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In October and December 2023, the BlueLink Foundation held two workshops seeking the perspectives of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Global South on the concept of degrowth in Europe.

Post-growth ideas attract many green thinkers, activists and politicians in Bulgaria and Europe. But what would a farewell to economic growth in the European Union mean for its standing in the world and its relations with the Global South? What is the Global South’s perspective to green visions on European geopolitics, and what role for information technology in the debate?

Julian Popov (1959) is minister for the Environment and Waters in the government of Bulgaria. Before that, he worked as an expert and advisor on climate policies and climate-related developments in Europe. He has twice been ranked as one of the 40 most influential voices in European energy policy.

BlueLink is supporting the Green Eiuropean Foundation (GEF) by holding the hybrid workshop entitled Geopolitics of Degrowth in a Conflicted Europe. It will take place on October 11, 2023, Monday, from 2:30 pm CET via Zoom, and in Germany as part of the International Roundtable 2023 held by the Peaceful Revolution Foundation in Leipzig.

To answer these questions, BlueLink has joined a project implenented by the Green European Foundation (GEF) entitled The Geopolitics of a Post-Growth Europe.

Journalists from Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Serbia - and other countries - are welcome to this journalism webinar entitled "Making climate a front-page story". The event will take place on February 22, 2023 from 4:00 to 5:00 pm EET in Zoom.

Only rapid decarbonization through fast introduction of renewable energy sources will help Bulgaria retain its leading position in the energy sector in the Balkans. This is the response of the Climate Coalition in Bulgaria to the sudden urge of decision makers in favour of continued carbon power gemeration in Bulgaria. BlueLink supported and helped co-ordinate the Coalition's stand.

The Green Deal provides Bulgaria with a number of opportunities for accelerated development and progress, but the social risk should not be neglected. This was stated by Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev in a written address to the participants of Good Job and Good Environment roundtable.

An attractive digital reality for the first Bulgarian printed book "Abagar" will build a modern image of literary tourism in the Danube municipalities of Nikopol, Belene and Gulyantsi.