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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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Erdogan’s visit to Athens shapes his new policy agenda

December 3, 2017December 4, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been blamed for a lot (of situations in the past) and many could still

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EU offers Eastern Partnership members money, motivation

November 24, 2017January 2, 2019 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle

The EU has invited representatives from six post-Soviet states to take part in its fifth annual Eastern Partnership summit. On

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Political repercussions as GERB’s Glavchev resigns as Bulgarian National Assembly Speaker

November 17, 2017November 18, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian Prime Minister and centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov might have expected a hat-trick – approval of his government’s

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Bulgaria’s 2018 EU Presidency: Bedtime stories

November 13, 2017November 15, 2017 Mark Thomas Bulgaria EU presidency, Sofia, tourism

The acceleration of the date when Bulgaria will take over the seat of the EU Presidency from the first half

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Bulgarian soldiers holding Kalashnikov semi automatic rifles
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Opinion: A small step toward a European army

November 13, 2017November 15, 2017 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle Nato

An historic breakthrough or just another attempt doomed to peter out? The EU plans to coordinate EU members’ military capacities

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Tensions between Bulgaria’s President and governing majority not dissipating

November 13, 2017November 14, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

The difficult relationship between Bulgaria’s President Roumen Radev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s governing majority shows no sign of dissipating,

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Why the Bulgarian Government could be bolder

November 11, 2017December 24, 2017 Howard Rosen

Bulgaria is doing well economically: GDP is growing by over three per cent annually, state debt is below 30 per

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Russian embassy in Sofia attempts new spin in row on claims Soviets rescued Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust

November 5, 2017November 7, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Russia

Amid the row over Moscow’s claim that it was the Red Army that rescued the Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust,

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Bitcoin hits all time high of $7000: More euphoria to come

November 3, 2017November 6, 2017 Lance Nelson Lance Nelson

Bitcoin price reached $7400 yesterday (predicted here) and it’s $7200 and climbing as I write. The reason for the latest

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