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21 January 2021 Noémi Lehoczki

Streeck: The European Union should unite democratic, sovereign nation-states

Interview with the German economic sociologist Wolfgang Streeck about the political figure of Angela Merkel, Germany’s positions on refugees and debt mutualization and the future of solidarity and Europe in neoliberal timesNoémi LehoczkiSelf-described populist. Author of Merce (Hungary).

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16 May 2020 Vladimir Mitev

”Europe’s richest states exploit Romanian and Bulgarian migrants before they even start working”

Interview with the Italian political scientist Francesco Trupia on the social issues that Romanians and Bulgarians deal with in Italy, on the coronavirus situation in his homeland, and on the European perception of IslamVladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between

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26 September 2019 Vladimir Mitev

Ahlam Chemlali: EU institutions are rewarding authoritarian regimes over migration

Interview with the Danish expert on torture and migration about the overall increase in violence worldwide, the responsibility of the EU and Frontex on the issues of migration and about the discussed “Turkish model” for migration deal with LibyaVladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town

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22 July 2019 Tzvetelina Kirilova

I, the caregiver – stories from “the grey zone”

Once Greeks start to get old, they start saving money for “apoklistiki” (medical assistants) – just as Bulgarian pensioners save money for funerals. Due to the lack of sufficient personnel in hospitals, the care of old people is done mostly by foreigners, who predominantly work illegallyTzvetelina KirilovaTzvetelina Kirilova has graduated

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12 April 2018 Lacko Solymár

Apathy, demoralization, fear porn, conspiracy theories and no politics. Thus Orbán

Well, it happened again! Just when you had put all your hopes and dreams into one thing, that there would be a change in the regime – against all common sense, the good people of Hungary asked for four more years of Orbán. Lacko SolymárLacko Solymár a is Hungarian anarchist. He studied

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1 April 2018 Philip Bourov

Erdoğan’s visit to Bulgaria: The sultan and the eunuchs

Erdoğan got just what he wanted from the meeting in Varna. And if the nervously grinning Borissov gave him the podium, the carte blanche to unleash his dictatorial insolence  was handed to him by the distinguished   European guests. Philip BourovBulgarian journalist specializing in the international relations, conflicts, macroeconomics and finance.

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4 March 2018 Nikolay Draganov

Bulgaria: The “patriotic” government hand in hand with the oligarchy and the business

After weeks of pathetic hiding from unions’ representatives – not coming to previously arranged meetings, not picking up phones, etc., the “patriotic” majority in the National Assembly introduced legal amendments desired by business organizations. The wages are going to be kept down by limitless import of migrant workers countries with even

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13 February 2018 Boyan Stanislavski

Poland: Barbaric reality for the Ukrainian migrant workers

Oxana is a Ukrainian citizen, who was working illegally in a fruit-processing plant near Swarzędz in Western Poland. After she suffered a stroke her boss first refused to call for help. He then dragged her out on the street and placed her on a nearby bench and made it appear

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22 October 2017 Nikolay Draganov

From modern despair to traditional slavery

The so called West is largely associated with all kinds of civic liberties, democratic values and general appeasement. This cliche has been particularly actively exploited in the European countries of the former Soviet block. The ideas might have been fantastic but the execution turned out to be a far cry

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Bulgarian Border Police car. Source: Wikimedia Commons, https://goo.gl/yWJ938
22 October 2017 Ivaylo Atanasov

Leading Bulgarian nationalist admitted in court she was smuggling migrants

Aneliya Veleva, who is now a former leader of the local structure of the National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB, right-wing extremists), pleaded to be innocent the whole time and the Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov stood up for her. Now she is hoping to avoid an effective

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22 December 2020 Maria Cernat

Bad joke! The far-right will lead the Romanian Parliamentary Commission for Equal Opportunities!

Postcard from Romania #3 Maria CernatMaria Cernat is a graduate of the

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19 November 2020 Boyan Stanislavski

Chaos, desperation and violence

Postcard from Poland #7Boyan StanislavskiBulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher and

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16 November 2020 Maria Cernat

Union Save Neoliberalism

Postcard from Romania #2Maria CernatMaria Cernat is a graduate of the Faculty

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3 November 2020 Boyan Stanislavski

Poland: Time to abolish the codgerstate

Postcard from Poland ️#6Boyan StanislavskiBulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher and

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