Bosnian Spring has arrived early
Over the past week, Bosnia-Herzegovina has returned to the international spotlight. What started in the formerly strong industrial town of
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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.
Potemkin Olympics or Palm Tree Olympics?
In Sochi today, the most carefully watched page is not the Olympic medals count. It is the weather forecast. Down
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Could Oresharski replace Dennis Rodman as Kim Jong Un’s new BFF?
Having survived a third vote of no confidence on the morning of February 12, Bulgaria’s cabinet apparently decided to shoot
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Serbia lands in Brussels, Skopje ends up in Strasbourg
Serbia has demonstrated that politics is indeed the art of the possible. Thirsty for any successful story in the Balkans,
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Opinion: EU unhappy with Swiss decision
So the Swiss want to seal themselves off and do away with the freedom of movement that, with a few restraints, they
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The Olympics of Control — 2014 or 1984?
Sochi may be sunny and the skies bright blue, but I feel as if the Olympics are in 1984. I
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Bulgaria’s draft election code: Media face huge fines for damaging ‘good name’ of candidates
Media that publish material that damages the “decency, honour and reputation” of candidates during an election campaign will face fines
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Bulgaria’s media: Of photographs, politics and proxy wars
In an exclusive on February 3, Economedia’s publications reported that Economedia was suing another Bulgarian media company and a fledgling
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Plevneliev’s referendum proposal: The consequences of saying no
Bulgarian politics is a cacophonous business, but ever since President Rossen Plevneliev said that he would propose a referendum on
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