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Reasons for the uproar over Russia’s ‘imminent invasion’ of Ukraine explained

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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This is part two of a special edition of our show this month, hosted by Canadian-American journalist and filmmaker Paul Jay, as part of a co-production between "The Analysis" and "The Barricade." See part one...

Oligarchs and western embassies hold Bulgaria’s “democracy” hostage. Is there a ..

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Bulgaria
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Bulgaria's transition from state-controlled socialism to capitalism and 'democracy' began as a ridicule of democracy and later devolved into a mockery of dictatorship. The latter were the nearly 15 years of Boyko Borissov's absolutist rule,...

Against the false duo. Eastern European left and change

Kamran Baradaran - Vladimir Mitev
Analysis
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"The failure to change the world may not be unrelated to the failure to understand it." - Ray Brassier, Concepts and Objects There's an old Soviet joke from "Radio Yerevan" series popular in the 1950s....

Cross-border Talks: hot July in South-Eastern Europe

Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat - Vladimir Mitev
Analysis
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We are excited to launch a new international media initiative - the Cross-Border Talks podcast will be co-hosted by Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat, Strajk's deputy editor and author of numerous texts on Eastern European politics, and Vladimir...

A leftist perspective on the victory of Maia Sandu’s party in Moldova

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Anti-corruption
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On July eleventh, both Bulgaria and Moldova held parliamentary elections. In this edition of our show, we shall discuss the landslide victory of the Party of Action and Solidarity. This is the political party of...

EU’s East: It’s time to let the healing begin!

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Bulgaria
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The Barricade’s podcast continues to deliver a fresh portion of analysis and comments on the most striking political events and processes around Eastern Europe. On the 4 October 2020 show Maria Cernat continued to discuss...

Moldova: the future is bright. For the oligarchs

Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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After a heated debate about possible unification with Romania, another political scandal rocked Moldova a few months before parliamentary elections. At the end of the day, however, it proved mainly the weakness of local opposition...

The pathetic battle of in-laws and cousins over the Bulgarian energy sector

Kaloyan Todorov
Bulgaria
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There is a second wave of “privatization” for a stake in the energy business. The battle is about who should take over. Varna TPP, an asset of the Czechs, was sold in a similar scheme....

Reasons for the uproar over Russia’s ‘imminent invasion’ of Ukraine explained

Oligarchs and western embassies hold Bulgaria’s “democracy” hostage. Is there a ..

Cross-border Talks: hot July in South-Eastern Europe

A leftist perspective on the victory of Maia Sandu’s party in Moldova

EU’s East: It’s time to let the healing begin!

Moldova: the future is bright. For the oligarchs

The pathetic battle of in-laws and cousins over the Bulgarian energy sector

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