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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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Of South Stream and European Parliament elections

May 22, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol European elections 2014

European Parliament election campaigns in member states often pass with little to no discussion of the pan-European issues – the empty

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Deutsche Welle: Political extremism on the rise in Bulgaria

May 6, 2014May 7, 2014 Deutsche Welle European elections 2014

At about nine per cent of the population, Bulgaria’s Muslim minority is the EU’s largest. The minority group is made

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European elections 2014: Bulgaria’s media sideshows

May 1, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European elections 2014, Media

First, there is the number game, as always – the percentages in opinion polls, the counts of participants at election

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European elections 2014: Bulgaria’s media in (and out) of focus

April 25, 2014May 7, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Media

Georgi Lozanov, head of Bulgaria’s Council for Electronic Media (CEM) said on the eve of the official campaign period for

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Much ado about South Stream

April 17, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol energy, South Stream

As the Ukrainian crisis shows no signs of speedy resolution, one of the main corollaries of the situation has been

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Hungarian election results: Some comfort for everyone

April 11, 2014April 11, 2014 The Budapest Times Hungary

The Hungarian election has ended in a clear victory for the governing party, Fidesz. But some underlying details provide interesting

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Turkish PM Erdogan’s presidential bid faces bumpy road

April 10, 2014April 10, 2014 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

With Turkey’s ruling party having won a resounding victory in nationwide local elections on March 30, observers claim the door

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Analysis: Putin’s next move

April 6, 2014April 6, 2014 Catherine Maddux of VOANews.com Russia, Ukraine

With Russian troops amassed on the Ukraine border, some observers are  worrying about what is being called a “post-Crimea crisis.”And

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Ukraine: Battling over an economic midget

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 Alois Berger of Deutsche Welle Russia, Ukraine

In the foreseeable future, Ukraine is going to cost the West a lot of money. The European Union has earmarked

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