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EU’s East: It’s time to let the healing begin!

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Bulgaria
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The Barricade’s podcast continues to deliver a fresh portion of analysis and comments on the most striking political events and processes around Eastern Europe. On the 4 October 2020 show Maria Cernat continued to discuss...

The Social Dilemma – a documentary about what we already know

Maria Cernat
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Oxford University has recently published a study, according to which conspiracy videos on YouTube on the Covid-19 pandemic were watched by more viewers than the audiences of the five most popular TV channels in the...

A right-wing extremist will head the Ministry of Education

Boyan Stanislavski
Gender issues
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Anti-Semitism, xenophobia, homophobia, rampant nationalism and Catholic fundamentalism -- these are the features of the new Polish Minister of Education and Science. Meet Przemysław Czarnek, PhD. Czarnek has a history in politics and in academia....

The first Biden-Trump debate – Gerontocracy and Wrestling in Cage

Maria Cernat - Vladimir Mitev
Opinions & comments
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It is very curious to watch the American elections in the context of Romanian local elections that took place on 27 September 2020. In a number of Romanian cities young, smart candidates won the race...

Bulgarian work

David Bisset
Bulgaria
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This article was published on 20 April 2020 at David Bisset's page in LinkedIn. Bulgarska rabota. The expression translates literally as “Bulgarian work”. It’s commonly used and it’s versatile. It was one of the first...

The case for a job guarantee

This article was originally published on 17 September 2020 at Brave New Europe. For the first time, all aspects of a job guarantee are brought together in a single work. This allows the enormous scope...

Bulgaria’s Weakness in Social Capital

David Bisset
Analysis
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This article was published by David Bisset - a leading social care expert and manager in Bulgaria, at his LinkedIn account on 15 April 2020. Bulgaria is ranked 49th out of 166 countries in the...

The genesis of change and deceit in the Bulgarian Socialist Party

Nishan Jingozian
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”To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches.” Margaret Thatcher This article was published on 23 September 2020 at the Bulgarian section of the Barricade. Three days later...

Romania – illusions turning Into nightmares

The Barricade
History
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Maria Cernat was invited by Belgian-based journalist Youri Smouter to appear on his podcast, 1+1, to share with an international audience what Romania was like during communist times and also to talk about the past...

The grotesque decay of the Bulgarian mafia-owned state and social despair

Nikolay Draganov - Boyan Stanislavski
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Where is Bulgaria 30 years into capitalist restoration? Pretty much at the end of its statehood. The society and culture in deep decline, the economy virtually controlled by oligarchic structures and institutions that are only...

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EU’s East: It’s time to let the healing begin!

A right-wing extremist will head the Ministry of Education

The first Biden-Trump debate – Gerontocracy and Wrestling in Cage

Bulgarian work

The case for a job guarantee

The genesis of change and deceit in the Bulgarian Socialist Party

Romania – illusions turning Into nightmares

The grotesque decay of the Bulgarian mafia-owned state and social despair

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