Bulgaria’s constitutional quandary shows no sign of resolution
A day after Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev cut short the swearing-in ceremony of four new Constitutional Court judges – “to
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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.
Can the BBC pass its next test?
The BBC, once seen as a bastion of excellence worldwide, especially in its news department, is now engulfed by crisis.
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Which group of ‘friends’ can win the EU budget battle?
If the topic of the European Union’s future budget does not interest you that much, the answer to the question
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Russia Watch: Reset the Reset: Can Russia’s Putin make peace with Obama II?
The reset jet no longer flies to Moscow. In March of 2009, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Hillary Clinton,
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Public infighting opens among top Bulgarian clergy in Patriarch succession battle
Eulogies for the late Patriarch Maxim, the long-standing head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, praised him as a unifier –
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In memoriam: Maxim, Patriarch of three eras
Patriarch Maxim is already part of history – not only the history of Bulgarian Orthodox Church, but of this society
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Bulgaria to hit political turbulence over fighter jet purchase plans?
Days of silence have descended over the potentially controversial current plan by Bulgaria to go ahead with soliciting offers to
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Woody turns serious
One of the gems of the Sofia Independent Film Festival was a documentary about Woody Allen. The diminutive, bespectacled nebbish
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Russia Watch: New Kremlin headache: Democracy is alive and well in Ukraine and Georgia
Vladimir Putin is suffering back pains and is cancelling foreign trips and his annual November press conference marathon. He may
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