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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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European Parliament elections: Bulgaria’s Borissov bets big on small party

March 20, 2019March 23, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

It may be a sign of how tight the race is for top spot in Bulgaria’s May 2019 European Parliament

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From myth to reality: How to understand Turkey’s role in the Western Balkans

March 13, 2019 Asli Aydintasbas of the ECFR Kosovo, Serbia, Turkey

In October 2017, the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, made an official visit to Serbia. It was not the

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Opinion: EU immigration policy is grist to the far-right mill

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle

A final attempt by EU interior ministers to find agreement on a common immigration policy ahead of European parliamentary elections

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Negative energy: Berlin’s Trumpian turn on Nord Stream 2

March 4, 2019March 5, 2019 Gustav Gressel of the ECFR energy, Russia

Berlin has handled the dispute over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with unilateralism and clumsiness worthy of US President

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A February night in Bulgaria: Of tolerance, and a torchlight march

February 16, 2019April 24, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

It was the contrast of light and dark, this February night in Sofia. In one part of the Bulgarian capital

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Opinion: EU online copyright reform won’t break the internet

February 15, 2019 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle

For two years, lobbyists, internet stakeholders, publishers, media professionals and online activists have been hard at work influencing the institutions

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Israeli ambassador to Bulgaria on Holocaust remembrance: ‘Just another milestone in the long journey’

January 30, 2019January 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Israel

This is the message from the State of Israel’s ambassador to Bulgaria, Irit Lilian, in relation to International Holocaust Remembrance

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Bulgaria’s Voyvodinovo saga: Karakachanov, ‘impudent gypsies’ and the voices of concern

January 14, 2019January 16, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Krassimir Karakachanov

It began on January 6 with the assault of Bulgarian paratrooper Corporal Valentin Dimov. It has grown, as with such

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Events in Bulgaria in 2019: The Big Questions

December 30, 2018January 3, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

A number of events are scheduled for Bulgaria in 2019; well, some are scheduled, others are – to riff on

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