The official celebration of the 74th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by the Red Army was an utter disgrace. Not only were extreme right-wingers and open anti-Semites allowed to stage a rally and shout slogans like “It’s time to stand against Jewry and free Poland,” but
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The preemptive strike against gay marriage is gaining strong support but progress cannot be stoppedMaria CernatMaria Cernat is a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences (FJSC) (2001) and the Faculty of Philosophy (2004) at the University of Bucharest. She obtained an MA from FJSC in 2002 and
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As the Polish tragicomedy continues, the anticommunist obsession deepens. The police have interrupted an academic conference on Karl Marx as they were instructed by the local prosecutor to check whether the event does not contradict the law in terms of “spreading anti-national propaganda” and “promoting totalitarian systems”. Boyan StanislavskiBulgarian and
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The Church hierarchy has failed protesting families. One archbishop has accused them of having too great a sense of entitlement. Parents along with their disabled children have been occupying a corridor in the Polish parliament for nearly 3 weeks in order to draw attention to the desperately inadequate support for
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The planning of new regions in Bulgaria will lead to the creation of new administrative positions, without removing the old ones. Another bizarre new proposal is also being considered at the moment – that NGOs should become state structures. Kaloyan TodorovBulgarian left journalist and commentator.
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Weird events have once again transpired on the outskirts of Europe. In Gorna Oryahovitsa, a provincial Bulgarian town, people have been up in arms over a social housing project out of fear it would become… a home for the poor. And to make it even weirder – the Bulgarian Socialist
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A great deal of Bulgarian roads have not been touched since their creation in the 1970s, or have undergone a major overhaul 20 years ago. Kaloyan TodorovBulgarian left journalist and commentator.
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The “modestly redistributive effect of flat income tax” and “relatively low levels of social protection spending” mean inequality and poverty in Bulgaria are the highest in the EU, despite economic growth and low unemployment in the country. Ivaylo AtanasovIvaylo Atanasov is a Bulgarian journalist, political analyst and teacher. He is
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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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The Romanian foreign minister answered Baricada’s question at a joint press conference with the Bulgarian ambassador in Bucharest. Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries. He is the editor-in-chief of the Romanian website BARICADA Romania, which initially
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