EU indecision on UN Secretary General choice plays to Russia’s advantage
The race to replace Ban Ki-moon as United Nations Secretary-General in 2017 is an awful muddle, yet it may still
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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.
The Balkan Blog: Greece – living in the shadow of Europe
Until the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU, Greece was on its own. Since the 1920s, it had
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The Balkan Blog: Is Greece at the tipping point?
The very north of Greece might well be “The Yardstick” by which we can measure the reality of living in
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The Balkan Blog: The Gordons come to Bulgaria
People generally take a lot for granted, especially concerning ex-communist countries. They often think that by reading a particular rag
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Putin’s gamble on Russia’s Duma elections
The forthcoming Duma elections are the first of the new, post-Crimean annexation era and the first elections since 2003 to
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The Balkan Blog: Foreign muck – how can you eat it?
There was a ‘Round Our Ken’ comedy sketch on radio, many years ago, with Kenneth Williams and Betty Marsden. Ken
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Opinion: Apple, taxes, and just punishment
Margrethe Vestager reminds us of the purpose of the European Union. Only she – as European Commissioner for Competition –
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The Balkan Blog: Be an Ambler Gambler
In my last three murder mystery novels, certain critics have noted a similarity between my writing style and that of
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The Balkan Blog: Will Britons ever be slaves?
When Britain first, at Heaven’s command Arose from out the azure main; This was the charter of the land, And
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