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Lithuania’s failed social-democracy. Was the 2020 election LSDP’s funeral?

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Baltic states
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Something is rotten in the state of Lithuania. Clearly. Not necessarily in a Shakespearean way, but things are serious when the alcoholism and suicides rates have been the highest in Europe for the last years....

COVID vaccines: calling the shots

Michael Roberts
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the world, the big pharmaceutical companies did little investment in vaccines for global diseases and viruses. It was just not profitable. Of the 18 largest US pharmaceutical companies, 15 had...

Progressive politics and conservative working class: how to be matched?

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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The Barricade organised on 13 December 2020 a tough debate on the issue how to address the problems of a predominantly conservative working class without compromising our progressive ideals. Jacobin’s Ben Burgis was the Barricade's special...

The great demolition of the Lithuanian Social Democrats

Andrius Bielskis
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The right-wing political parties have, regrettably, won the 2020 parliamentary election in Lithuania. The conservative Homeland Union — Lithuanian Christian Democrats managed to gain 50 seats in the Seimas (the Lithuanian parliament), while two liberal...

Slovak left at the crossroads

Artur Bekmatov
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Shortly after the elections, the regrouping of forces, which the Slovak left has been waiting for years, began in the left space. It is no exaggeration to say that the development of the coming months...

The fall of ‘Dracula politics’ in Romania

Maria Cernat
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On December 6, Romanians elected their members of parliament. The elections were held despite the fact that there were record numbers of Covid cases during the last month with more than 5,500 cases on the...

Hungarian Sexual Wars – Say No to Gay Marriage, Say Yes to Gay Orgy

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
European Union
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They say there are two types of conservatives: the ones that have been caught in very compromising sexual situations, and the ones that are going to get caught. The Hungarian MEP Jozsef Szajer belongs to...

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

Vladimir Mitev
Bulgaria
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On November 17, Bulgaria announced that it would block the opening of North Macedonia's accession negotiations with the EU. Sofia believes that Skopje is not complying with the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighbourliness and Cooperation...

Eastern Europe and protests: where’s the catch?

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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They say protests go well on an empty stomach! During recent years, we have seen a wide range of protests taking place in Eastern Europe. From the Orange Revolutions to today’s massive protests in Bulgaria...

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

Vladimir Mitev
Bulgaria
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Dr Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations and European Studies at the National University of Political Science and Public Administration (SNSPA) in Bucharest, Romania. Since 2019 she has coordinated the...

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COVID vaccines: calling the shots

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Hungarian Sexual Wars – Say No to Gay Marriage, Say Yes to Gay Orgy

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

Eastern Europe and protests: where’s the catch?

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

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