Where is the proof that South Stream is beneficial to Bulgaria?
The South Stream gas pipeline is suffering from the “Belene syndrome” – despite uncertainty about the project’s progress, the “expenditure” is clearly
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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’s Borissov’s political bridges
In the runup to Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections on October 5 2014, Boiko Borissov – leader of GERB, the party
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Turkish markets jittery over Erdogan presidency
With the election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Turkey’s president, speculation is growing over the future of key economic ministers
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Political gulf widens as Bulgaria’s caretaker administration begins clean-up operation
When in 2013 it was clear that political circumstances made an immediate return to power by Boiko Borissov impossible, a
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Open letter to Europe’s heads of state and government
To Europe’s Heads of State and Government: The world will be watching when you select a candidate to lead the
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Just when you thought it could not get weirder: meet Bulgaria’s Patriotic Front
In the auspicious presence of the heroes of Bulgarian history ancient and modern, or at least young men costumed to
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Pavane for a dead government: the Oresharski obituary
For a government that lasted barely 14 months in office, the Oresharski administration has lived a full life, as if, aware
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Number of candidates climbs ahead of Bulgarian Socialist Party July 27 leadership battle
The process of electing a new leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party at the special congress to be held on
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BSP leadership race: ‘Socialists are tired of losing’
Depending on how you see Sergei Stanishev, he either is about to become the power behind the scenes of the
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