Publications

“United Europe – Mission Possible”

The topic of the Annual Undergraduate Research Conference of the European Studies Department at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” was “United Europe – Mission Possible”. [...]

Conference proceedings: “Of Citizens and Institution – a Time for Decisions in the EU”

The PhD conference “Of Citizens and Institution – a Time for Decisions in the EU”– United Europe or the Europe of the nations” took place on May 13, 2023. [...]

The PhD conference “The European Union in the eye of the storm”

The PhD conference “The European Union in the “eye of the storm”– United Europe or the Europe of the nations” took place on October 29, 2022. [...]

“Young voices for energizing Europe”

The proceedings from the students’s scientific conference “Young voices for energizing Europe” hosted b y„ Antoine de Saint Exupéry” promotion could downloaded here. [...]

“The Rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union – from Empirical Facts towards Expert Evaluation”

There is no such thing as unsuccessful rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union – this rather humorous maxim, which is widely popular among academic and political experts on European affairs, has the potential to discourage any attempt at evaluating the Presidency. [...]

Media coverage

 

The European Union needs our support, when in a difficulty!

The depth of the problem with the current state of the European integration, which also gives rise to the cacophony in the political circles in Bulgaria as a result of the European Parliament decision to initiate a procedure against the policies of the V. Orban government in Hungary, continues to nurture the media interest on the issue. In its Friday edition on 28 September 2018, "Capital" daily published an interview with Prof Georgi Dimitrov on the topic. The original text of the interview can only be accessed here (in Bulgarian).

Could the patriots not be idiots?

A commentary by Prof. Georgi Dimitrov on the agressive "Orbanism" of the Bulgarian government has been published in the online media Offnews. See more here - in Bulgarian:

Assoc. Prof. Mirela Veleva successfully defended her dissertation for the academic degree “Doctor of Science”

On 16 July 2018 Assoc. Prof. Mirela Veleva successfully defended her dissertation for the academic degree "Doctor of Science" in the professional sphere 3.3 Political Science (European Studies - Enlargement Policy of the European Union). The topic of her Doctor of Science dissertation is "Dynamics of the national interests as a condition for realization of the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union". [...]

Interview with Prof. Ingrid Shikova for Europost: Migration is a test for EU unity

If Member States, due to differences in interests and public attitudes, fail to achieve an effective common response in the areas of freedom of movement, migration, and asylum provision, we cannot expect a stronger and more stable EU. And this plays right into the hands of populists, says Ingrid Shikova, professor in EU policies, in an interview for Europost. The interview is available here:  [...]

EU Enlargement and Perspectives for the Western Balkans

Prof. Ingrid Shikova was a guest lecturer at two conferences, dedicated to the EU enlargement and the perspectives for the Western Balkans, in the University of Niš and the University of Novi Sad. Her lectures were focused on the results of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2018 with regard to the Western Balkans. [...]

Shaping Our Common Future

Prof. Ingrid Shikova delivered a lecture on the topic “Multi-annual Financial Framework” of the European Union post-2020 – It Is Different This Time Around”, during the Bulgarian-Macedonian youth seminar “Shaping Our Common Future” in Berovo, Republic of Macedonia. [...]