Boston’s bombs will echo around the world
Many Russians watch with quiet satisfaction as the American saga unfolds about the two Chechen brothers turned Boston Marathon bombers.
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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 electricity prices zero-sum game
Barely a month after Bulgaria’s utilities regulator approved lower electricity prices for consumers, their sustainability even in the short term
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Eavesdropping on the Bulgarian mind
A week into the official election campaigning period, Boiko Borissov’s GERB either has a lead of a few per cent
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Russia Watch: Russia searches for ‘foreign agents’ at home, disguises its information war abroad
Russia’s government is busy rooting out “foreign agents.” So far police agents have “inspected” 700 non-governmental organizations, or NGOs, looking
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UK ambassador: Should I be an optimist or a pessimist about Bulgaria?
British ambassador in Sofia Jonathan Allen addressed the Atlantic Club on April 11 2013 on the topic of “should I
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Bulgaria to ask for South Stream review
Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov said on April 10 that Bulgaria should review its investment decision on South Stream
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‘At the mercy of psychopaths’: Palfreeman interviewed
I’m still Jock Nobody to the Australian authorities, complains Jock Palfreeman, despite the recent publication of a book documenting his
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Of Thatcher and time
Tributes/criticism to Mrs Thatcher have been lined up for many years. Many initially opposed her but time has perhaps been
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Russia Watch: Russia loses Cyprus
Russia suffered a major defeat last week. And no one noticed. But the setback was so striking that President Vladimir
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