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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Commentary: Bulgaria’s perils on the path to a print media law

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, annoyed at newspaper antics and alleging that some of his country’s journalists are “serving the

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Bulgaria News People 

A Bulgarian tale: The times of a’changing stotinki for leva

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

It is a noble thing, no doubt, to teach a child the virtues of saving, the alchemy of many coins

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s centre-right UDF elects Karlovo mayor Kabaivanov as new leader

July 16, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Members of Bulgaria’s centre-right Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) have chosen Karlovo mayor Emil Kabaivanov as the party’s new leader,

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Bulgaria News 

Protests and price hikes cost Borissov and Bulgaria’s leaders popularity – poll

July 11, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Disenchantment with Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB Government and its leader, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, after the Forestry Act amendments controversy and

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Interview: Bulgarian FM Mladenov on Awakenings and transitions

July 3, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Nikolai Mladenov has a vision of the countries of the Western Balkans integrated into the European Union and Nato, and

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s Media Wars 1: When the ink smears

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The press barons of Bulgaria are whacking each other with rolled-up newspapers, figuratively speaking, in a media war with profound

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Bulgaria’s Media Wars 2: The bashing of bTV

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The slogan of bTV, Bulgaria’s most-viewed privately-owned television channel, is “all points of view”. The channel, which ratings claim to

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Bulgaria Perspectives 

Paltry prospects for Bulgaria’s new political parties

June 26, 2012June 26, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

An opinion survey in June 2012 said that Bulgarians – who are about a year away from national parliamentary elections

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Bulgarian church row over return of the Archons

June 25, 2012May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church

A petition, public protest and open division among the Bulgarian Orthodox Church have followed the church’s new rules legitimising the

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