Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections: The winners and losers
If anyone may fairly be said to have lost Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections, Zlatko Zdravkov would be an appropriate
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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.
Romania protests: No flash in the pan
Romania rarely features in international media, yet the scenes of mass demonstrations in Bucharest and other major cities last week
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British Bulgarian Business Association response to Theresa May’s Brexit speech
The British Bulgarian Business Association (BBBA) chairman has been approached by H.E. Emma Hopkins OBE, British ambassador to Bulgaria, with
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Conduct unbecoming? Bulgarian president-elect Radev takes flak in National Assembly
Roumen Radev has set something of a record for Bulgarian heads of state by being the subject of a call
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Zlatka’s story of early teen motherhood again raises issues of Roma in Bulgaria
It is a dreary ritual for reporters with the coming of a New Year, churning out the routine stories that
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An envoy, an assassin and a mystery in the heart of Ankara
Coming at the tail end of an annus horriblis in global affairs, the assassination of the Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov
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Greece left alone in the refugee crisis
EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos is “not the happiest person on earth,” he said in Brussels as he presented the
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The Populist-Putin-Trump insurgency against liberal Europe
Europe’s liberal order could come crashing down next year. Squeezed from all directions, it may not be able to withstand
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Can governance Trump guns? European security after the US elections
European security co-operation has never really been off the EU’s agenda, but controversy, political divisions and expense have for many
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