Russia Watch: Charm alert: Georgia welcomes Russian tourists
Nervousness was in the air the other afternoon when my S7 Airbus, packed with Russian tourists, touched down at Tbilisi’s
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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.
Analysis: New poll shows disillusionment with Bulgaria’s Cabinet and major political parties
With about nine months to go to Bulgaria’s summer 2013 national parliamentary elections, the country’s centre-right Cabinet, ruling party and
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Socialist leader Stanishev wants voter turnout validity bar for Belene referendum lowered
With polls suggesting that a proposed national referendum on building a nuclear power station at Belene may be invalid because
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Macedonia: Looking upon lustration
It is unthinkable that anywhere in the former communist countries of Eastern Europe a process of public disclosures about those
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Turkish military action heightens regional tensions
The military exchange between Turkey and forces in Syria threatens to inflame the region, highlighting differences between Arab and non-Arab
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Reflections on reputations
“Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us,” said Thomas
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Golf: An epic Ryder Cup played out at Medinah
The 39th Ryder Cup will be remembered for different reasons by the European and the American public. The USA leading
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In conversation with the king at the British Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce
The British Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce in conversation with King and former Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha at the British
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US presidential debate blog 2012: No game-changing moment, but a recovery for Romney?
The first live televised 2012 presidential election debate between the Democrats’ US president Barack Obama and Republican Party candidate Mitt
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