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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Pattern of provocateurs in clashes in Bulgaria

June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

It has long since become a familiar pattern. There is a protest in some far-right cause or a conflict, lately

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Bulgaria 

The sugar-sprinkler, and other strange tales of Bulgaria’s mayors

May 27, 2015May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Plovdiv

In Bulgaria, the mayor’s chair sometimes is not easy to occupy – especially, for instance, if it has been seized

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Bulgaria 

Controversies hit local government in Bulgaria six months ahead of elections

May 21, 2015May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Six months ahead of mayoral and municipal elections in Bulgaria, a series of scandals has begun at local government level,

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People 

Fostering a healthy attitude to sleep

May 17, 2015May 4, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

The 13-year-old girl was alone among the group of teenagers that Russell Foster was asking about their sleeping habits in

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Of paper and the problem of digital disintegration

May 9, 2015May 4, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

An invitation to bring a favourite book to a scientific lecture is unusual. But it is not as if you

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Business 

InvestBulgaria Agency: The art of being there

March 20, 2015May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Money always finds its way to good ideas, and Bulgaria is a country with good and interesting ideas, says Stamen

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Bulgaria People 

Flock to renewable advertising

March 16, 2015May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Advertisers understand the concept of renewable advertising because they really like the idea of helping customers and a community live

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Perspectives 

Changes at Interior Ministry, security agency increase onus on Borissov for reform

March 6, 2015May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Within a few days, Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry will have a new minister and a new chief secretary and its State

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian minority parties seek to pressure government over Ukraine

February 10, 2015February 11, 2015 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Opposition and minority parties in Bulgaria are seeking to pressure the country’s centre-right coalition cabinet over Ukraine, highlighting the plight

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