Bulgaria: Making a fuel of oneself
This past Sunday afternoon found me on a beach on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast, seeking swift respite from
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Perspectives
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.
Indignation draws thousands to the streets of Bulgaria’s capital in rule-of-law protest
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?
As of July 10, a number of restrictive measures against the spread of coronavirus in Bulgaria return – closing of
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Business as usual: Croatia’s denial of Ustaša crimes
On June 26, The Independent published an op-ed written by Professor Menachem Rosensaft, general counsel of the World Jewish Congress,
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Comment: Democratic Bulgaria’s Hristo Ivanov’s D-Day landing
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
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?
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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The Sofia Globe and Patreon
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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Comment: Why airlines can’t return to normal
As the general public leans towards the mentality that the world is now “almost” normal again, politicians and medical experts
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