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The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats and the Federal Ministry of Defence of Austria organized the international conference “Demystifying Disinformation” and wargame exercise on countering disinformation in the Western Balkans, which took place on October 8-10 in Vienna and represented the ninth in an event series seeking to enhance the capacities of Hybrid CoE’s …

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Dr. Rumena Filipova represented IGA at the 2024 edition of the GLOBSEC Forum, which took place between 30 August and 1 September in Prague, Czechia. As one of Europe’s premier platforms for fostering international dialogue, the convention gathers government officials, academics, civil society and business leaders to debate and identify solutions to key social, economic …

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In a statement for the Atlantic Council and the NATO Public Forum 2024, IGA’s chairperson underscored CEE countries’ 20th anniversary of accession to the Alliance, which represented a crucial impetus for military modernization, democratization of security policy and the achievement of an unparalleled level of security that was always elusive in previous historical periods. Link …

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In an interview for CEPA on the occasion of NATO’s 75th anniversary, IGA’s chairperson argued that it is critically important to underscore why Bulgaria’s NATO membership makes the country the safest it has ever been and why we need to vigorously fight back Russian influence campaigns trying to undermine this achievement. Link to video

French daily newspaper Libération reviews far-right parties in Europe and the emerging distinction between “more” and “less” acceptable representatives of that political spectrum. IGA’s chairperson commented on Bulgaria’s Revival pro-Russian and anti-Western positions as well as the appearance of political competitors in the nationalist field, which speaks to the fragmentation of the far right in …

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Al Jazeera reported on the Bulgarian parliamentary elections which took place on June 9, 2024, alongside elections for the European Parliament. IGA’s chairperson commented on the historically distorted pro-Russian sentiments in the country, which are capitalized on by various parties across the political spectrum. Watch the report

Dr. Rumena Filipova commented on the political and educational reasons that underline young generations’ increasing tilt away from pro-democratic choices for an article in the Sunday Times on young people’s swing to the far right ahead of the European elections. Read the article

The continued ascendancy of the far right in Bulgaria is discussed on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty with the commentary of IGA’s chairperson. In focus is how the far right capitalizes on the historically distorted pro-Russian sentiments in the country; the normalization of extremist discourse beyond social media and why young people are increasingly harboring anti-democratic …

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In an interview for the Guardian, Dr. Rumena Filipova commented on the growing trend among young people across CEE towards less democratic views and highlighted reform of the educational systems and political leadership as antidotes. The article reviews the declining voting enthusiasm among young people ahead of the EU elections, issues of educational shortfalls and …

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The RESPOND project “Rescuing Democracy from Political Corruption in Digital Societies” was officially launched at a kick-off meeting in Bologna, Italy, 22-24 May 2024. The initiative is funded by the Horizon Europe programme of the European Commission and aims to combat corruption and undue influence undermining democracies. Starting in May 2024, this five-year project, coordinated …

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