CCB affair leaves Bulgarian central bank with egg on face
Aside from the shareholders and large depositors in the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), the other big loser in the ongoing
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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.
Bulgarian Socialist Party seeks, well, red best-seller
Officially or otherwise, a number of candidates have emerged to succeed Sergei Stanishev at a Bulgarian Socialist Party congress on
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Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria’s natural antidepressant
Around the latter half of the afternoon of July 4, the streets of Sofia and most towns and villages in
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Strong backing in EU for Bulgaria’s Georgieva to be bloc’s next foreign policy chief
A significant number of European Union countries have signalled to Sofia their support for Bulgaria’s current European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva
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What lies ahead for the Bulgarian Socialist Party’s Sergei Stanishev?
The resignation of Sergei Stanishev as leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party has left a number of questions open, including
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As EU pact is celebrated, Moldova keeps wary eye on Russia
Former Soviet republic Moldova’s government is happily embracing a new pact with the European Union. But the celebration is overshadowed
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Right-wing surge in European elections threatens Ukraine’s Western path
In Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, pro-European candidates swept the balloting. But in Europe that day, voters flocked to parties
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Analysis: Ukraine’s likely president leans toward West but must face Moscow
Billionaire Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s likely new president, wasted little time in exhibiting his pro-Western leanings. “We need to do all
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Beyond May 25: The meaning of Bulgaria’s European Parliament election
Expect, on the night of May 25 as Bulgaria’s political parties hold their ritual post-results news conferences, to hear from
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