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…
Lose regulations and insufficient control turn municipal waste inceneration into an ecological and health risk for Bulgarian cities, activists warn. Waste imports from countries, such…
Bulgaria’s civil society celebrated a major victory for nature protection and the rule of law when the country’s Supreme Administrative Court ultimately rejected an environmental…
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…
Sir: While self-censorship is more or less understandable for journalists, who are considerably more exposed to muzzles, harassment, threats and violence – such as Pakistan…
While the numbers of refugees entering Europe decrease, political hysteria against them is on the rise. Civil society advocates and humanitarian organisations helping migrants are…
“Twelve years ago we were taking along our children to protest; today they are taking their children!” These words of George Daskalov describe best his…
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…
The dream of a new technology that changes the world skyrocketed on 6 February, 2018. But would it help resolve global environmental problems or simply…
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…
