Podcast in English

author: Iliyana Raicheva

The referendum, or how necessary is the change in the election process

On October 25, together with the local government elections, the people in Bulgaria will be asked one question - whether to introduce remote electronic voting. The referendum as an expression of direct democracy is rarely used in Bulgaria. The..

16.10.15 15:11 |

Daniel Mitov: Bulgaria has deserved its place in Schengen

The positions of Bulgaria and the Netherlands coincide on key issues of the EU agenda. We have laid the foundation of a fruitful cooperation in the context of the forthcoming Dutch EU Presidency and in connection with the preparation of the..

08.10.15 12:20 |

Los refugiados y el dinamismo geopolítico en la región

Ayer el Consejo de la UE de Justicia e Interior logró “por una importante mayoría” un acuerdo para el reparto en dos fases de 120 mil   emigrantes superando el boicoteo de las cuotas propuestas por Bruselas por parte de varios países del este..

23.09.15 13:26 |

The Roma ethnic group is isolated from Bulgarian society

It is no exaggeration to say that at the end of the Decade of Roma Inclusion there are symptoms of the group’s permanent exclusion. Such a conclusion can be reached from the data collected from a nationally representative survey of Gallup..

31.07.15 13:08 |

History of the biggest scandals in Bulgaria's highest state institution

In his new book The Big Parliamentary Circus. Chronicle of the Scandals in the National Assembly literary historian and writer Rossen Tahov traces curious and downright ridiculous scenes that have occurred in Bulgarian Parliament. "A book..

28.05.15 15:04 |

Real independence of Bulgaria’s judiciary – a long and strenuous struggle

Bulgaria has made some progress but it is insufficient and the public trust has been undermined. Organized crime and corruption remain a problem. This is indicated in the latest EC report on the Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification. "In..

03.02.15 14:02 |

Rumyana Bachvarova: The administration should be modern and directed to citizens and businesses

Administrative reform and the introduction of e-services will have priority in the work of Deputy PM Rumyana Bachvarova and her team. This has become clear at a briefing on Monday.  “There is the need for them to be coordinated in a way that..

20.01.15 13:29 |
Photo fuse: Silvia Petrova

Forming a new government - a difficult puzzle

The consultations of the centre-right GERB party, that won the early elections on October 5, with parliamentary political parties to form a government continue. At the moment the situation looks like this: GERB will try to secure..

24.10.14 13:34 |
Boris Popivanov y Antoniy Galabov

Los sociólogos indican: la sociedad percibe negativamente los últimos meses políticos

La situación política actual en Bulgaria causa una tendencia duradera al descenso paulatino de la confianza en el gobierno desde principios del año hasta la fecha y altos niveles de pesimismo. Esta esa una de las conclusiones en el estudio regular de la..

11.07.14 13:36 |