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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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.
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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M&A corner: Cutting costs – cut fat, not muscle
I have seen several situations where management was of the view that costs could not be cut without considerably affecting
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Bulgaria’s media movements and muddles
A great game is being played out in Bulgaria’s media market that can be as baffling as trying to think
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