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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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Ukraine’s protesters prepare for long haul

December 5, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Ukraine

Firewood has been stacked, barbed wire has been strung above steel barricades, and insulated military tents have been pitched. The

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After Ukraine, will Russia next lean on Moldova and Georgia?

November 28, 2013February 11, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

After Ukraine, seemingly under Russian pressure, made a U-turn last week on its road towards closer integragration with the European

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Russia Watch: Putin uses political karate to keep Ukraine from moving west

November 26, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

German chancellor Otto von Bismarck once observed that the Russian cavalry are “slow to saddle up, but ride fast.” In

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Comment: Bulgarian authorities flounder to regain initiative on refugee issue

November 25, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency

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

November 22, 2013May 10, 2024 Institute for Market Economics

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

November 20, 2013 Dorian Jones of VOANews

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

November 16, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sergei Stanishev

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?

November 15, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

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?’

November 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev addressed students at the American University in Bulgaria on November 13, on the theme of “A

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