“The operation was successful, but the patient died”: Romania, the EU and the far right
Carmen Rafanell, Florentin Cassonnet, Réalité (in French), 30 May 2025 Critic Atac (in Romanian), 5 June 2025 This dialogue...
EU’s crisis, EU’s reform
10 Pros of the EU
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Nationalistic and right-wing populists like to hammer the European Union. Often for their own personal advances,...
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...
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,...
Florian Marin: We cannot talk about achievements when we talk about just transition in Romania
Vladimir Mitev Florian Marin is a Romanian economist, expert in management, social policy and labor market. He holds a PhD...
The gospel of growth has fallen into the hands of the devil
Dimitar Sabev, Economic Life (Bulgaria), 12 September 2024 Europe has done many things over the years in the name of...
Marco Badea: Romania comes out of European elections much better than other EU countries
Vladimir Mitev, The Bridge of Friendship, 14 June 2024 Marco Badea is a journalist and contributor to Republica and other...
Sebastian Schäffer: The EU reform is a collective necessity
Sebastian Schäffer is Director of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) in Vienna and Secretary General...
The EU’s Fatigue, eastward
On March 31, 2024, Bulgaria and Romania became Schengen members: Bulgarians and Romanians can now go straight to their gates...
