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
Read more
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.
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
Read more
Invisible in Moscow, Snowden has a big global impact
Edward Snowden, Moscow’s most famous American, will shortly mark six months in Russia. So far, he has had no face
Read more
A sad spectacle for Poland
It’s been three-and-a-half years since the Polish president’s plane crashed near Smolensk, western Russia, killing all 96 aboard, but the
Read more
Putincare: Russia’s alternative to Obamacare
With Obamacare dividing America, I thought it my patriotic duty to do a firsthand, between the hospital sheets, investigation of
Read more
Georgia elects new president, but political clouds gather
Georgian voters gave a clean and clear victory to the ruling party candidate in Sunday’s presidential election. But voters woke
Read more
Moldova caught in East-West tug of war
For centuries, Moldovans have been proud of their wines. Outside Chateau Vartely, flags snapping in the breeze reflect the variety
Read more
Bulgarian Socialist Party leadership in bid for damage control on ban on land sales to foreigners
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leadership will provide enough MPs to make up the numbers of a Movement for Rights
Read more
Russia Watch: Kremlin to US government workers: We welcome your secrets
In the Cold War days, Soviet spies in the United States faced tough tasks – identifying high value targets, and
Read more