No Portuguese politician is now ready to solve real problems of the people [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
Portuguese journalist Hugo Dos Santos joins Cross-Border Talks to discuss the outcome of Portuguese snap parliamentary elections on 18 May...
Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat
Cross-Border Talks co-founder and co-coordinator. Poland-based journalist reporting on political life and social changes in Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on labour movements. Examining peripheral capitalism and people's self-organisation. Digging out forgotten history of Polish (and East-European) workers' struggles. Her texts were published by Dziennik Trybuna in Poland, Left.it in Italy, Avgi in Greece and other progressive outlets.
Presidential elections in Poland: the extreme positions of the third candidate, Sławomir Menzen, radicalize the two leading candidates in the race
Interview with Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat, co-founder of Cross-border Talks, on the Polish presidential elections and the intrigue surrounding them, related to...
2025 Presidential Elections in Poland: sharp polarization and rise of the far right
While the first exit polls suggest a victory of the ruling Civic Coalition candidate, his lead over the sovereignist opponent...
Sebastian Burduja: If the citizens do not support the energy transition, we will get nowhere
Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat, Vladimir Mitev Sebastian Burduja, Romanian Minister of Energy, answers questions from the Cross-Border Talks team on Romania's energy...
Just Transition: Mission Impossible? Chapter One: Stories from Romania and Bulgaria
December 2022, announcement on the European Commission's website: Romania will receive €2.14 billion from Just Transition Fund to diversify the...
Alin Munteanu, Cartel Alfa: Mining will not be completely closed, but neither will it be reopened. I don’t trust sovereignists
Vladimir Mitev, Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat Alin Munteanu is the president of Cartel Alfa Gorj at Complex Energetic Oltenia. He spoke to...
Sebastian Schaeffer: The coalition government of Austria will need to seek compromises – and I think they can do it [VIDEO]
Five months have passed since the Austrian elections - and only now there is a government in Vienna. The conservative...
Georgi Gospodinov: Workers in Maritsa-East mines don’t trust politicians because they have been lying to us for a long time
Vladimir Mitev, Malgorzata Kulbachevska-Figat Georgi Gospodinov is the chairman of the KNSB trade union at Maritsa-East mines. In this capacity,...
Danny Antonelli: The German Social-Democrats failed, because they have forgotten the social part [VIDEO]
Danny Antonelli, a Trieste-born professional lyricist living permanently in Hamburg, Germany, shares his insights and comments after the German parliamentary...
Rostislav Rashev: Politicians should listen to engineers and experts when deciding on a just transition
Vladimir Mitev, Malgorzata Kulbachevska-Figat Rostislav Rashev is 49 years old and is the deputy chairman of the trade union organization...
