Publikation Soziale Demokratie, Pluralismus und Rechtsstaat Gender Equality in Politics - Challenges and Opportunities in the Bulgarian Context This publication outlines the significance of gender equality in politics, the current picture in Bulgaria after the last general elections in October 2022, and the results of the Roundtable. After summarising the challenges before...
News Publikation Polit-Barometer: Year 22, Issue 10, November 1st – December 10th The confrontation between GERB and “We Continue the Change” dominates the political debate and continues to block talks on forming a regular government. The changes in electoral legislation are seriously undermining confidence in the...
News Publikation Polit-Barometer: Year 22, Issue 9, October The new Bulgarian parliament has begun work without a real dialogue between the parties about the priorities of a regular government. The dividing line between “status quo” and “change” no longer forms the structure of the political...
News Publikation Soziale Demokratie, Pluralismus und Rechtsstaat COVID Impact on Gender Inequalities in Bulgaria The present report analyses different aspects of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria in relation to gender inequalities and discrimination. It focuses on six key dimensions: labour market, poverty, health, education and...
News Publikation Polit-Barometer: Year 22, Issue 8, September 1 – October 2 Bulgaria has taken an important step towards energy diversification. The results of the parliamentary elections do not bring a lasting solution to the political crisis. At this stage, an expert cabinet, supported by GERB and other...
News Publikation Polit-Barometer: Year 22, Issue 7, July-August The pre-election campaign in Bulgaria begins under the circumstances of the dilemma for or against relations with the Russian gas giant Gazprom. The possibility of a long presidential rule is entering the political debate. For the second...
News Publikation Polit-Barometer: Year 22, Issue 6, June Bulgarian-Russian relations are stretched to the limit with potentially serious repercussions for politics and the economy of the country. The political crisis in the country points either to a shortterm unstable cabinet or to pre-term...
News Publikation Polit-Barometer: Year 22, Issue 5, May In the Bulgarian political debate, for the first time in the 21st century, the need to choose between Europe and Russia is presented as being of paramount importance. The government is failing to formulate a useful way out of its own...
News Publikation Polit-Barometer: Year 22, Issue 4, April Bulgarian foreign policy has become domestic. All topics of the political debate are broken up through prism of the country’s foreign policy dilemmas. The government is close to a state of blockage due to the rejection of a common...
News Publikation Ukrainische Flüchtlinge in Bulgarien - Gefangen in der Falle nicht vorhandener Integration Аktuell hat der Krieg in der Ukraine mehr als 195.000 Menschen zur Flucht nach Bulgarien gezwungen, von denen sich etwas mehr als 91.000 dafür entschieden haben, in Bulgarien zu bleiben. Gleichzeitig hat unser Land keinen klaren...