An interview with the specialist on Southeastern Europe about the Bulgarian veto on the beginning of Macedonian accession negotiations with the EU.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries. He is the editor-in-chief of the Romanian website BARICADA
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An interview with Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă, international relations expert on the Balkans, about the Bulgarian-Macedonian dispute over good neighbourliness and common historyVladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries. He is the editor-in-chief of the Romanian website BARICADA Romania,
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Bulgarians fail to understand that they have made mistakes in Macedonia throughout history, says Sonja Stojadinovic, a Macedonian political scientist, who reflects on Bulgaria’s veto at the start of North Macedonia’s negotiations with the EU.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border
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The Barricade’s Vladimir Mitev was the guest of Paul Jay’s The Analysis podcast, discussing Bulgarian protests, the all-weather warm relations between Sofia and Washington, the Bulgarian acquisition of US war planes, the genesis of Bulgarian organised crime and oligarchy in the times of transition, the eternal Soros-Trump clash in Eastern
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The police are not an institution which protects society. They are rather an institution that protects those in power from the people. France illustrates how the police enjoy complete impunity. Rositsa KratunkovaRositsa Kratunkova is part of the team of the Bulgarian left-wing outlet dVersia. She works in France for the European
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The Barricade’s Vladimir Mitev was interviewed by the Danish organisation Democracy in Europe on the Bulgarian protests: their demands, the comparisons between the Bulgarian and the Romanian anti-corruption fights and protests, the role of the new left and its democratic innovations.Zlatko JovanovicZlatko Jovanovic has taught, has researched and has written
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Cronyism harms Bulgrian sociey in many ways, causing poverty, lack of social mobility, discouragement and depression. Significantly, cronyism promotes mediocrity in positions of management, blockinig social change and encouraging the youth’s emigration.David BissetDavid Bisset is a specialist in child poverty and deprivation. He is one of the founders of Equilibrium, which
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The middle class struggles for change in Bulgaria, but the protests’ slogans deal with justice, not social affairs. Real change would come from the “downtrodden masses”, who need to find new energy, free time and financial resources in order to strengthen themselves politically. They are presently lured into populist and
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Postcard from Bulgaria #2: It is the socio-economic system that leads to tensions, but influential lobbies are interested in change of the basic law, not of the social contractVladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries. He is
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A live interview with Vladimir Mitev about the escalation of the Bulgarian protests this past week as two of the biggest trends in the fight against corruption in Bulgaria square off, the parallels the protests have with the broader Romanian fight against its own corruption, and on what could be
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