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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Bulgarian Socialist Party leadership election result means no change – literally

September 13, 2020September 15, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Kornelia Ninova

The sole interesting thing about the Bulgarian Socialist Party leadership election result, which according to the party’s election commission saw

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Bulgaria 

Are you being served? Controversy over authorities’ raid on Bulgarian restaurant

September 12, 2020September 14, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Controversy surrounds a raid on a Sofia restaurant by five state institutions, from tax authorities to fire safety inspectors to

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Bulgaria Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s protests and the hunting of Hippoland

September 5, 2020September 9, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Let us begin with two notes from history. In May 1971, Richard M Nixon was holding forth on the topic

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Bulgaria 

Deaths in Bulgaria in the first seven months of 2019 and 2020: A comparison

August 14, 2020August 16, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer new coronavirus

For much of the first six months of 2020, it was striking that the number of deaths in Bulgaria was

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Bulgaria’s nationalists see chance to exploit Hagia Sophia issue

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

For Bulgaria’s government, reconversion of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque is a matter of “deep regret”, while for

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In Bulgaria, of a trap, police and publicans

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Plovdiv

These past few months have been a rather demanding time for Bulgaria’s police, just as these months have been –

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Defeat of no-confidence motion has no bearing on anti-government protests

July 21, 2020July 23, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Throughout what has become 13 days of protests in Bulgaria demanding the resignation of the government and the Prosecutor-General, protesters

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Those who honour Levski – and those who dishonour him

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

July 18 marks the 183rd anniversary of the birth of Bulgaria’s national hero Vassil Levski, a man who belongs to

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Bulgaria Perspectives 

What turns lie ahead in Bulgaria’s political crisis?

July 16, 2020July 18, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has pledged, after meeting his government coalition partners, that his Cabinet will serve out its

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