Catégorie : South-Eastern Europe
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Dark clouds at the start of the Romanian presidential campaign.
By Cristian Preda, University of Bucharest. This article was first published in the review Comunitatea liberală 1848 on the 4th of April 2025. Link to the original article in Romanian: Nori negri la startul campaniei – Comunitatea Liberala. We have five candidates for Cotroceni who could, in principle, exceed 10%. In alphabetical order, they are…
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Bulgaria: Does it have a prosecutor’s office?
By Antony Todorov, New Bulgarian University. The head of the European Prosecutor’s Office, Laura Kövesi, has temporarily suspended Bulgarian representative Teodora Georgieva and even launched an investigation against her. This unusual move in such an EU institution has become the centre of a scandal in Bulgaria, involving a former investigator, a former prosecutor general, a…
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The government of Rosen Zhelyazkov is a bridge to all.
By Vladimir Mitev, journalist. This contribution was first published in Cross-border Talks and is re-published with the agreement of the author. Link to the original publication: The government of Rosen Zhelyazkov is a bridge to all – Cross-border Talks. Boyko Borissov is again at the centre of the Bulgarian political system. All roads pass through…
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Why doesn’t Romania want to send troops to Ukraine? « There is a fear that Russia could find a pretext, a casus belli ».
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By Sergiu Mișcoiu, Babeș-Bolyai University, interviwed on 29/03/2025. This interview was first published in adevarul.ro. Link to the original interview in Romanian: De ce nu vrea România să trimită trupe în Ucraina? „Există teama că Rusia ar putea găsi un pretext, un casus belli”| ANALIZA | adevarul.ro. The coalition of European countries that want to…