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Elections

Oligarchs and western embassies hold Bulgaria’s “democracy” hostage. Is there a ..

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Bulgaria
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Bulgaria's transition from state-controlled socialism to capitalism and 'democracy' began as a ridicule of democracy and later devolved into a mockery of dictatorship. The latter were the nearly 15 years of Boyko Borissov's absolutist rule,...

Elections in Russia rigged against the CPRF? w/ Ilya Budraitskis

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Elections
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Is Russia any different now that the recent parliamentary election has passed? It doesn't appear to be. The growing popularity of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, on the other hand, deserves the attention...

Cross-border Talks: hot July in South-Eastern Europe

Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat - Vladimir Mitev
Analysis
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We are excited to launch a new international media initiative - the Cross-Border Talks podcast will be co-hosted by Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat, Strajk's deputy editor and author of numerous texts on Eastern European politics, and Vladimir...

To elections with a song! Winners and losers in the Bulgarian parliamentary elections

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Analysis
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On July 11, 2021, Bulgarians voted for the second time this year for parliament, as representatives of the parties elected in the first vote on April 4, 2021, failed to form a coalition. Last year,...

A leftist perspective on the victory of Maia Sandu’s party in Moldova

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Anti-corruption
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On July eleventh, both Bulgaria and Moldova held parliamentary elections. In this edition of our show, we shall discuss the landslide victory of the Party of Action and Solidarity. This is the political party of...

Hungarian reception of changing political scenes in Bulgaria and Moldova

Eva S. Balogh
Analysis
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This morning I watched a fascinating interview with Árpád Székely, the former Hungarian ambassador to Moscow, who was asked what he thought of the Orbán government’s foreign policy. “What foreign policy? There is no such thing. There...

Anti-Iranian sanctions can be reduced, but will not be lifted completely

Vladimir Mitev
Economy & finance
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Mehdi Motaharnia (born 1965, Kashan) is a university professor with a background in sociology, political science, communication, futurology and security. He is a professor at Islamic Free University in Gom, central Tehran; in North Tehran...

Will Zagreb be ours?

With local elections due to be held in Croatia on 16 May 2021, a left-green political platform Zagreb je Naš (Zagreb is Ours — henceforth ZjN) stands on the brink of a historic achievement[efn_note]The author...

Bulgaria’s political system is a non-representative democracy

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Bulgaria
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On April 4th the General Election was held in Bulgaria. Another stage of the political, social and cultural degradation and destitution was marked. This time the most emblematic element was the massive vote for a...

Non-representative democracy — season BG, episode 2021

Mirena Filpova - Boyan Stanislavski
Bulgaria
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On April 4 in Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections, 25% of voters supported Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's right-wing party, GERB. But new parties that campaigned on anti-corruption and COVID denial also did extremely well. The left's decline...