Russia Watch: Is Russia Turning Protestant?
In 1990, an American anthropologist wrote a controversial book: “Is Latin America Turning Protestant?” Two decades later, that same provocative
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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.
Why doesn’t the Bulgarian government resign? 10 reasons…
For distant observers, noting the spectacle of well more than a month of turnouts of many thousands of Bulgarians to
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Bulgaria’s political crisis: Silence of the sacrificial lamb
In the torrent of commentaries and reactions after the clashes between police and protesters in Sofia, one voice was notable
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‘Extended’ reform plan – Bulgarian government’s mystery tour presses on
The Bulgarian Socialist Party government, after approving a Budget revision that will mean a billion leva new debt – a
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Bulgaria’s anti-government protests: To ‘fight on the beaches’?
Members of Bulgaria’s Parliament are planning to forego the barricades for the beaches on their annual August summer holiday, escaping
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Russia Watch: Why will Obama visit Russia for a Putin summit?
Why is Barack Obama planning to be in Moscow in early September for a two-day summit with Vladimir Putin? Mystery
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Mandela Day, July 18 2013: Celebrating the legacy that binds humanity beyond borders
Being a South African diplomat in Bulgaria presents one with an ample opportunity to reflect and engage with the resonance
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The first days of the Oresharski Cabinet: ignorance or populism?
In a few short weeks, Plamen Oresharski’s government has undertaken a number of measures and unveiled policy plans that showcase
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Russia Watch: Snowden and Russia’s whistleblowers
“These nations, including Russia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Ecuador, have my gratitude and respect for being the first to stand
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