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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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Greece: More a way of life

July 25, 2016 Patrick Brigham Greece

I live in Greece, because it is easy. Having spent the best part of 20 years living in Bulgaria, and

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A view of potential benefits to Brexit

July 19, 2016July 21, 2016 Jonathan Mills Brexit

There are four ‘free movements’ (also called freedoms) that are intrinsic and indivisible with regard to the EU. These are

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his coat of many colours

July 19, 2016July 21, 2016 Patrick Brigham Turkey

At present, it is hard to think of the Turkish President in glowing terms, mainly because his power stems from

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Whitehall whitewash or downright lies?

July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 Patrick Brigham

We can all start to wonder – now the Brexit is over and the Sir John Chilcot report is back

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Jonathan Mills’s three Points to Ponder

July 8, 2016 Jonathan Mills

Points to Ponder: We hear a lot these days about how a person is “proud to be [insert nationality]”, but

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The dangerous decade: Russia-Nato relations 2014 to 2024

July 8, 2016 Gustav Gressel of the ECFR Nato, Poland, Russia

Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea and its subsequent military invasion of the Donbas sent shockwaves through NATO, bringing an

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Bitcoin – The Demand. The Supply. The Halvening

July 7, 2016November 3, 2017 Lance Nelson

Bitcoin price history The price of bitcoin this last week has been in the $610 to $700 range and, at the

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Bulgarian tolerance – from the Lukov March to the Night Wolves

July 1, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

For many years, Bulgarian politicians have had the habit of boasting of the country’s model of ethnic tolerance. But the

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The party’s over, but, is it time to call it a day?

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 Patrick Brigham Brexit

They have certainly burst all the pretty balloons, but unfortunately, they haven’t chased all the clowns away. Is it time

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