Civil Society

6 minutes read

• Black Sea Region
• Bulgarian-Romanian political relations

Yordan Bozhilov: The agreement between Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria to fight mines in the Black Sea is quite different from the idea of a NATO flotilla

Vladimir Mitev 11 January, 2024 2 3244

Floating mines in the Black Sea are a risk to shipping and economically damaging to coastal states

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Invisible women living on the streets of Bucharest: ‘If you’re not bad on the street, you can’t survive’ 

12 minutes read

• Bucharest
• Civil Society

Invisible women living on the streets of Bucharest: ‘If you’re not bad on the street, you can’t survive’ 

Vladimir Mitev 7 January, 2024 0 3280

Libertatea's report about homeless women in Bucharest

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Southeastern Europe’s affirmation: neither technocracy, nor sovereignism, but people’s agency

24 minutes read

• Bulgarian-Romanian economic relations
• Bulgarian-Romanian interpersonal relations

Southeastern Europe’s affirmation: neither technocracy, nor sovereignism, but people’s agency

Vladimir Mitev 10 October, 2023 0 2632

Vladimir Mitev’s Maynooth University take on the people-driven Europeanization in Southeastern Europe as way of its people...

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How could a Romanian e-consultation platform expand to the Bulgarian city of Ruse?

22 minutes read

• Bulgarian-Romanian interpersonal relations
• Civil Society

How could a Romanian e-consultation platform expand to the Bulgarian city of Ruse?

Vladimir Mitev 4 October, 2023 0 2762

Romanian NGO Pro Democratia wants to do cross-border online consultation in Giurgiu-Ruse area

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Codru Vrabie: Bulgarians’ “bridge identity” is able to bring change and transformation in the region

13 minutes read

• Anti-corruption
• Civil Society

Codru Vrabie: Bulgarians’ “bridge identity” is able to bring change and transformation in the region

Vladimir Mitev 25 September, 2023 0 3039

The fourth part of the podcast on social change and agency in Southeastern Europe deals with Bulgaria,...

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Bulgarian activist on the reaction of the authorities after thousands took to the streets against violence against women: “In this country, the debates are still at the level of ‘woman is a man'”

10 minutes read

• Civil Society
• Interviews

Bulgarian activist on the reaction of the authorities after thousands took to the streets against violence against women: “In this country, the debates are still at the level of ‘woman is a man'”

Vladimir Mitev 17 August, 2023 0 2956

Interview with Nadezhda Dermendzheiva - co-president of Bulgarian Fund for Women over the legislative changes and attitudes...

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The case of an 18-year-old girl who was assaulted has brought thousands of people to the streets in Bulgaria against violence against women. Their demands, similar to those in Romania

12 minutes read

• Civil Society
• Interviews

The case of an 18-year-old girl who was assaulted has brought thousands of people to the streets in Bulgaria against violence against women. Their demands, similar to those in Romania

Vladimir Mitev 7 August, 2023 0 2960

Resignations of state officials or imprisonment are not enough to make a real difference to the fate...

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Kristina Vassileva: In Bulgaria we face violence in different forms every day

4 minutes read

• Anti-corruption
• Civil Society

Kristina Vassileva: In Bulgaria we face violence in different forms every day

Vladimir Mitev 2 August, 2023 1 3059

Interview with the organizers of the July 31, 2023 protest against violence in Ruse

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A protest against domestic violence and for women’s rights in Sofia: voices of Bulgarian activists and refugee women come united

34 minutes read

• Civil Society
• Iran

A protest against domestic violence and for women’s rights in Sofia: voices of Bulgarian activists and refugee women come united

Vladimir Mitev 16 July, 2023 0 2001

The event took place on 25 November 2022 in the Bulgarian capital

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Planeta Petrila’s bottom line: miners are human, resistance through art can bring change

38 minutes read

• Cinema
• Civil Society

Planeta Petrila’s bottom line: miners are human, resistance through art can bring change

Vladimir Mitev 25 June, 2023 0 3244

A discussion with Gabriel Amza on the Planeta Petrila movie and civic activism in Romania

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