Turkish Stream evaporates into the ether – more economics than estrangement
A year ago, nearly to the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin was announcing, during a visit to Ankara, that the
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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.
Bulgaria: Politics and Protests in the 21st Century – the book
Bulgaria is heading into the remainder of the 21st century with a considerable list of things to do. The challenges
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Opinion: Looking away from the Greece-Macedonia border
Following the reprehensible terror attacks in Paris, politicians and the media have understandably concentrated on the security situation, the hunt
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Fatal fire response latest in long list of grievances against Romania’s Ponta
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned on November 4 following large protests against the authorities’ response in the aftermath of
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Five lessons from the local elections in Ukraine
Turnout was low, but respectable The official participation rate for Ukraine’s local elections was 46.5 per cent. This may sound
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Poland’s choice: the day after
This is an unprecedented moment in the 25 years of Polish democracy. The national-conservative Law and Justice Party won a
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Opinion: EU refugee summit over Balkan route has saved Europe for now
Facing the complete failure of the handling of the refugee crisis, key European Union (EU) states have agreed upon emergency
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Bulgaria’s circles of coffee, compromises and coalitions
A pattern of apparent collusion between Boiko Borissov’s GERB party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms in recent votes
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Russia’s propaganda machine revs up ahead of UN’s MH17 vote
Russia’s state media machine appears to have gone into conspiracy theory overdrive. A well-coordinated campaign appeared to be underway ahead
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