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Katerina Vasileva

Katerina Vasileva is an intern for RFE/RL's Bulgarian Service. She is currently studying political science at St. Kliment Ohridski University and is interested in social and political topics, culture, media literacy, and women's rights.

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January 26, 2024
Bulgarian Student Expelled For 1968 Protest Receives Award Half A Century Later

A former Bulgarian student expelled from his communist-run university for protesting the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in the 1960s has been honored by the same institution more than 55 years later.
November 21, 2023
Transgender Woman Declares Hunger Strike Until Bulgaria Recognizes Her Gender

A transgender woman is staging a hunger strike outside a courthouse in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, after the country's highest appeals court ruled in February that Bulgarian law "does not envisage" legal changes to someone's gender.
November 16, 2023
A Bulgarian Trans Woman Is On Hunger Strike And Says She Won't Stop Until Her Gender Is Recognized

Gabriela Bankova says she can't get her pneumonia treated as she can't get admitted to a Bulgarian hospital under the correct gender. She has vowed to get official recognition of gender reassignment -- which was prohibited by Bulgaria's Supreme Court of Cassation early this year -- or die trying.
May 14, 2023
'Stepping Back In Time': Bulgaria's Kinoklub Super 8 Preserves Old Home Movies

Memories come to life anew in a digital archive created by a group of Bulgarian Super 8 film lovers. A once-small collection of old home movies found in flea markets, Kinoklub Super 8 now restores footage and hosts screenings that offer an intimate glimpse into daily Bulgarian life.
May 09, 2023
'This Is My Bulgaria': Artists Replicate Life In Tower Blocks To Explore National Identity

Two young artists are creating miniature tower blocks that depict ordinary daily life in post-Soviet Bulgaria. The art exhibition, entitled, 'The Slavic Tale,' raises questions about Bulgarian identity.
April 24, 2023
While Foreign Authors Boycott Russia, Bulgarian Novelist Says He Wants Russians To Read His Book

Bulgaria's most famous writer, Georgi Gospodinov, says his latest work, Time Shelter, takes aim at Russian President Vladimir Putin and his country's invasion of Ukraine. He wants Russians to read it, but some in Bulgaria say he should boycott the country instead.

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