As he pushes judicial reform, Bulgarian Justice Minister targeted in smear campaign
Bulgarian Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov is on the receiving end of a sustained campaign against him as he seeks to
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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.
Opinion: Varoufakis’ resignation comes too late
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has probably done his country the best service he can by stepping down. His move
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One year on, CCB saga in Bulgaria far from over
A year after the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) asked to be put under the central bank’s administration on June 20
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Pattern of provocateurs in clashes in Bulgaria
It has long since become a familiar pattern. There is a protest in some far-right cause or a conflict, lately
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The undesirables
This week, both houses of the Russian parliament approved legislation regarding “undesirable organisations”. According to the new norm, a prosecutor
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Macedonia: A pawn in the Russian geopolitical game?
The political crisis in the small Balkan country of Macedonia has caught Moscow’s attention. It might be developing into a
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President Duda: What happened in Poland?
Andrzej Duda’s success in Poland’s presidential election is a political earthquake. Not only did Duda, an inexperienced, second-rank politician from
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The price of coexistence between the EU and Russia
If the main flaw of the European security order after 1989 was that it was unsuited to incorporating Russia in
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US ambassador’s remarks on judiciary reform in Bulgaria
US ambassador in Sofia Marcie Ries participated in a conference on judiciary reform, organised by three foreign business chambers in
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