civil society

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

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

Vladimir Mitev 30 December, 2025

Interview with the Romanian expert on good governance about the new anti-corruption discourse in Romania, following the...

Eugenia Gușilov: There are differences between the northern and the southern part of the EU’s east

Eugenia Gușilov: There are differences between the northern and the southern part of the EU’s east

Vladimir Mitev 3 November, 2024

An important obstacle to regional integration in Central and Southeastern Europe are the various differences in the...

Dessislava Mihailova: Ruse Summer Free Tour is our voluntary effort to be useful for our city

Vladimir Mitev 11 December, 2018

Interview with the founder of the free tour of the Danubian city about the balance from the...

The Cluj Declaration

The central square in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

The Cluj Declaration

Vladimir Mitev 28 December, 2015

The new Romanian government's programme resembles a lot the 2014 Cluj Declaration

Animest The Romanian festival of cinema for the young people
Blogul lui Codru Vrabie (Codru Vrabie's blog) A blog by a leading Romanian expert on good governance – Un blog al unui expert român de renume în domeniul bunei guvernări – Блог на водещ румънски експерт по добро управление
Bodil Dimitar Sabev’s blog on economy, ecology and society – Blogul lui Dimitar Săbev despre economie, ecologie și societate – Блогът на Димитър Събев за икономика, екология и общество
Bulgarikon A Romanian shares his discoveries about Bulgaria… Un român împărtășește descoperirile sale despre Bulgaria… Румънец споделя откритията си за България
Centrul de Studii asupra Orientului Mijlociu și Mediteranei (Univeristatea Babeș-Bolyai) – The Center for Middle Eastern and Mediterrainean Studies (UBB) The leading Romanian academic center on Middle Eastern Studies
Cross-border Talks (site) A Poland-based site, which is reflecting on international politics and social issues, with an emphasis on regional, EU and Third World matters…
Cross-border Talks (Substack) Cross-border Talks’s Substack newsletter. Buletinul informativ Substack al Cross-border Talks. Нюзлетърът на Cross-border Talks в Substack
Cross-border Talks (YouTube) Cross-border Talks’ YouTube channel
Decât o Revistă (DoR) Romanian storytelling magazine (non-fiction) – Revista românească de storytelling (non-fiction) – Румънското списание, което разказва истории
Градското списание (Urban Magazine) Списание за градските хора и за градската култура – O revistă despre oamenii din oraș și despre cultura cetățenească
Център за изкуство и култура "БЛОК 14 " (Center for Art and Culture "BLOCK 14") Културният център на младите в Русе – Centrul Cultural al Tineretului din Ruse- The Cultural Center of the Young People in Ruse
International Society Elias Canetti The host of the Austrian library in Ruse, Bulgaria
Marginalia The Bulgarian site for a human rights-based world
Oamenii Dreptății (People of Justice) The civil society show in Romania – Spectacolul societății civile în România – Шоуто на гражданското общество в Румъния
Performantica TEDxBrașov – TEDxБрашов
Peripheral Vision Din perirferia în căutarea lumii – un blog despre teoria socială, problemele socialе şi idei, editat de un cetăţean scotian în România – От периферията в търсене на света – социална теория
Post/h/um – Jurnal de studii postumaniste (Journal for Post-humanist Studies) A Romanian progressive journal
Pro Democrația A leading liberal society in Romania – O societate liberală de frunte în România – Водещо либерално общество в Румъния
Radio Bulgaria (English) News about Bulgaria in English language
Radio Bulgaria în limba română Știri despre Bulgaria în limba română
Radio România Actualități (Radio Romania News) News about Romania and the world in Romanian language – Știri despre România și lumea în limba română – Новини за Румъния и света на румънски език
Ruse Summer Free Tour Turul grătuit al oraşului Ruse – Безплатният тур на Русе
The Persian Bridge of Friendship
The Persian Bridge of Friendship's Substack The Persian Bridge of Friendship’s Substack newsletter – Buletinul Podului Persan al Prieteniei – Нюзлетърът на Персийския мост на приятелството в Substack

civil society

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

Eugenia Gușilov: There are differences between the northern and the southern part of the EU’s east

Dessislava Mihailova: Ruse Summer Free Tour is our voluntary effort to be useful for our city

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