Abstract : The hardening of Sofia’s position vis-à-vis North Macedonia and the attempt to condition Skopje’s accession process upon the previous satisfaction of a number of key Bulgarian preconditions undoubtedly constitutes a critical moment in bilateral, Bulgarian-North Macedonian relations. No Bulgarian government in the future may easily ignore or abandon these strict conditions. Sofia has […]
Issue 14(2) deals with issues such as Turkey’s foreign policy and the impact of popular protests in authoritarian regimes. Ioannis Grigoriadis questions Turkey’s intension to play a key regional role due to future significant risks. Dilek Barlas and Yonca Köksal explore relations between Turkey and Bulgaria during the Inter-war period of 1923–1934 and its effects […]
Ιn Briefing Note 21/2013 Dr. Ioannis Armakolas, ‘Stavros Costopoulos’ Research Fellow and Head of ELIAMEP’s South-East Europe Programme, and Ms Boyka Boneva, analyse the continuing political crisis in Bulgaria. You can find more information on the Programme of South-East Europe at ELIAMEP here.
In Briefing Note 14/2012 Dr. Theodore Tsakiris refers to latest developments concerning South Stream. He, inter alia, analyses the stance of Russia and Bulgaria and and explores implications for Greece.
This Working paper studied informal networks and the informal economy in the Balkan region. Special emphasis was placed on Bulgaria and Croatia for the case studies on the role of informal networks in influencing the privatisation process. Bulgaria was also the principal case-study for the survey on factors that function as incentives for firms to […]
