Human rights and civic liberties

25 February 2018 Kaloyan Todorov

Five years after the sacrifice of Plamen Goranov, Bulgaria is still the same

A young man has died in vain and this is more, much more than a personal drama. Kaloyan TodorovBulgarian left journalist and commentator.

15 January 2018 Nikolay Draganov

Bulgaria: The schizophrenic battle of the Socialist party with itself

The Bulgarian Socialist Party has been in decay for years. It is now trapped between an overwhelming nationalist narrative and its ignorant right-wing leadership. The results are grotesque. Nikolay DraganovDraganov is a Bulgarian journalist based in Sofia, currently writing for the left analytical platform BARICADA He graduated at the University of

2 January 2018 Vladimir Mitev

Iranian protests demand that the authorities in Tehran take a new course

Demonstrations put the status-quo under doubt, but the different groups define it differently. Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries. He is the editor-in-chief of the Romanian website BARICADA Romania, which initially started as a Romanian language

2 December 2017 Vladimir Mitev

Laura Fatini: We fight social disadvantage through The Risk-Taking Theater

Teatro degli Arrischianti is a community theater made by volunteers, who have professional attitude towards art, and plays an important social role in the life of a 5000-strong Italian small town in Tuscany. Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between

22 October 2017 Nikolay Draganov

From modern despair to traditional slavery

The so called West is largely associated with all kinds of civic liberties, democratic values and general appeasement. This cliche has been particularly actively exploited in the European countries of the former Soviet block. The ideas might have been fantastic but the execution turned out to be a far cry