Society

5 minutes read

• Books
• Essays

Words can dance

Vladimir Mitev 22 February, 2022 0 3185

A story by Desislava Kamenova about her Vlach-speaking great-grandmother Lucana

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Sadie Clasby – Jarrous: Refugee children have been targets of firing arms and have been victims of racist abuse

13 minutes read

• Civil Society
• Education

Sadie Clasby – Jarrous: Refugee children have been targets of firing arms and have been victims of racist abuse

Vladimir Mitev 8 February, 2022 0 3090

Interview with a British social worker caring for migrant children in Harmanli, Bulgaria

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The necessary change in Bulgaria: from static to dynamic identity?

26 minutes read

• Analysis
• Anti-corruption

The necessary change in Bulgaria: from static to dynamic identity?

Vladimir Mitev 6 February, 2022 3 3787

Bulgaria's foreign and domestic policies are a mystery to many Bulgarians themselves. This paper develops a hypothesis...

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Bulgaria entered in 2022 with considerable social problems

10 minutes read

• Civil Society
• Democracy in Europe (Denmark)

Bulgaria entered in 2022 with considerable social problems

Vladimir Mitev 5 February, 2022 0 3108

In an interview for the Danish organization Democracy in Europe Vladimir Mitev tells about the social price...

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Labor unionism in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria: revival or stagnation?

30 minutes read

• Analysis
• Anti-corruption

Labor unionism in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria: revival or stagnation?

Vladimir Mitev 5 February, 2022 0 6203

A discussion about recent the recent labor protests, attitudes towards workers’ fight, the role of a young...

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Gospodinov or the Art of Balkan Melancholy

8 minutes read

• Books
• Bulgarian-Romanian cultural relations

Gospodinov or the Art of Balkan Melancholy

Vladimir Mitev 22 January, 2022 0 3355

A review of the novel The Physics of Sadness, published in 2021 in Romanian in translation by...

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Protest in Sofia warns – violence against women corrodes society

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• Civil Society
• Protests

Protest in Sofia warns – violence against women corrodes society

Vladimir Mitev 14 December, 2021 1 2914

Just on the day that marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women came...

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A novel by Matei Vișniec has been published in Bulgarian

4 minutes read

• Books
• Bulgarian-Romanian cultural relations

A novel by Matei Vișniec has been published in Bulgarian

Vladimir Mitev 13 December, 2021 0 3114

"Shoe loves, umbrella loves" was translated by Ognyan Stamboliev

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The fight for the rule of law in EU is only just beginning

13 minutes read

• Anti-corruption
• Eastern Europe

The fight for the rule of law in EU is only just beginning

Vladimir Mitev 11 December, 2021 1 3060

Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat interviewed the left-wing member of the European Parliament Clare Daly in the context of the...

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Clare Daly: European Commission is complicit in violation of EU law

8 minutes read

• Anti-corruption
• Documents

Clare Daly: European Commission is complicit in violation of EU law

Vladimir Mitev 7 November, 2021 0 3195

The European Commission's rule of law monitoring mechanism does not reflect the deep-rooted and systemic problems in...

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