Stormy start for Serbia’s Nikolić
The violence in northern Kosovo around a barricade-clearing operation conducted as Serbia’s new president Tomislav Nikolić was sworn in was
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Year: 2012
A visitor’s observations on the Bulgarian wine scene
I would like to start by saying that, coming from South Africa, we are very impressed by the Bulgarian wine
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The Macedonia muddle
Ahead of the May 2012 Nato summit in Chicago, Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski sent from Skopje a plea for
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Metropolitan Nikolai condemns Lady Gaga
Just days after Lady Gaga was prevented from performing in Indonesia after local Muslim fundamentalists labelled her a devil, she
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NASA to use rare Venus transit as planet-hunting exercise
The planet Venus will make a rare transit across the face of the Sun on June 5. The phenomenon will
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Controversial businessman charged with making death threats
Lovech-based businessman Grisha Ganchev is often mentioned in Bulgarian media as “an emblematic figure of Bulgaria’s transition”. The precise meaning
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Earthquake after-effects close Sofia mosque, damage Russian church and school
Bulgarian capital city Sofia’s historic 16th century Banya Bashi mosque has been closed because of severe damage after the May
Read moreRussia Watch: Join Russia and the US by rail tunnels under the Bering Strait?
Russia’s Urals oil has been over $100 a barrel for a year now. The country’s budgets are balanced. Debt is
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Casting caution to the wind: The case for optimism
It is a great pleasure to be invited to contribute a column for the opening edition of The Sofia Globe.
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