Bouncing back again: How past crises can help Eastern Europe fight Covid-19
“Do you know what ‘covid’ means in Bulgarian?”, a friend asked me recently. “It is a combination of Kostov and
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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.
Covid-19: The Sofia Globe’s message to trolls
The Sofia Globe has a message to the trolls posting Facebook comments in response to our stories, especially those about
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Covid-19 pushes Bulgaria’s Bansko onto hazardous slope
Bansko’s lifts are now closed. It’s happened on probably the best day of the season. But Covid-19 has come to
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Opinion: Without a migrant deal with Turkey, the EU is naked
In March 2016, the European Union struck a deal with Turkey that the country would block migrants and asylum-seekers from
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Idlib chaos: The latest test for Turkish-Russian ties
Eight long years of proxy war between Turkey and the Syrian regime have now morphed into direct confrontation between the
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In Bulgaria: Your little ‘Lukov March’ torches were doused
Notch one up for us, you sad, hatred-filled, antisemitic pseudo-patriots. On this night in February 2020, your torchlight Lukov March,
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Bulgarian President Radev’s ‘withdrawal of confidence’ is latest in succession of clashes with Borissov government
The speech to the nation by Bulgarian President Roumen Radev on February 4 in which he said he was withdrawing
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Joint Summary of Conclusions of the Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Bulgaria
This is the joint summary of the conclusions of the joint US-Bulgaria strategic dialogue: On January 8 2020, the Governments
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French connections: How to revitalise the EU enlargement process
Across Europe, France’s obstruction of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania is widely seen as a step backwards. However,
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