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Codru Vrabie: Romanian anti-corruption fight may take a new form, but it won’t cease

Vladimir Mitev
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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The good governance expert talked with Baricada about the evolution of the anti-corruption fight in Romania, the shortcomings of the current discourse on potential union with the Republic of Moldova, and the need for concrete...

Should Polish left be afraid?

Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat
Human rights and civic liberties
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A few days after scandalous police intervention during academic conference on Karl Marx and his legacy, Polish Minister of Interior offered an apology to the university. Polish left-wing activists met this with joy, but they...

Does Moldova have a future?

Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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They walk along the Stephen the Great Boulevard in Chișinău like victors. Then, proud and firm, they stop in front of the Moldovan government’s seat. They carry national flags. However, this is not an ordinary...

Poland: Police disrupt academic conference on Karl Marx

Boyan Stanislavski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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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...

Polish Catholic hierarchy contra carers for the disabled

Piotr Nowak
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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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...

[VIDEO] Jonathan Clyne: “This is an existential crisis for the establishment”

Boyan Stanislavski
Analysis
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Jonathan Clyne is a longstanding socialist activist, author of numerous articles and analysis, he's also co-written the book "War and Resistance - Reaping the Whirlwind" and is now working on his new book "All Systems...

“This is war” – unionists from LOT Polish Airlines struggle against a devout boss

Piotr Nowak
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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"They've given in, haven't they? They must have been afraid of messing up people's flights for the early May holiday. Not surprising, is it? " – says the taxi driver who is driving me to...

As the population shrinks, the bureaucracy grows

Kaloyan Todorov
Bulgaria
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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...

Bogdan Ţîrdea: Moldova is a Romanian semi-colony

Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat discussed with Bogdan Ţîrdea, one of the leading activists of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova, member of parliament of the Republic of Moldova co-author of Moldova Oligarhică, the first...

Russia after the elections

Maciej Wiśniowski
Analysis
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There is a historical anecdote that Tsar Peter I could not find a good minister of treasury. All the candidates were either stupid or thieves. When he thought he finally found the right man, he...