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Presentation of IGA’s ‘History Undone’ on Euronews

Dr. Rumena Filipova presented ‘History Undone’ on Euronews, highlighting the silence, positive representation of Russia in history textbooks and shifting of interpretive responsibility to the students; Bulgaria’s continued lack of decisive stance on Soviet monumental heritage and why it is important to forge a clear memory politics for Sofia’s current domestic and foreign challenges and …

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Dr. Rumena Filipova on the Three Seas Initiative and Geopolitical Developments for Bloomberg TV Bulgaria

In an interview for Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, IGA’s chairperson commented on the new impetus that the Three Seas Initiative received in Bucharest: plans for the expansion of investment capacity, focus on building small modular nuclear reactors and transport links of a regional scale. Also in focus in the interview: the different positions of the G20 and …

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Three Seas Summit and Business Forum

Dr. Rumena Filipova represented IGA at the Three Seas Summit and Business Forum, which took place in Bucharest on September 6-7, 2023. The gathering charted out new projects and perspectives for further deepening connectivity in the region, including through enhanced railway connections, application of the small modular nuclear reactor technology, improved cybersecurity and expanding the …

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Dr. Rumena Filipova on Prigozhin’s Demise for Bloomberg TV Bulgaria

In an interview for Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, IGA’s chairperson commented on the latest developments regarding Prigozhin: why the timing of his (almost confirmed) death shows that he may have had sufficient influence preventing an early reaction, which might have caused a greater uproar within the regime; what the mutiny has meant for the survival of …

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Dr. Rumena Filipova Features Report Findings on Historical Disinformation in Bulgarian Army Newspaper

In an article for Bulgarian Army (considered the oldest military and defense-focused newspaper in Europe), Dr. Rumena Filipova presents findings on Russian historical disinformation in Bulgaria from IGA’s newest report History Undone. The article zooms in on how the pro-Kremlin propagandist narrative about the seemingly unbreakable, fraternal, mutually beneficial and culturally-historically bound ties between Bulgaria …

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Dr. Rumena Filipova Interviewed by Bloomberg TV Bulgaria on Black Sea Security and IGA’s New Report

In an interview for Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, IGA’s chairperson discussed the security developments in the Black Sea region, their trade implications, the status of the Montreux Convention, all of which point to the fact that Bulgaria had to start its military modernization much earlier. Dr. Rumena Filipova also presented IGA’s new report on Russia’s militarization …

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Report: History Undone. Russia’s Historical Disinformation, Bulgaria’s Memory Politics and Lessons for Dealing with the Past from Central and Eastern Europe

IGA has released its newest report History Undone. Russia’s Historical Disinformation, Bulgaria’s Memory Politics and Lessons for Dealing with the Past from Central and Eastern Europe. The report focuses on the distortion and falsification of history as the crucial factor that underpins the Kremlin’s media influence campaigns in Bulgaria based on the narrative about the …

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Panel Discussion: The Three Seas Initiative in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria

Dr. Rumena Filipova took part in a panel discussion on the current state and prospects for Bulgaria’s and Czechia’s involvement in the Three Seas Initiative, organized by the Warsaw Institute on 18 July 2023.  IGA’s chairperson participated alongside Jan Lupomesky (Expert on Central Europe and the Three Seas Initiative) and Katja-Elisabeth Herrmann (Research Fellow at …

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