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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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.
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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Comment: Bulgaria and polarisation over the Syrian refugees
In a country that the autumn of 2013 finds quite as deeply divided over almost every issue, perhaps it is
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Russia Watch: Greenpeace pirates? Russia loses another international PR war
After Pussy Riot and “Gay propaganda,” the Kremlin now marches resolutely towards another international public relations defeat — this time
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Azerbaijan presidential vote may reveal cracks in regime support
In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people vote for president Wednesday in an election that holds little suspense. An Aliyev – either father,
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Syrian intervention renewal an Ankara balancing act
Turkey’s parliament voted Thursday to extend a mandate authorizing deployment of troops in Syria if necessary for another year. Passing
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Bulgaria’s Fourth Estate: Fiction and reality
The shrill hysteria among some Bulgarian journalists in condemning newly-launched television series the Fourth Estate (“Четвърта власт”) went, however inadvertently,
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Hassan Ademov emerges as Bulgaria’s ‘most promising’ minister
Quite early into his term as prime minister, Boiko Borissov had banned his ministers from making promises, telling them instead
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