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Helene Kortländer

Helene Kortländer

Sofia

Dr Helene Kortländer heads up the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Bureau in Bulgaria. She previously worked for the FES in Israel and Berlin.

Articles

Democracy and society | 08.07.2021

Who will challenge Bulgaria’s strongman?

Last year's protests showed that Bulgarians want change. Yet the former prime minister, Boyko Borisov, could end up being in power once again

Global | 25.03.2020

Global quarantine II

Singapore is a poster boy in the fight against Covid-19, while existing inequalities are exacerbated in Bulgaria and Colombia

Europe | 03.12.2018

A Faustian pact

Bulgaria's example shows just how toxic a political alliance with the far-right can be

Europe | 14.02.2018

Sex, the Church and the EU presidency

A convention on preventing domestic violence is triggering a backlash in Bulgaria