housing – The Barricade

Notes from Lviv in times of war

Aliona Lyasheva
Citizens Movements
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I am writing this text on the night of 7-8 March in Lviv. This is the fourth year of my living in Lviv, and I met the war here. It seems that my whole life...

ELMO: Right to housing struggles in Eastern Europe and the Berlin referendum

András Juhász
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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The value of global real estate makes up nearly 60% of the value of all global assets, with residential real estate comprising 75% of the total. In a September referendum, which was the result of...

Austria: Communists are struggling for those who are forgotten by everyone

Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat
Austria
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[caption id="attachment_4079" align="alignleft" width="810"] Max Zirngast (photo: Strajk.eu)[/caption] There is no election silence in Austria. Elections scheduled for Sunday? Agitation will continue on Saturday until the very last moment. In the morning at the seat...

Romania – novel initiatives gaining ground

The Barricade
Analysis
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Trade unions have been organizing protests since the start of 2021 against the newly adopted austerity measures of the Romanian government, which, among other things, froze the minimum wage despite rising living costs continued blocking collective labor...

Ruse: Little Manhattan in the Balkans

David Bisset
Bulgaria
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“The cost of housing relative to prevailing income levels is very high, which makes it virtually impossible for households earning less than BGN 1000/month,…., to purchase or rent any housing in the market. More than...

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......