Occupational hazards: The Russian military in Crimea
While its current disposition in Crimea is mainly defensive in nature, Russia’s military build-up on the peninsula could soon turn
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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.
Israel’s ambassador on Gaza: Don’t confuse the aggressor and the victim
Irit Lilian, the ambassador of the State of Israel to Bulgaria, has written this as a personal standpoint: What is
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European Parliament elections: Bulgaria’s Borissov bets big on small party
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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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