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Aurelian Giugăl: The Romanian government is underfunding public services to discredit them

  • Vladimir Mitev Vladimir Mitev
  • Economy & finance
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In Romania, social tensions are rising after the centre-right government of Florin Cîţu began cutting social benefits. Trade unions of health workers, public sector workers, police and other professions have been protesting for more than...

The Bulgarian middle class wants to be getting empowered by the anti-corruption fight

  • Zlatko Jovanovic Zlatko Jovanovic
  • Bulgaria
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Democracy in Europe (DEO) is a Danish NGO, which aims to make nuanced debate on the EU and promotes participatory democracy. Vladimir Mitev was invited by the DEO to give an interview, screened within an...

Mutual Suspicion Hinders the Appearance of a Post-Transition Vision in Bulgaria

  • Maria Cernat Maria Cernat
  • Bulgaria
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This interview first took place on Facebook Live streaming on August 4th, 2020 at the Baricada Romania page. This transcription was originally published in the Romanian section of The Barricade on August 5th, 2020. Today,...

Bulgarian protests: battles over anti-corruption?

  • Vladimir Mitev Vladimir Mitev
  • Analysis
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This article was published at the Open Democracy site on 27 July 2020. The Bulgarian protests of the summer of 2020 constitute an unusual eruption of political energy. Bulgaria has been known for its apathy...

Traian Băsescu has fallen victim to the forces he unleashed

  • Vladimir Mitev Vladimir Mitev
  • Opinions & comments
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On 20 September the Court of Appeals in Bucharest came out with the decision that the former Romanian president Traian Băsescu was a collaborator with the communist secret service “Securitate”. Băsescu rejects this accusation and...

Codru Vrabie: The appointment of Kövesi to chief prosecutor of the EPPO is like a flower in a butt..

  • Vladimir Mitev Vladimir Mitev
  • Interviews
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Codru Vrabie is a civic activist, trainer and consultant on good governance, transparency, responsibility, and integrity in the public sector. He has contributed to many reform measures in justice and public administration. Vrabie has BAs...

Ilie Şerbănescu: “Behind both fighting camps in Romania external masters stand”

  • Vladimir Mitev Vladimir Mitev
  • Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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The veteran analyst explains what Iohannis`s mistake was, who benefits from the changes in justice and why Romania is not on the road to becoming a new Poland or Hungary Ilie Şerbănescu (b. 1942) is...

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

  • Vladimir Mitev 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...
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