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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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Tourism: Does demand create supply or supply create demand?

July 1, 2018July 3, 2018 Mark Thomas tourism

Does demand create supply or does supply create demand? A question that sounds like something taken from an economics class.

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Power words: Europe’s stake in the Macedonian name dispute

June 17, 2018 Vessela Tcherneva Greece, Macedonia

By Daniel Stefanov and Vessela Tcherneva Macedonia and Greece have defied the stereotype that the Balkans produce only bad news.

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Pipeline: Which country will say ‘yes’? Greece or Bulgaria? Russia is waiting…

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

On the occasion of the Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias’ visit to Moscow, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov made an

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An unexpected gift thrown into the bin

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

Hastily enough, Zoran Zaev’s proposal to renaming fYROMacedonia into Republica Illindenska Makedonija was dismissed by most Greek political parties. Above

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Nord Stream ΙΙ vs US shale gas: When Washington provokes Brussels

May 18, 2018May 18, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

The American administration is openly provoking the institutional functioning of the EU and the free will of each member country,

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The Way Back: Brain Drain and Prosperity in the Western Balkans

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018 Alida Vračić

On 27 December 2017, the Skopje-based Institute for Strategic Research and Education published a study showing that 69 per cent

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Bitcoin: Debating the price trends, and a new channel on crypto launches in Bulgaria

April 22, 2018April 27, 2018 Lance Nelson Lance Nelson

Following four months of a bear market in Bitcoin, the question now is whether the turning point in price has

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Commentary: 4 factors that led to Turkey’s snap elections

April 21, 2018April 23, 2018 Asli Aydintasbas of the ECFR Turkey

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has called snap elections at the request of his ultra-nationalist ally, the Nationalist Action Party

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Bulgarian security council meeting agrees on ‘urgency’ of military modernisation (again)

April 19, 2018April 21, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Consultative Council on National Security met for more than four hours on April 19, ending with President Roumen Radev

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