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The “Hunger Games” of Eastern Europe – Bulgarian “socialists” protest against so..

Georgi Hristov
Bulgaria
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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......

Bulgaria: Will the right-wing government succeed in crushing the disabled?

Nikolay Draganov
Bulgaria
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About 6,000 people with disabilities and citizens supportive of their demands have protested in front of the Council of Ministers in Sofia. They opposed the government's ideas for the next "reforms", which are expressed in...

Apathy, demoralization, fear porn, conspiracy theories and no politics. Thus Orbán

Lacko Solymár
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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Well, it happened again! Just when you had put all your hopes and dreams into one thing, that there would be a change in the regime – against all common sense, the good people of Hungary...

Bulgaria: The richest 1% have as much wealth as the poorest 50%

Ivaylo Atanasov
Bulgaria
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The data provided by the finance ministry on income tax payments reveal the true magnitude of inequality in Bulgaria. The best-paid 1% of the population receives almost one fifth of all the income in the...

The Sofia prison break – a failed state comedy

Boyan Stanislavski
Bulgaria
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When I say Bulgaria is a failed state most people look at me as if I've had too much to drink or accuse me of overdone pessimistic posturing. OK, well, get this! There are comical...

Johan Galtung: The America First Doctrine becomes ”America Last”

Vladimir Mitev
Bulgaria
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The Peace Studies scholar speaks with Baricada about how conflicts are resolved, and what are the perspectives of peace and war in the Middle East, on the Korean peninsula, in the USA, the EU, Romania,...

Erdoğan’s visit to Bulgaria: The sultan and the eunuchs

Pawel_Tsch
Analysis
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Erdoğan got just what he wanted from the meeting in Varna. And if the nervously grinning Borissov gave him the podium, the carte blanche to unleash his dictatorial insolence was handed to him by the...

Bulgaria’s total decay will be complete by 2040

Ivaylo Atanasov
Bulgaria
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A recent report shows that Bulgaria is at a stage of its demographic development, in which the collapse and aging of the population has reached irreversible levels. The economic consequences of this trend will be...

Poland: Growing neo-Nazi arrogance, a case study

Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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“In a blessed falling asleep, grant, O Lord, eternal rest unto Thy departed servants…” Pause. Before Father Jan Romańczuk finishes the memorial service for the victims of Romuald Rajs’s troop, he has to put his...

Bulgaria: Alarming state of the infrastructure

Kaloyan Todorov
Bulgaria
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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. 40% of the roads in the Republican road network in...

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Apathy, demoralization, fear porn, conspiracy theories and no politics. Thus Orbán

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The Sofia prison break – a failed state comedy

Johan Galtung: The America First Doctrine becomes ”America Last”

Erdoğan’s visit to Bulgaria: The sultan and the eunuchs

Bulgaria’s total decay will be complete by 2040

Poland: Growing neo-Nazi arrogance, a case study

Bulgaria: Alarming state of the infrastructure

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