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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Covid-19: Of Missus M, and why The Sofia Globe reports statistics

November 28, 2020November 30, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer new coronavirus

Since The Sofia Globe was founded, it has been policy to delete comments on our Facebook page if they are

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Perspectives 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Notes from quarantine

November 21, 2020November 22, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer new coronavirus

Sitting confined to my home in quarantine as a contact person, I immediately self-isolated – in the sense of changing

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Perspectives 

Cheap nationalisms in North Macedonia issue cost Bulgaria leadership role in Balkans

November 17, 2020November 20, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Macedonia

It was not that long ago, in 2018, when Bulgaria won praise in several quarters for using its presidency of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: From ostracism to absurdities

November 17, 2020November 19, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer new coronavirus

It is a truism that a crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic will bring out the best and the worst

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Bulgaria 

The Sofia Globe and Patreon: An explanation

November 13, 2020November 26, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Media

In the same way that the Covid-19 crisis has brought death, misery and economic devastation everywhere, it has hit The

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Bulgaria 

Annals of Bulgaria’s divisive dates: November 10

November 10, 2020November 12, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

There are a number of divisive dates in Bulgaria’s history. November 10 and September 9 are prominent among them. The

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: A few faces of the dead

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer new coronavirus

Recently, I was in the company of two British acquaintances. One said to the other: “I mean, do you actually

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Bulgaria 

Media freedom core issue in resignation of Bulgarian National Radio head

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Media

At the core of the controversy around the resignation of Bulgarian National Radio director-general Andon Baltakov are the issues of

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Bulgaria 

‘Balance must be found’: Of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv, and electric scooters

October 17, 2020October 17, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Plovdiv

For more than 100 days, frustrated Bulgarians have been in the streets, protesting for the rule of law. In the

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