24 August, 2026
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Bulgarian-Romanian political relations

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Brândușa Predescu: The war in Ukraine has brought us even closer together

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Alexandru Drăgulin: Romania’s foreign policy is pragmatic

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Translations

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Ștefan Popescu: Let’s look at the rivalry between Israel and Türkiye from Romania’s perspective

Ștefan Popescu 23 August, 2026 0 276
A Romanian foreign policy analyst’s view on the conflict between Tel Aviv and Istanbul
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Evgeni Krastev: Security in the Balkans is an integral part of European security evgheni-krastev-1200x675

Evgeni Krastev: Security in the Balkans is an integral part of European security

15 August, 2026 0 462
The drone incident near the Bulgarian-Romanian border highlights Romanian hostility towards Rumen Radev’s behaviour and character radev-drone-1200x675

The drone incident near the Bulgarian-Romanian border highlights Romanian hostility towards Rumen Radev’s behaviour and character

11 August, 2026 0 689
Romania has entered an energy crisis The “Cernavoda” Nuclear Power in Romania

Romania has entered an energy crisis

10 August, 2026 0 1008
Mammoth remains have been discovered near the village of Ryahovo, Ruse County, Bulgaria mamut-dunărea-1200x675

Mammoth remains have been discovered near the village of Ryahovo, Ruse County, Bulgaria

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Bulgarian-Romanian parallels

Daniel Tomov: Romania must be of interest at all times, not just when accidents occur in the country Daniel-Tomov-1200x675

Daniel Tomov: Romania must be of interest at all times, not just when accidents occur in the country

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Yordan Bozhilov: It is time for a national strategy on the Black Sea yordan-bozhilov-1200x675

Yordan Bozhilov: It is time for a national strategy on the Black Sea

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The Romanian stock market miracle bursa-de-valori-bucuresti-2-1200x675

The Romanian stock market miracle

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The rise of Romanian investigative and NGO media: new business models and financial security for online media claudid-mobile-phone-1200x675

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Theatre

Craiova, Shakespeare 2026 spectacol-shakespeare-1200x675

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Benjamin Coester: Any positive change in the EU starts with personal contact and joint work benjamin-coester-1200x675

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Being abandoned by your compatriots

12 July, 2025 0 2794

Souvereignism

Vladimir Mitev: Radev’s ”sovereignism” is selective rumen-radev-pm-1200x675

Vladimir Mitev: Radev’s ”sovereignism” is selective

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Factories of national pride: Bulgaria and Romania between history and myth rumen-petrov-vladimir-mitev-1200x675

Factories of national pride: Bulgaria and Romania between history and myth

24 June, 2026 0 1445
Benjamin Coester: Any positive change in the EU starts with personal contact and joint work benjamin-coester-1200x675

Benjamin Coester: Any positive change in the EU starts with personal contact and joint work

13 May, 2026 0 1762
Why Romania’s far right remains out of power nicușor-dan-președinte-1200x675

Why Romania’s far right remains out of power

11 May, 2026 0 1674

Energy

Romania has entered an energy crisis The “Cernavoda” Nuclear Power in Romania

Romania has entered an energy crisis

10 August, 2026 0 1008
Dimitar Sabev: Bulgaria’s governance failure and strained regional relations doom Northern Bulgaria to backwardness dimitar-sabev-1200x675 (1)

Dimitar Sabev: Bulgaria’s governance failure and strained regional relations doom Northern Bulgaria to backwardness

20 July, 2026 0 839
From gas to bridges: Romania and Bulgaria on the south–north strategic axis anita_starzycka-mine-1200x675

From gas to bridges: Romania and Bulgaria on the south–north strategic axis

18 July, 2026 0 1200
Bulgaria gets energy from Romania almost for free, then sells it back to us at 10 times the price. A lesson from our neighbors antena-1-bulgaria-baterii-1200x675

Bulgaria gets energy from Romania almost for free, then sells it back to us at 10 times the price. A lesson from our neighbors

12 June, 2026 0 3021

Romania’s austerity times (2025-2026)

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8 minutes read

The Romanian stock market miracle

Vladimir Mitev 10 July, 2026 0 1883
The Bucharest Stock Exchange and investments are the government’s trump cards during a crisis bvb-bell-wing-1200x675 (1)

The Bucharest Stock Exchange and investments are the government’s trump cards during a crisis

9 May, 2026 0 1809
What’s next for Romanian politics after the fall of the Bolojan cabinet? ilie-bolojan-1200x675 (2)

What’s next for Romanian politics after the fall of the Bolojan cabinet?

9 May, 2026 0 2189
A coalition of forces has an interest in seeing the Bolojan government dismissed protest-austeritate-bucuresti-apr-2026-1200x675

A coalition of forces has an interest in seeing the Bolojan government dismissed

2 May, 2026 0 2241
Aurelian Dochia: Romania has lived better than Bulgaria, but on credit! aurelian-dochia-1200x675

Aurelian Dochia: Romania has lived better than Bulgaria, but on credit!

11 February, 2026 0 3840
Codru Vrabie: The Romanian justice system needs to be fundamentally changed. However, I fear that we will only see a few cosmetic legislative changes proteste-anticoruptie-romania-1200x675

Codru Vrabie: The Romanian justice system needs to be fundamentally changed. However, I fear that we will only see a few cosmetic legislative changes

30 December, 2025 0 3843

Bulgaria’s accession to the eurozone

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Bulgaria in the eurozone: How Romanians view it and how we can reset our relationship

Vladimir Mitev 17 March, 2026 0 2959
Aurelian Dochia: Romania has lived better than Bulgaria, but on credit! aurelian-dochia-1200x675

Aurelian Dochia: Romania has lived better than Bulgaria, but on credit!

11 February, 2026 0 3840
Bulgarians are divided on joining the eurozone constantin-toma-pro-tv-1200x675

Bulgarians are divided on joining the eurozone

14 January, 2026 0 2929
The final days before Bulgaria joins the eurozone euronews-romania-vladimir-mitev-1200x675

The final days before Bulgaria joins the eurozone

31 December, 2025 0 3109
Milen Dobrev: Bulgaria’s accession to the eurozone is beneficial for business milen-dobrev-1200x675

Milen Dobrev: Bulgaria’s accession to the eurozone is beneficial for business

31 December, 2025 1 3092
What do Bulgarians think about joining the eurozone? euro-bancnote-1200x675

What do Bulgarians think about joining the eurozone?

31 December, 2025 0 3209

Mediapool (Bulgaria)

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Yordan Bozhilov: It is time for a national strategy on the Black Sea

Vladimir Mitev 5 August, 2026 0 861
Mutual interest: military cooperation between Romania and Türkiye is gaining momentum romanian-corvette-1200x675

Mutual interest: military cooperation between Romania and Türkiye is gaining momentum

20 July, 2026 0 1198
Dan Pîrșan: In May 2026, Romania had 330,000 prosumers Dan-Pîrșan-1200x675

Dan Pîrșan: In May 2026, Romania had 330,000 prosumers

9 June, 2026 0 3268
Alexandru Drăgulin: Romania’s foreign policy is pragmatic alexandru-dragulin-new-1200x675

Alexandru Drăgulin: Romania’s foreign policy is pragmatic

27 May, 2026 0 2437

The LiberaL Community 1848 (Romania)

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13 minutes read

Bulgaria in the eurozone: How Romanians view it and how we can reset our relationship

Vladimir Mitev 17 March, 2026 0 2959
The president of Bulgaria resigned to enter the arena of “dirty” politics. What’s next for our neighboring country? rumen-radev-resignation-1200x675

The president of Bulgaria resigned to enter the arena of “dirty” politics. What’s next for our neighboring country?

27 January, 2026 0 4238
The contours of post-liberalism in the West and in Southeast Europe: a conversation with David Bisset  bisset-comunitatea-liberala-1200x675

The contours of post-liberalism in the West and in Southeast Europe: a conversation with David Bisset 

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The government of Rosen Zhelyazkov is a bridge to all

4 February, 2025 0 4199
Daniel Tomov: Romania must be of interest at all times, not just when accidents occur in the country Daniel-Tomov-1200x675
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Daniel Tomov: Romania must be of interest at all times, not just when accidents occur in the country

Vladimir Mitev 16 August, 2026 0 437
A conversation with the lecturer in Romanian at the “St Kliment Ohridski” University in Sofia, within the...
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The drone incident near the Bulgarian-Romanian border highlights Romanian hostility towards Rumen Radev’s behaviour and character radev-drone-1200x675
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The drone incident near the Bulgarian-Romanian border highlights Romanian hostility towards Rumen Radev’s behaviour and character

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Romanian experts and a Bulgarian journalist discuss the drone that crashed at the Bulgarian-Romanian border, as well...
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