Velina Barova
Velina Barova is a Bulgarian journalist. Professionally interested in a wide range of topics and particularly in human and women rights. Deputy Editor of BlueLink.net and its e-magazines for journalism in the public interest - Evromegdan and BlueLink Stories in 2018-2022. Velina has gained experience in radio journalism as a radio show host at the online radio 'Reaction'. Participant in several international journalistic programs providing field work in Europe and Africa.
The fight to reduce climate-damaging emissions is a fight for women’s rights. This conclusion is being reached by more and more advocates of both causes…
Polish fight for women’s rights dressed in black in 2016 when hundreds of thousands of women stood against a restrictive anti-abortion bill. In March 2018…
Repressive legislation, negative media coverage, lack of recognition and imposition of service functions—having to deal with issues that are normally the responsibility of the state such…
European and Russian activists expressed support for Bulgaria’s environmental and human rights movements, demanded the release of the imprisoned head of Memorial in Grozny, Oyub…
Citizens in Armenia imagined a free country and took their responsibility to build it, says Haykuhi Harutyunyan, president of Protection of Rights Without Borders, who…
Aniko Bakonyi, Advocacy and project officer at the Refugee Programme of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, explains why the new anti-NGO legislation contradicts core European values…
Erhard Lеhmann looks proud talking about his granddaughter. Only 11 years old and yet quite firm about her choice to never follow in his footsteps…
Municipalities could play a crucial role in the energy transition of countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), experts believe. Despite the challenges of dependence…
Concentrated in the hands of big players, agricultural land in Europe is getting less and less affordable for small farmers who turn their backs on…
Middle-income countries, including those in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), are better positioned to develop a green economy, a regional forum concluded in Sofia, Bulgaria….
