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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.

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Factcheck.bg: Is the Myrotvorets website a hit list?

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 Mina Kirkova Russia, Ukraine

The website Myrotvorets has been in existence since 2014. Before July 11 2023, however, it was hardly ever talked about

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Antisemitism in Armenia: Molotov cocktail thrown at country’s only synagogue

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 Igor Chalenko Armenia

On the morning of October 3, in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, the only synagogue in the country, Mordechai Navi, was

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Karabakh: The connection with Ukraine and the risks for the EU

September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 Igor Chalenko Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine

On September 19, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence announced the start of “anti-terrorist measures” on the territory of Azerbaijani Karabakh.

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European rabbis massively oppose ‘Armenian propaganda and demonisation of Azerbaijan’

September 8, 2023September 8, 2023 Igor Chalenko Armenia, Azerbaijan

Between August 27 and September 7, eighty-six spiritual Jewish authorities from Europe, America and Muslim countries, as well as dozens

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Disinformation – This is the Kremlin speaking: Nato and the US are ‘aggressor’ and ‘evil-doer’

September 2, 2023September 29, 2023 Ralitsa Kovacheva Russia, Ukraine

“Nato/US attack sovereign countries on a whim”. “Nato/US make up their own rules and impose them on other countries”. “Nato/US

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Controversial former prosecutor justified Putin’s narratives

August 17, 2023August 18, 2023 Igor Chalenko

On August 7, Luis Moreno Ocampo, formerly Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), who served in this position between

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Dixon explains why Ocampo’s report is politically biased by Armenian separatists

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 Igor Chalenko

By order of the “president” of the Armenian pro-Russian separatists in Karabakh, Arayik Aratyunyan, the ex-prosecutor of the International Criminal

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Russia beat Europe in Caucasus under the guise of ‘humanitarian aid’ from Putin’s ally

August 13, 2023August 13, 2023 Igor Chalenko Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine

On July 26, a total of 19 lorries loaded with food and medicine were sent from Armenia to the separatist

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European companies’ aircraft endangered by interference from pro-Russian Karabakh enclave

August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 Nikolay Marchenko Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia

A Czech Airlines aircraft, on a flight on the Budapest-Baku route, was on the verge of crashing due to radio

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