The home of the homeless: Easter in Sugar Factory district in Sofia
Ivan Radev, Facebook, 20 April 2025 Context of the story: On 15 April 2025, the demolition of illegal houses and...
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Bulgaria: Saudi activist at risk of deportation
Frontline Defenders, 10 March 2025 Bulgarian authorities should suspend any plans to deport Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi to Saudi Arabia, and should allow...
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...
Vladimir Mitev: Bulgaria is part of both Western policy towards Ukraine and Western policy towards Russia
Mihai Isac, Karadeniz Press, 26 March 2025 The Bridge of Friendship, 26 March 2025 Vladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian Romanian-speaking journalist...
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,...
Stefan Krastev: The Pernik municipality considers vital the implication of citizens in just transition process
The deputy mayor of Pernik explains how the municipality sees the just transition and what it does for the post-coal...
Georgi Stefanov: Due to permanent political crisis, Bulgaria just cannot deliver the green transition reforms
We really need a clear direction and a clear commitment. We need to know what is going to be done...
The government of Rosen Zhelyazkov is a bridge to all
Boyko Borissov is again at the centre of the Bulgarian political system. All roads pass through him. The broad support...
What is crucial is that the people of Stara Zagora are given real, tangible opportunities – not just abstract promises
Rumyana Grozeva holds a PhD in Economics from the Institute of Economic Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her PhD is...
Ognyan Atanasov: Bulgaria lacks political will to drive the just transition, but it has no alternative and is a chance for the affected regions
Vladimir Mitev, Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat Ognyan Atanasov is Vice President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (KNSB) with...
