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Maya Ivanova shows how Anna Lazarova’s poetry reflects the loneliness and changing family life of post-1989 Bulgaria.

Maya Ivanova explores how Zdravka Evtimova’s “Blood of a Mole” uses compassion and dark humour to reveal the hidden realities of contemporary Bulgaria.

Maya Ivanova examines how Rene Karabash's “She Who Remains” transforms the story of an Albanian sworn virgin into a powerful reflection on patriarchy, identity, queer experience and the [...]

Maya Ivanova reviews "Time Shelter", a book about the fatigue with the present and the seductive pool of the past.

Georgie Archer analyses the quiet mechanics of Bulgaria's disinformation environment in light of recent elections.

Maya Ivanova reviews Kapka Kassabova's "Border", a reflective exploration of the frontier regions where Bulgaria, Greece, and Türkiye meet.

Southeastern Europe editor Mia Uremovic reviews "Windless", a beautifully slow Bulgarian film about facing the past

Looking at Bulgaria's Revival party, Freedom House's researchers argue that radicalism thrives in the absence of stable governance

Ignacio Hutin describes his journey to one of the most isolated Communist monuments constructed — Bulgaria's Buzludzha

Giorgia Spadoni looks at the long history of St. Anastasia, Bulgaria's only inhabitable island on the Black Sea