Georgia 2013 and the vilifying of Saakashvili
If those behind a petition claimed to have a million signatures have their way, Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili will step
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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.
Belene dominates live TV debate ahead of Bulgaria’s nuclear referendum that ‘isn’t’ about Belene
Belene, the nuclear power station that may not speak its name, was much mentioned in Bulgaria’s first live television debate
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Slovakia celebrates the 20th anniversary of the velvet split
Slovakia as we know it today celebrates 20 years of its existence on January 1, 2013. On this day in 1993,
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The Globe 2013: Business as usual
The economy, both in Bulgaria and the world as a whole, has defied the worst predictions of the doom brigade
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The Globe 2013: Eastern Europe, in and out of Europe
To start with one of those fascinating facts about the European Union in general in the course of the year
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The Globe 2013: Bulgaria makes its choices
There are to be two defining political events in Bulgaria that may be predicted in the coming year – the
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Russia Watch: A Kremlin Christmas Carol – Russia’s Scrooge against the orphans?
A light snow covers Moscow, subzero temperatures provide bright sunshine and Jingle Bells wafts through malls filled with happy shoppers.
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Romania’s election – hard figures and a hard future
Romania boasts the largest administrative building in the world, the Parliament Palace that is home to its bicameral parliament –
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Russia Watch: Russian conservatives see ‘foreign agents’ and ‘treason’ behind social change
Ashley, an American friend, and I were walking on a bridge over the Moscow River to the “Inostranii Agent” or
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