View from Sofia: Geography lessons
When Europe was dealing with the financial crisis, a dividing line presented itself in the EU between the rich rule-based
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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.
Turkey’s not so splendid isolation
Turkey is in a bind. It is on the losing side of the war in Syria and engaging in an
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Turkey’s triple disaster
As if the housing of 2.5 million Syrian refugees, a dangerous escalation with Russia, and jitters over a string of
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Opinion: Nothing can be taken for granted
“If you don’t like being with us, then leave.” It has long been fashionable among continental Europeans to react with
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Under pressure, Europe sees return of nation states
A European Union founding father, Jean Monnet, once claimed, “Crises are the great unifier.” For Europeans that is not proving
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Opinion: EU levels empty Schengen threat at Greece
The EU’s current plan is to protect external borders and, if necessary, expel Greece – not from the eurozone, but
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Opinion: Greece – a lost year
After his surprisingly clear election victory, the people’s tribune Alexis Tsipras formed a new government in record time with the
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Where is Poland headed?
Does Polish national-conservative leader Jarosław Kaczyński have a plan? Or are his policy decisions (which are often rushed through literally
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Opinion: On the EU, the UK referendum, and reform – part II
It is likely that this year the UK will hold a referendum on its continuing membership of the EU. Part
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