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Svilengrad on its way to become the first Bulgarian Zero Waste Certified City
The city of Svilengrad, Bulgaria, has signed the Zero Waste Cities Certification Agreement, becoming the first Bulgarian Zero Waste Candidate City.Led by the city...
Eastern Balkans Economic update: New government, but even more problems in Bulgaria
Over the last two years, Bulgarian politics has manifested chronic instability, extreme fractiousness and scarce capacity for reform. Nevertheless, in the immediate aftermath of...
Demythologizing the Russification of Bulgarian Media’s Attitude Towards Civil Society
Despite 30 years of post-socialist transformation, many CSOs in the country are unable to counter the denigrating rhetoric that some media outlets use against...
An election, another one, and yet another one: Will Bulgaria finally have a functioning government?
As of November, Bulgarian voters headed to the polls four times this year. Therefore, the news of a new election evokes little surprise —...
Bulgaria Joins the International Development Association
Bulgaria today signed the Articles of Agreement of the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), joining a global coalition of development partners committed to...
EU-Balkan Summit: No Set Timeframe for Western Balkans Accession
On October 6, Slovenia hosted a summit between the EU and the Western Balkans states. The EU-27 met with their counterparts (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia,...
The neoliberal project strikes back: Upcoming regime-change in post-pandemic Bulgaria?
In the last few years, Eastern European politics has hit the headlines around the world rather often. However, commentaries on the topic have been...
Bulgaria’s ‘Bibi-out moment’ part 2
The Bulgarian populist who charmed Europe
Boyko in a nutshell
One of the least surprise aspects in the comparative politics of Bulgaria and Israel lies in...
Bulgaria’s ‘Bibi-out moment’ Or on the transformation of Israeli and Bulgarian politics- part 1
In mid-June 2021, a small country facing the eastern Mediterranean experienced a transformative political moment. In mid-August, a small country on the Western shore...
The EU wants to cut emissions, Bulgaria and Eastern Europe will bear the price
In the last few years, the European Union has been going above and beyond in dealing with climate change. Clearly, this is far from...