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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Richard III: The King’s tale at the Sofia Science Festival

May 10, 2016May 16, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

Between Shakespeare and science, what more is there to say about King Richard III? Quite a lot, actually, especially by

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Bulgaria 

Fergus McAuliffe: Serving science at the table

May 7, 2016May 12, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

He imagines an evening, an ordinary family at the dinner table, and the conversation is about science – about the

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Perspectives 

Getting Bulgarian railway tours on track

May 5, 2016May 10, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer tourism

Much about Bulgarian state railways BDZ seems to stop a bit short of the platform. It is not that BDZ

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Bulgaria 

Of optimism and the odds at the casino of chaos

May 3, 2016June 24, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

We are optimistic animals, we human beings, and that gives us an evolutionary advantage. Yet, in other respects, it is

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Bulgaria 

Karadaya appears set to be named leader of Bulgaria’s MRF

April 24, 2016April 25, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Lyutvi Mestan

The national conference of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms appears set to elect one of its current acting co-chairpersons,

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Europe 

In Thessaloniki, foreign ministers pursue solutions to migrant crisis

April 23, 2016April 25, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Albania, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

A talkfest among the foreign ministers of four countries held in Thessaloniki this week saw agreement on trying to come

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Bulgaria 

Bokova at the UN: Fog over Turtle Bay

April 13, 2016April 17, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova

Perish the thought that as an institution, the United Nations has a dire shortage of platitudes, buzzwords and vague good

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Bulgaria 

Controversial Bulgarian ‘national strike – we’re here’ protest proves to be a misnomer

January 28, 2016January 31, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Preceded by warnings by senior Bulgarian officials of an “attempted coup” and allegations that “football fans” for hire would seek

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament presented with rival proposals on dealing with the communist past

January 28, 2016January 31, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer CCB affair, Dossier Commission

MPs from Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition and largest party GERB have tabled in Parliament proposals to outlaw communist-era symbols,

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