The report “Media and online narratives, fake news and disinformation trends in relation to Roma in Bulgaria" investigates the hostile relationship between online media channels and the Roma…
Identifying and investigating human trafficking for labour exploitation is a challenging task. Apart from organised crime groups, many businesses have the opportunity to profit from labour…
The amendments to the criminal procedural and victims protection legislation seek to compensate for the incomplete transposition of the 2012 Victims' Rights Directive by introducing measures such…
In 2001, the Center for the Study of Democracy developed and introduced the country’s first alternative tool for crime assessment, the National Crime Survey (NCS). Since then, the NCS has supported…
On 24 November, 2020, the Center for the Study of Democracy, in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior Academy, held the seminar on Suspects and accused persons with intellectual and psychosocial…
In this analysis, based on a special poll carried out by GLOBSEC, Slovakia, CSD highlights the key dimensions of the Bulgarian population's attitudes towards the preferred form of governance,…
The hidden economy is a widespread phenomenon throughout the Western Balkans, which manifests itself in various sectors such as agriculture, services and construction. Moreover, it breeds unfair…
The European Parliament endorsed last month a legally binding target for the EU to cut planet-heating emissions by 60% by 2030. The speedy adoption of a comprehensive long-term coal phase-out…
The European Commission has repeatedly noted the existence of state capture risks in the Western Balkans, “including links with organised crime and corruption at all levels of government and…
On October 23, 2020, a workshop was held at the Center for the Study of Democracy, dedicated to new legislative initiatives and good practices in working with victims of crime. The meeting with…
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