Valentin Radomirski: I hope Bulgaria and Romania will manage to avoid being pushed into Europe’s “2nd Tier”

23 February 2018 Vladimir Mitev

Valentin Radomirski: I hope Bulgaria and Romania will manage to avoid being pushed into Europe’s “2nd Tier”

The Barricade speaks to the former Bulgarian Ambassador in Bucharest about the Bulgarian and the Romanian presidency of the EU and about the dangers that the two countries face stemming from developments in the Black Sea and the Middle East region. The Barricade also discussed China with the former Ambassador and

13 December 2017 Vladimir Mitev

Ştefan Guga: Romanian economic growth doesn’t bring about progress

Ştefan Guga is doctor în sociology (CEU Budapest). He works în Bucharest as an economic and social expert. Together with advocate Camelia Constantin Guga is the author of the report “Analysis on the impact of the new social dialogue legislation, which was adopted in 2011”. Baricada has presented some of

2 December 2017 Vladimir Mitev

Laura Fatini: We fight social disadvantage through The Risk-Taking Theater

Teatro degli Arrischianti is a community theater made by volunteers, who have professional attitude towards art, and plays an important social role in the life of a 5000-strong Italian small town in Tuscany. Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between

26 October 2017 Vladimir Mitev

Maria Grapini: Romania and Bulgaria must increase their economic, cultural and education exchanges so that they could use the possibilities in EU

The Black Sea macroregion is an initiative which will encourage the economic development of Romania and Bulgaria and means cooperation with all the states in the Black Sea zone to the extent that they respect the signed contracts with the EU.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse,

9 September 2017 Vladimir Mitev

Riccardo Petrella: Financial dictates led the EU to failure and drove the world to devastation

The former adviser to the European Commission of Jacques Delors, activist for the definition of water as a common good, instead of a commodity, university professor and left intellectual speaks with Baricada, telling the story of the transformation of welfare inspired societies into the main sources of a ”global disorder”

15 May 2017 Vladimir Mitev

Patrick Chalmers: The problem is representative democracy, the solution is journalism and democratic innovations – part II

The Scottish journalist tells Baricada why he left Reuters disenchanted, what the democratic innovations are that inspire him to search for system change, what positive journalism means, how the revelations of Wikileaks and Edward Snowden changed the world, whether the people are always right even when they vote for Trump

15 May 2017 Vladimir Mitev