Spring in the Balkans?
If the Balkans have a crowd symbol, it is the traditional circular dance; the symbolism has been especially apt in
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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Borissov and GERB back Tsvetanov in eavesdropping controversy
Boiko Borissov and his centre-right GERB party, facing volleys of calls for election campaign chief and former interior minister Tsvetan
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Coalition question at forefront as election campaigns begin in Bulgaria
The first days of campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 national parliamentary elections saw the question of which parties
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The numbers game as parliamentary election campaigns start in Bulgaria
A total of 7200 Bulgarians are candidates in the May 12 national parliamentary elections, and just 240 will make it
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EU officials in Skopje for high-level dialogue
European Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle was due in Skopje on April 9 2013 for a meeting with prime
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Bulgaria’s election battle lines: GERB and the BSP
Perhaps when April 12 brings the formal start of the campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s May 12 national parliamentary elections,
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Two gentlemen of Bulgaria, a play in one act
A day after Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev leader provoked a huge scandal, announcing that he had received anonymous
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A week in Bulgarian politics: Potshots in the shooting gallery
A month after the resignation of the Boiko Borissov GERB government and with less than two months to go to
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Review: Bulgarian television makes a brave start to telling the story of those who defied the Holocaust
Imagine a continent that stood by or actively helped or actively campaigned for the mass murder of six million of
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