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Bulgaria became the most recent country from central and eastern Europe (CEE) to show hostility toward China. In the latest sign of relations souring between the region and the Asian superpower, Bulgaria’s prime minister, Boïko Borissov, claimed that a series of compromising pictures, appearing to show him sleeping with aContinue Reading

How coronavirus caused a baby birth certificate backlog

Delivered, not signed or sealed. Tomsickova Tatyana/Shutterstock England and Wales are currently full of babies that, in the eyes of the state, do not exist. That’s due to a huge backlog in birth registrations, after councils around the country halted the process during lockdown. Birth certificates are only now beginningContinue Reading

Documentary exposes the threat of facial recognition surveillance in Serbia · Global Voices

Surveillance “really challenges your sense of dignity…” One of the thousands of cameras conducting video surveillance in the streets of Belgrade, Serbia’s capital. Photo by SHARE Foundation, used with permission. This story is based on reporting by Global Voices’ content partner Meta.mk News Agency, a project of Metamorphosis Foundation.  A civicContinue Reading