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
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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.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ukraine’s future path may hinge on one bitter political rivalry
To hear Russian President Vladimir Putin say it, Russia and its biggest neighbor, Ukraine, are “one people.” “We have common
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Bulgaria’s protests, the sound and the fury
Rather like the fine lady in the nursery rhyme, who has rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
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Support for Greek far-right Golden Dawn party continues amid crackdown
Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party is again being labeled “neo-Nazi” after its leader and other senior members were arrested for
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