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Mafia Pushes to Destabilize Bulgaria amid Political Crisis – Analyst

Bulgarian mafia and oligarchy structures are sabotaging attempts to form a caretaker cabinet, according to political analyst Ognyan Minchev. “The brutality with which those shady structures obstructing cabinet formation are an indicator of their great interests to prolong and manipulate instability,” said Minchev in an interview for the Trud daily …

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Bulgaria’s Ex-EU Commissioner Launches Anti-Crisis Plan

The Bulgaria for Citizens party led by former EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva has unveiled its pre-election plan to reform the political system and boost the struggling economy.Kuneva’s party on Sunday unveiled its 31-point programme aimed at tackling the roots of the discontent which has resulted in mass protests and the …

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Bosnian Wartime Traumas Damage New Generations

Parents are passing on unresolved traumas from the 1990s conflict to their children, with destructive consequences for society, Bosnian mental health experts have warned.Parents who have been traumatised by witnessing ethnic cleansing, the killings of friends and relatives or brutalisation in detention camps during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina …

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EC report on Macedonia to be presented on April 16

The European Commission will present its report on Macedonia on April 16. It depends on the report whether the country will get a starting date for accession negotiations with the European Union. The report will be announced a day after the second round of local elections in the country. The …

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Bulgarian PM Blames Schengen Failure on Political Crisis

Bulgaria’s outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has claimed that his country would have joined Schengen if it were not for its internal political turmoil. “I believe that we would have entered Schengen by air at the (European Council) meeting on March 14, since, as you know, only the Netherlands was …

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French military operation continues in Mali

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday said that the French troops in Mali “completed an important part of their work”. Speaking to Europe-1 radio station, Le Drian underlined that “French troops fought against the rebels in a close combat”.

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