Tato – The man and the myth
In September 1997, I concluded an interview with the last surviving East European communist dictator, ex – President Todor Zhivkov
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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.
Patrick Brigham: Stop apologising
It seems that the stiff upper lip of yore has recently been replaced by a trembling, somewhat flabby chin. All
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A Turkish reshuffle spells trouble for Europe
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s sudden departure from the corridors of power may not necessarily mark an end to the
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Getting Bulgarian railway tours on track
Much about Bulgarian state railways BDZ seems to stop a bit short of the platform. It is not that BDZ
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Nationalism vs Brexit
I can’t vote in the forthcoming referendum, to determine Great Britain’s future in Europe, and so I reserve the right
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Communism and self-esteem
Perceived from the sitting rooms of suburban England or even from a press office in Canary Wharf, the ex-communist countries
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Looking back again on Bulgaria
President Zhelyu Zhelev was an enigma to me. I had watched him on TV in Bulgaria during the early nineties,
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View from Sofia: Fear and loathing
Fear. The word travelled across Bulgarian media and between the lines of reports and political speeches in the days after
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Looking even further back at Bulgaria
My book, Herodotus: The Gnome of Sofia, is a humorous account of a British diplomat and his fall from grace,
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