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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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.
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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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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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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