
It wasn’t until Tadzio Müller came to Lausatia to protest against coal mining that he realised how important it was to have a good plan…

Over 96.9% of people who took part in the local referendum in the municipality of General Toshevo on 17 December have voted against the extraction…

A controversial small hydropower plant (HPP) construction near the Rila National Park has been put on hold, following opposition and criticism by activists for the…

The democratic institutions on the Balkans are not famous for their effectiveness, but several local referendums in Bulgaria and Macedonia held in the spring and…

In the wake of the heated talks on the CETA signing, Naomi Klein, at a short online meeting with her readers in Vilnius, Lithuania, brings…

Repeated road blocks near Bulgaria’s second largest city of Plovdiv took on a metaphorical meaning this past December as locals came out en masse in…

Harsh labour conditions, social uncertainty, a polluted environment and oligarchic ownership dominate coal mining in Bulgaria. Despite the promises to overcome climate change and to…

Women with short hair are braver, the saying goes in Bulgaria. Evelyne Huytebroeck is one such woman. She served as Minister of Environment, Energy, Water Jurisdiction…

A beautiful, yet impoverished and depopulated border area of Bulgaria, home of bears, wolves and lynx, faces a difficult dilemma: should it welcome or oppose…