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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Bulgaria: Making a fuel of oneself

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

This past Sunday afternoon found me on a beach on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast, seeking swift respite from

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Bulgaria 

July 2020: In Bulgaria, the Armies of the Night 2.0

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Should you have found yourself in the centre of Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on the night of July 10, you

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Indignation draws thousands to the streets of Bulgaria’s capital in rule-of-law protest

July 9, 2020July 13, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Everyone had a reason to be there, this balmy July evening of protest in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia. To a

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Will Bulgaria have to choose between a summer and winter holiday season?

July 9, 2020July 11, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer new coronavirus, tourism

As of July 10, a number of restrictive measures against the spread of coronavirus in Bulgaria return – closing of

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Comment: Democratic Bulgaria’s Hristo Ivanov’s D-Day landing

July 8, 2020July 9, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

It was a stunt, but it was a good one. Hristo Ivanov had a Bulgarian flag in his hand; he

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Covid-19: The case for more (and better) Europe

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer new coronavirus

Eighteen years ago, I wrote an editorial saying that there was a need for a coherent agreed European Union policy

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Comment: Empty beaches, full stadiums…fuller cemeteries?

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer new coronavirus

Among the beneficiaries of state aid for small businesses in Bulgaria hit by the Covid-19 crisis were funeral parlours in

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July 4, 2020September 18, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

For The Sofia Globe, there was a life before Covid-19; now the daunting challenge is to ensure that there is

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Could the optimism of Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister be infectious?

June 17, 2020June 19, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

“I would like to be positive despite the unusually difficult situation,” Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has told a news

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