Russia Watch: Putin uses political karate to keep Ukraine from moving west
German chancellor Otto von Bismarck once observed that the Russian cavalry are “slow to saddle up, but ride fast.” In
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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.
Comment: Bulgarian authorities flounder to regain initiative on refugee issue
When it comes to the refugee issue, Bulgaria’s government increasingly resembles some sort of frenetic Keystone Kops knockabout in the
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The Government’s noxious ideas about the flat tax in Bulgaria
In recent days, Bulgaria’s ruling majority has announced plans to drastically alter the flat income tax, coming into force in
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Sectarianism brings Turkey and Iran closer
Turkey’s foreign minister is due to visit Tehran on November 26, the latest step in rapprochement efforts between the former
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The Bus Socialist Party’s day in Sofia
Weaving amid the buses that crowded almost every square metre of the cobblestones outside Alexander Nevski cathedral on the day
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Will Ukraine go west, or stay east?
President Putin’s advisor on economic integration warns Ukraine a move to the European Union would be “economic suicide.” A close
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Plevneliev at AUBG: ‘A better future: Who needs to take the initiative?’
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev addressed students at the American University in Bulgaria on November 13, on the theme of “A
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Anti-government protests in Bulgaria: A parliament behind barricades and a ‘different reality’
In the 42nd National Assembly on the morning of November 13, Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Lyutvi Mestan said
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Russia Watch: Latinas rule! Africans, Asians and Europeans pushed aside in Moscow’s Miss Universe contest
OK, I did not interview Miss Venezuela. I did not think the Miss Universe jury in Moscow would really fall
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