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20-03-2020
Yet another attack on a journalist еxposes rule of law failure

The brutal attack on Bulgarian journalist and editor-in-chief of the 168 Hours newspaper Slavi Angelov on 17 March, 2020, exposed the failure of the Bulgarian rule of law in one of its main duties: to ensure the security and rule of law. This is how Pavel Antonov, managing editor and co-founder of BlueLink, analyzes the bloody crime in an editorial on our electronic publication Euromegdan.

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02-03-2020
BlueLink Presented Results on Role of Internet in Gender Based Violence

Results on role of the Internet in gender based violence as well as possible actions to overcome it presented BlueLink’s Deputy Editor Velina Barova at the annual Democracy Conference in Varna, Bulgaria. The civic forum, organised by the Public Center for Environment and Sustainable Development, Za Zemiata and arch. Kalina Miteva, took place on February 29 and March 1, 2020.

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17-12-2019
Supporting effective tobacco control in Armenia

BlueLink was one of the Bulgarian organisations who signed-on to a letter on behalf of Armenian tobacco control advocates.  The Armenian parliament just passed a strong tobacco control law bill in the first of three floor votes and we are trying to shore up support before the second vote.  The bill covers most key measures with strong support from Armenian MOH.

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06-11-2019
Action Time 2019: Together against the New Walls

A civil society forum in Sofia proposed effective steps to break new walls around access to justice and civic participation, and to overcome pressure against environmental and human defenders. The event took place on October 17, 2019 in the House of Europe in Sofia.

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29-10-2019
Let's protect Europe's civic space together - a letter to Věra Jourová

BlueLink is one of civil society organisations organised at National and European level, coming from a diversity of areas of citizens concerns, who have written to Věra Jourová, as the European Commission Vice President designate on Values and Transparency.

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04-10-2019
For freedom of speech and the internet in Egypt: #FreeAlaa

As a member of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC),  BlueLink is alarmed with the crackdown on Egyptian civil society, which has intensified over the past weeks amidst demonstrations calling for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to resign.

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02-10-2019
Supporting BHC and rule of law in Bulgaria

The attack on democratic civic organizations is an assault on the Constitution, statehood and rule of law in Bulgaria. It is inadmissible for representatives of the state power and the prosecutor's office to participate in it.

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29-09-2019
Experts recommend stricter and more effective rehabilitation of Albania's environment

More systematic monitoring, implementation of environmental rehabilitation policies and prevention of environmental damages is needed in rural areas across Albania, affected by extractive and energy industry operations.

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03-09-2019
BlueLink at APC's Annual Meeting 2019

BueLink contributed to the ICT for environmental sustainability section of the forthcoming midterm strategy of the Association for Progrressive Communications (APC).

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02-09-2019
Studying the Role of Internet Technologies in Gender Based Violence

What’s the role of Internet technologies in facilitation or prevention of gender based violence (GBV) in Bulgaria and how can Internet communication reverse the dominant anti-gender rights attitudes will analyze an expert research team led by BlueLink.

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