Opinion: Bulgaria’s extended winter tourism season
As the winter ski season nears its end and before we get to read the official statistics that show that
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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.
Do the Western Balkans face a coming Russian storm?
“Serbia and the rest of the Balkans are a pawn in a great game of powers between Russia, the EU,
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ECFR: The discreet charm of hypocrisy: An EU-Turkey Power Audit
A policy brief by the European Council on Foreign Relations: Addressing a press conference in Paris in January 2018, Turkish
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Great, or not so great, expectations for EU – Turkey summit in Varna
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, who is to host the March 26 2018 meeting in Varna of leaders of Turkey
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Bulgaria rushes to ‘self-defence’: Ami, get your gun
One night in Plovdiv, recently, a doctor shot dead a thief. The facts of how that transpired are disputed. Perceptions,
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Playing Peevski in the middle: Borissov vs Radev
Bulgaria has been treated to the spectacle of a reverse custody battle, as the country’s Prime Minister and its President
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Lukov and his Legionnaires: The record speaks
The organisers of the 2018 Lukov March, at a news conference this week, denied that the general in whose honour
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Why the Bulgarian Government could be bolder – part 2
My article posted on November 11 2017 created an amazing response: nearly 2000 people clicked through to The Sofia Globe from
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Bulgaria’s EU Presidency: High road and low road
The commemorative coin and souvenir ties have run off the production lines, the main venue is prepared, and the priorities
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