We should not be relieved that Geert Wilders ranked second in the Dutch elections. Europe is a daily fight, a daily effort for unity". You can find out more in Prof. I. Shikova's interview for the Bulgarian National Radio.
The perspectives for the European Union and the preparation of the Bulgarian Presidency 2018 were the topics of a public discussion organized by PanEuropa and the EC Representation in Bulgaria. Among the speakers were also representatives of the Dept. of EU Studies at Sofia University - Prof. I. Shikova and Stefan Radov, student.
The role of Jean-Claude Junker’s annual speech at the EP and the summit in Bratislava Prof. Ingrid Shikova comments on the annual speech of European Commission President Junker and the expectations towards Europe. More in the audio file here. http://bnr.bg/euranetplus/post/100765443/vajnostta-na-rechta-na-jan-klod-unker-pred-evroparlamenta-i-sreshtata-v-bratislava
A conversation on the occasion of Bulgaria's 10 years of EU membership with Prof. Ingrid Shikova upon the initiative of the civil society network MoveBG. https://move.bg/doverieto-e-kislorodt-v-krvonosnata-sistema-na-evropejskiya-syuz
Malta - a small member state at the helm of the EU at troublesome times. Prof. Ingrid Shikova comments for Bulgarian National Radio. More in the audio file here.
Are national referenda on EU matters a threath for the Union? Linka Toneva comments on the Bulgarian National Radio on the statement of the Slovakian Prime Minister regarding the recent referendum in Italy and Brexit: http://bnr.bg/…/sprete-avanturata-s-referendumite-zastrasha…
10 Years of Membership. Prof. Ingrid Shikova and Vladimir Kisiov comment on Bulgaria's EU membership on TV Bulgaria On Air. http://www.bgonair.bg/sutreshen-blok/2017-01-02/bulgarite-sa-sred-purvite-mesta-na-nacii-iskashti-da-budat-v-es
Negotiating Brexit in French. Prof. Shikova comments on the Bulgarian National Radio: http://bnr.bg/euranetplus/post/100770136
A lecture by Prof. Ingrid Shikova on the topic "Parlamentary dimension of the rotational EU Presidency" for Members of the European Affairs Committee of the Bulgarian Parliament, 6 December 2016. http://www.parliament.bg/…/parliamentaryc…/members/2347/news
On 22 November 2016 the students of the “Jacques Delors” class of the Department of European Studies at Sofia University took the role of heads of state and government of the EU Member States. They discussed the terms of the United Kingdom’s leave of the European Union in accordance to Art. 50 of the Treaty of the EU. The simulation game took place at the conference hall of the House of Europe, Sofia. The game was organized within the framework of the activities within the project „Jean-Monnet Center of Excellence for Teaching and Research on the Europeanization of the Countries of South-Eastern Europe“.
“The Call for More Europe – Ambitions and Realities”
“Europe – Green, Digital, Global”
“Strategic Autonomy – the New Project of the European Union”
“The European Union and the new normal – from social isolation to civic awareness”
“The political initiatives of the Rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU – from empirical facts to expert evaluation”