Catégorie : South-Eastern Europe
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War, Justice, Politics.
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By Antony Todorov, New Bulgarian University. We usually understand war as organized mass violence, justice as an ethical category, and politics as the “art of the possible” and a way of living together, despite our differences. Their combination is always a great test of reason and morality. The war in Ukraine has put to the…
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The lev against the euro or what is behind it?
By Antony Todorov, New Bulgarian University. Let us recall: with its accession to the EU in 2007, Bulgaria assumed the obligation to join the monetary union (the eurozone) when it managed to meet the criteria for this, and until then a derogation is in effect. This is an obligation for all EU countries, with one…
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From Nicușor to President Dan.
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By Cristian Preda, University of Bucharest. This article was first published in the review Comunitatea liberală 1848, on the 2nd of June 2025. Link of the original article in Romanian: De la Nicușor la președintele Dan – Comunitatea Liberala. It happened the same way back in 1996: during the campaign and on the night of…
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The Greatest Challenge for the New President.
By Cristian Preda, University of Bucharest. This article was first published in the review Comunitatea liberală 1848 on the 26th May 2025. Link to the original article in Romanian: Cea mai grea problemă pentru noul președinte – Comunitatea Liberala. Ion Iliescu was born in 1930, Emil Constantinescu nine years later, Traian Băsescu saw the light…
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We Won the Battle but the War Continues.
By Claudia Bădulescu, Free University of Brussels, Institute of European Studies. Eighteen years after joining the European Union, Romania has shown, again, why its place is inside the European family. On 18 May the independent, pro-European mathematician-turned-mayor Nicușor Dan defeated George Simion, the leader of the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), overturning…