Weird events have once again transpired on the outskirts of Europe. In Gorna Oryahovitsa, a provincial Bulgarian town, people have been up in arms over a social housing project out of fear it would become… a home for the poor. And to make it even weirder – the Bulgarian Socialist
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About 6,000 people with disabilities and citizens supportive of their demands have protested in front of the Council of Ministers in Sofia. They opposed the government’s ideas for the next “reforms”, which are expressed in cutting funds and setting groups of poor people against each another. Nikolay DraganovDraganov is a
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Well, it happened again! Just when you had put all your hopes and dreams into one thing, that there would be a change in the regime – against all common sense, the good people of Hungary asked for four more years of Orbán. Lacko SolymárLacko Solymár a is Hungarian anarchist. He studied
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A young man has died in vain and this is more, much more than a personal drama. Kaloyan TodorovBulgarian left journalist and commentator.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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