Russia Watch: Kremlin forgets – a century ago Russian soldiers were top victims of poison gas
Russian politicians and analysts worked overtime this week trying to create a cloud of doubt around the Aug. 21 chemical
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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.
Russia seethes on sidelines as West prepares Syria actions
Russia’s navy announced Thursday it is sending two warships into the Eastern Mediterranean near the shores of Syria. At the
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Cyprus’s Syrian challenge
The Syrian crisis presents a challenge for all countries in the wider region and Cyprus does definitely not represent an
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Turkey’s Erdogan may use Egypt turmoil to justify crackdown
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been at the forefront of condemnation of the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed
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Russia Watch: Snowden’s Kremlin Connection
Friday, June 21, was the hottest day of the year in Hong Kong – a sweltering 34 degrees. But it
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Turkey’s criticism of OIC over Egypt seen as split with Arab allies
Turkey’s call for the resignation of the head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, or OIC, for not speaking out
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Book Reviews: Herodotus: The Gnome of Sofia, and Judas Goat – The Kennet Narrow Boat Mystery
There are few books written by expatriates who have spent some time in Sofia that give a sense of time
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Bulgaria’s ‘Reformist Bloc’ pursues the chimera of right-wing unity
Against the background of many weeks of protests against a Bulgarian Socialist Party government that its thousands of critics see
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Russia Watch: Georgia and Russia – rekindling an old love affair?
When I first visited Georgia, on a reporting trip, in September 1991, I arrived in Tbilisi armed with four years
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