Milen Marinov

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Europe Day – The European Union and Bulgarian dream for rule of law

Milen Marinov tells us the story of Bulgaria, his homeland where despite EU membership, corruption still exists but this is a story of ...

By Milen Marinov09/05/20180

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Turkey- our bullying neighbour

Milen Marinov examines the current political crisis between Turkey and its neighbours. For so long, a cordial political position has existed in the ...

By Milen Marinov19/04/20180

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Bulgarians in fight against environmental and cultural corruption

The last few weeks have seen thousands of protesters hit the streets of Sofia every Thursday, demonstrating against the Bulgarian government’s approval of ...

By Milen Marinov03/02/20181

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Treaty with Bulgaria – first step of Macedonia’s rocky road to EU and NATO

In a move designed to end years of diplomatic wrangling and boost Macedonia’s European and NATO integration, on Tuesday Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko ...

By Milen Marinov06/08/20170

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Sudjukgate – for a few sausages more…

Corruption is a major problem in the countries of Eastern Europe. The rule of law here is weak and local strongmen have a ...

By Milen Marinov29/07/20170

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Why Russia covets Macedonia

On the 4th of June the British newspaper The Guardian revealed that Russian spies and diplomats had been involved in a nearly decade-long ...

By Milen Marinov18/06/20173

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Putin’s game in the Balkans

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin provoked anger in Bulgarian society and officials after he told his Macedonian colleague George Ivanov on May ...

By Milen Marinov03/06/20170

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Nazi ideology still flourishes in Bulgaria

A deputy minister in the new Bulgarian government has resigned after a photo emerged of him giving a Nazi salute. Pavel Tenev, deputy ...

By Milen Marinov27/05/20170

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The turmoil in Macedonia- spark in a gun powder keg

On the night of the 27 April, nearly 200 nationalists sympathizing with the ruling party in Macedonia, VMRO-DPMNE (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – ...

By Milen Marinov06/05/20170

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Dangerous ruling coalition can be formed in Bulgaria

Bulgaria – the conservative GERB ( Citizens for European development of Bulgaria) party and the nationalist United Patriots (UP) reached agreement on crucial ...

By Milen Marinov17/04/20170

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Europe Day – The European Union and Bulgarian dream for rule of law

Turkey- our bullying neighbour

Bulgarians in fight against environmental and cultural corruption

Treaty with Bulgaria – first step of Macedonia’s rocky road to EU and NATO

Sudjukgate – for a few sausages more…

Why Russia covets Macedonia

Putin’s game in the Balkans

Nazi ideology still flourishes in Bulgaria

The turmoil in Macedonia- spark in a gun powder keg

Dangerous ruling coalition can be formed in Bulgaria

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