Corruption
Politico – No clear winner in Bulgarian election
Results plunge Balkan country into deeper uncertainty after a prior inconclusive vote in April. Read here Hristo Rusev/Getty Images
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Radosveta Vassileva – Snap Parliamentary Elections in July: Civil Society v Bulgaria’s Autocracy
We are following the developments in Bulgaria closely, which is one of the most corrupt and autocratic EU governments among many in the Eastern periphery of the EU, but strongly supported by Germany and Merkel […]
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Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – The scandal of Spain’s “Audits Court”:“If you can’t beat ‘em, dispossess ‘em”
The scandals in Spain’s justice system continue making Hungary and Poland look like paragons of democracy Toni Strubell is a former MP in the Catalan Parliament, journalist, and author of What Catalans Want Núria Bassa […]
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Radosveta Vassileva – All You Need to Know about Bulgaria’s Rule of Law in 10 Charts
Radosveta Vassileva demonstrates what the lack of rule of law and corruption in Bulgaria ‘look like’ with 10 simple graphs/tables. She starts with the more visible and direct consequences and move towards the more indirect […]
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Radosveta Vassileva – How to Harass Inconvenient Opponents of the Government: Bulgaria’s Playbook
Eastern Europeans are learning the hard way that the EU is not interested in supporting democracy in their nations – just the trappings. Radosveta Vassileva is a Visiting Research Fellow at Middlesex University. She holds […]
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Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – L’escàndol del Tribunal de Cuentas: “Allibera’ls primer, arruïna’ls després!”
You can read this article in English here Margarita Mariscal de Gante Després d’haver indultat els nou presos polítics catalans rere tres anys i mig de vergonyosa presó, qualsevol persona que pensi que hi ha […]
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Politico: Bulgaria sinks under wave of pre-election scandals
Ahead of elections on July 11, Bulgarians are confronted by alarming revelations of state capture. Read here
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Thomas Klikauer and Nadine Campbell: How Corporations Seek to Control Civil Societies Through Political “Influence” and Monopolies
It all comes down to the fact that we have a capitalist class that is extremely aggressive and has things under control. Thomas Klikauer teaches at the Sydney Graduate School of Management at Western Sydney University, […]
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Thomas Klikauer, Catherine Link – The Good-Doing Elite
“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change” Thomas Klikauer teaches MBAs at the Sydney Graduate School of Management, Western Sydney University, Australia Catherine Link is at the Western […]
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Radosveta Vassileva – Framing and Raiding: Bulgaria’s Kafkaesque Prosecutor’s Office
According to the EU Bulgaria is a member state Dr. Radosveta Vassileva is a Visiting Research Fellow at Middlesex University. She holds a PhD in Law from University College London where she also served as […]