that they have made mistakes in Macedonia throughout history, says Sonja Stojadinovic, a Macedonian political scientist, who reflects on Bulgaria’s veto at the start of North Macedonia’s negotiations with the EU.