ECFR Alumni · Programme Coordinator, Africa programme
English, Spanish, Bulgarian
Denica Yotova was the Africa programme coordinator of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Yotova used to be part of ECFR’s central advocacy team coordinating the annual workplan, advocacy planning and reporting of our four regional programmes since 2016. She was the Africa programme coordinator providing cross-cutting coordination to the activities of ECFR’s new Africa Programme and supporting the development of the Programme’s policy & advocacy activities, financial management, communications and outreach. She played a crucial role in setting up the new Programme and ensuring its success.
A new Africa-Europe strategic partnership is on the cards. But this will only come to fruition if the European Union gets its member states on board to engage in a substantive discussion with the African Union
European leaders have stood by as Bulgarians demand real reform on corruption. But such silence will only harm the EU in the long run.
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In Africa, [leaders] have local initiatives for which they need support, they don’t need someone to tell them what to do and how to do it
Denica Yotova analyses why African states have recently become frustrated with the EU
At heart, these protests are demanding a systemic change of the political system in Bulgaria based on actual rule of law, democracy, functioning judiciary, an effective fight against corruption and last but not least, accountability and some level of decency of the ruling class
Denica Yotova explains how people are fed up with the impudence of the ruling class in Bulgaria
The political crisis in Bulgaria is a threat to the future stability of the EU
Denica Yotova's commentary about the anti-corruption demonstrations in Spanish translation.
Denica Yotova est citée par France Culture dans sa Revue de presse internationale à propos des manifestations anti-corruption en Bulgarie