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weekly Editorial, blogs, opinion from TSG team and readers, Bill Drysdale on ‘My Bulgaria’; Analysis – from team, VOA, NENN; full texts of significant statements, speeches and media statements by Government and non-government organisations.

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Ireland’s Presidency will work to support all Europeans

July 1, 2026June 30, 2026 Micheal Martin editors pick

By Taoiseach Micheál Martin When Ireland assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July 1 for

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Australia’s ambassador to Bulgaria: ‘A new epoch for Australia and Europe’

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 Alison Duncan

In an historic visit to Australia this week by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Australia and Europe have

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How Bulgaria became Europe’s most prepared nation

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025 ADJ euro zone

February 1997. A young Bulgarian university graduate woke up to discover his monthly salary—earned, deposited, saved—was now worthless. Overnight, literally

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The AI Dividend of Labour and UBA

November 16, 2025June 16, 2026 ADJ AI

The Future of Work Is Not Work, But a Productivity Balance It’s Wednesday afternoon, and Maya is sitting in a

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The availability of future revolution

October 27, 2025October 28, 2025 ADJ

Every civilization convinces itself that it has achieved permanence. Each believes that its institutions, markets, and laws will stand unshaken,

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The forest you carry

October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 ADJ

It started as a mistake. The kind that rewrites you. Five friends, one tired taxi driver, a road that turned

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A terminal case of bureaucracy

October 5, 2025October 5, 2025 ADJ

The terminal was a giant ribcage of steel and glass, humming with fluorescent light. People shuffled under it in the

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The stars over Bulgaria

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 ADJ

I’ve always loved the story of the Michelin star system. It began as a clever trick by a tyre company,

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Bulgaria’s path forward: Learning from patterns, not places

September 29, 2025September 30, 2025 ADJ

When a former foreign minister recently told me that “those who have power have no imagination and those with imagination

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