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Bulgarian Presidency: The wrap-up
The Bulgarian Presidency ends today (30 June) and so does this journalistic project. It started on 16 October 2017 as a blog, and continued as a news website during the six months of the Bulgarian stint, with a group of journalists reporting and commenting, both from Sofia and Brussels. A total of 318 articles were published. The aim of the project was to help those … [Read more...] about Bulgarian Presidency: The wrap-up
The EU migration summit as seen by Boyko Borissov
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said this morning (29 June) that he is outraged that the first day of the summit lasted until 5 a.m. CET. "I proposed we should establish a trade union to defend our rights. What time of working hours is this?" Georgi Gotev has the story. Borissov said he was disappointed by the way the work of the summit is organised. The person … [Read more...] about The EU migration summit as seen by Boyko Borissov
The view from Sofia: This was Borissov’s presidency
Bulgaria is a small country with a large state administration which is unable to deal with more than one issue at the same time. Over the past six months, this was the Presidency of the Council of the EU, writes Krassen Nikolov. While the authorities in Sofia were excited about whether Brussels would give a European perspective to the Western Balkans or if Eastern European … [Read more...] about The view from Sofia: This was Borissov’s presidency
Georgi Gotev, Brussels: There will be no other Bulgarian presidency
We, the Bulgarians, are an easy target for those who instigate xenophobia, says the publisher of Bulgarianpresidency.eu. The Brussels-based journalist believes the lack of reaction to the British tabloid press in pointing at the Bulgarians and Romanians as a national threat to the island got out of hand and led to Brexit. Speaking to his colleague Milena Dimitrova, he shared … [Read more...] about Georgi Gotev, Brussels: There will be no other Bulgarian presidency