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Cross-border Talks
Cross-Border Talks is an independent medium ran by journalists from Poland, Bulgaria and Czechia.
Iranians are people with their own agency, and the criterion for democratic change in Iran is the consolidation of this agency, Vladimir Mitev said in an interview for the programme ‘Alarma’ on the Bulgarian National Radio’s Hristo Botev programme, referring to the intensification of repression in Iran after the end of the 12-day war and the need to consider Iranians and Israelis as people with independent judgement and capacity for action, and not as hostages of their governments.![]()
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Netanyahu's bombs have hampered social change in Iran - Cross-border Talks
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Iranians are people with their own agency, and the criterion for democratic change in Iran is the consolidation of this agency, Vladimir Mitev said in an interview for the programme ‘Alarma’ on th...
On the night of 1–2 June 2025, the Cross-border Talks team — Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat and Vladimir Mitev — conducted a live stream on the media's social media channels, offering analysis and reflection on the Polish presidential elections. During the broadcast, TVP's live stream was shown, allowing viewers to see electoral maps, statistics, opinion polls and other materials while Malgorzata and Vlad reflected on the socio-political situation in Poland. The live stream also featured an intervention by Romanian foreign policy expert Gabriel Done, who offered insights into the Polish and recent Romanian elections, as well as Polish-Romanian and regional relations from a Romanian perspective. Afterwards, Malgorzata and Vladimir discussed several important issues facing Polish society, including women's rights, the role of the Catholic Church, and the activities of left-wing and far-right political groups. They also explored the potential differences between a Trzaskowski and a Nawrocki presidency on various key issues. They also discussed the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU and how the country's alignment with Germany and France in the Weimar Triangle has changed, as well as the perspectives before the Three Seas Initiative under either president. The live stream ended with both commenting that polarisation remains an important issue plaguing Central and Southeastern Europe.![]()
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The Polish presidential elections in context
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Cross-Border Talks covers the Polish presidential elections
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This dialogue between Costi Rogozanu, Florin Poenaru and Enikő Vincze aims to investigate recent transformations in Romania's political scene, in the context of the profound socio-economic changes the country is undergoing. Between integration into the European Union, massive labour migration, the lasting effects of the transition to a market economy and the rise of far-right populism, Romania appears to be a political laboratory of the present. Starting from the most recent elections, this dialogue offers useful insights into the economic, territorial and ideological fractures that run through contemporary Romanian society.![]()
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This interview, conducted by Carmen Rafanell (French geographer) and Florentin Cassonnet (French journalist), was published in French on the Réalité website.![]()
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“The operation was successful, but the patient died”: Romania, the EU and the far right
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An interview on the recent transformations of the Romanian political and socio-economic transformations, on the massive labour migration, the rise of far-right populism and geopolitics
Given the experience of many other conservative political parties in Europe, one can indeed trace the disintegration of conservative parties through the appearance of right-wing, authoritarian, and neo-fascist political parties at the European level.![]()
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By courting the neo-fascist AfD, everyone is wondering whether Friedrich Merz’s chancellorship is under a sullied star from its very beginning.![]()
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Conservatism and neo-nazism in Germany today - Cross-border Talks
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Posted by Thomas Klikauer The image above shows Germany’s CDU-boss Friedrich Merz in a classical...