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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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.
Bulgaria’s days of protest on a crusade for genuine change
“Failed you have”. The protest poster depicting Yoda of Star Wars is ironic but these short words represent the reverse
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Bulgaria: New leaders, new parties, old problems
Recent weeks in Bulgaria have seen right-wing parties elect new leaders, new parties emerge on the right-wing and the resumption
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Bulgaria’s media and the protests: From Barekov to BNT
Spare a thought for Bulgaria’s reporters. After six months of covering the winter protests, an election campaign and the current
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Croatia: The 28th state
Less than two decades following the bloody ethnic conflict that broke up Yugoslavia, Croatia celebrated its entry into the European
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Will Siderov be unhorsed?
On a day commemorating Bulgarian national hero Hristo Botev, who died during the struggle for liberation from Ottoman rule, the
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Welcome to Moscow’s transit lounge, Mr. Snowden
Uncle Volodya went to Finland this week and told three fairy tales. – Gays have equal rights in Russia. –
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Bulgaria’s protests: what will follow?
The anti-government protests in Sofia on the evening of June 22 gathered what reporters saw as a new record number
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Russia Watch: Kremlin crosses Russia’s Sunni muslims by joining Syria’s Shia alliance
Vladimir Putin got out of the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland without any broken china on the floor. In the
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