Pavel Antonov
The Executive Editor and co-founder of BlueLink, independent researcher of new media, journalism, social and environmental change, author of articles, documentaries and analyses on the state of environment and civil society across Central and Eastern Europe, and a frequent trainer to environmental journalists and activists.
In spite of government claims, oil extraction industry poses serious environmental risks on neighbouring communities in Albania. A new assessment of environmental pollution of the country’s oil extraction and processing hinterland around Patos, Marinez and Roskovec reveals high levels of toxic and harmful elements in the air, water and soil.They significantly affect local people’s health. These threats and the ways to resolve them were the subject or a heated discussion at the Patos Municipality today, involving local authorities from the area, civic groups and people, University of Agriculture scientists.
Belarus withdraws from landmark UN environmental rights treaty Following a heated exchange of arguments, Minsk has ultimately withdrawn from the Aarhus Convention – the primary…
In Russia and Bulgaria alike institutions exempt the Orthodox church from anti-COVID restrictions and use them to prosecute critics. A Russian journalist criticising the Orthodox…
Journalist Dimitar Kenarov was brutally kicked in the head by police during anti-corruption riots in Sofia, Bulgaria, on the night of September 2, 2020. Earlier…
A journalist attacked again. Brutally. With pipes and kicks in the head. In the street. This time – in the center of Sofia – the…
One of New Zeland’s darkest days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called it – the day when a far-right Christian extremist took 49 lives of Muslims…
Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, announced the Vatican’s plans to hold a special assembly devoted to the environmental problems of…
Illiberal governments attack civil society because it is able to control them, argues professor Balazs Trencsenyi, Head of the Department of History at the Central…
As many as 88% of Pakistani journalists self-censor themselves in their professional work and are likely to hold back information related to religious and security…
Energy taxes in major advanced economies are not used sufficiently to reduce energy use, improve energy efficiency and drive a shift toward low-carbon sources, the…
