Alice Nicolov

Alice Nicolov lives in London and works as an editorial assistant for openDemocracy's Can Europe make it? She graduated from the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, University College London with a Masters degree in Russian Studies and specialises in Russian-European relations and the European project. Follow her on twitter @alicenicolov72.

Chuck Norris vs. Communism

A documentary that takes us inside communist Romania claims a trend for illicit Hollywood 'movie nights' helped spark a revolution. Part of openDemocracy's partnership with Unorthodocs.

By Alice Nicolov

/ 15 Jan 2016

Civil society at its best?

'Hacking Madrid' shows how the use of technology can bring more democracy to policy-making, however the film raises more questions than answers about the risks and safeguards involved.

By Alice Nicolov

/ 18 Dec 2015

Civil society at its best?

'Hacking Madrid' shows how the use of technology can bring more democracy to policy-making, however the film raises more questions than answers about the risks and safeguards involved.

By Alice Nicolov

/ 18 Dec 2015

The European refugee crisis: Bulgaria’s wake-up call?

The refugee crisis has superceded refugees and countries are being forced to choose sides. Why does Bulgaria support a united European solution when so many of its neighbours do not?

By Alice Nicolov

/ 23 Sep 2015

The European refugee crisis: Bulgaria’s wake-up call?

The refugee crisis has superceded refugees and countries are being forced to choose sides. Why does Bulgaria support a united European solution when so many of its neighbours do not?

By Alice Nicolov

/ 23 Sep 2015

Estate of mind

Andrea Luka Zimmerman’s film Estate, a Reverie is a moving documentation of what gentrification really means to those affected by it. At the Open City Documentary Festival on 21 June 2015.

By Alice Nicolov

/ 13 Jun 2015