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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.

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Israel mulls supporting South Azerbaijan’s independence from Iran: Ukraine should pay attention

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 Igor Chalenko Israel, Russia, Ukraine

Thirty-two Israeli MPs have sent an appеal to the Cabinet of Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs with a call to

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‘Desatanization’ of Ukraine: Orthodox Christianity as a weapon in Kremlin’s hybrid war

April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 Vanessa Nikolova of factcheck.bg Russia, Ukraine

In October 2022, a new goal was added to Russia’s initially stated goals of its invasion of Ukraine – “denazification”

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Putin, Orbán and Radev – the superheroes of made-up news

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 Vanessa Nikolova of factcheck.bg Media

Vladimir Putin: Ukraine is preparing secret bombings of Varna, Sofia and Plovdiv to accuse Russia and cause war! Viktor Orbán:

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Bulgaria’s April 2023 elections: Winners and losers

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

With very close to 100 per cent of the ballots from Bulgaria’s April 2023 parliamentary elections counted, it is possible

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Caucasian knot: Ayatollahs supply Putin with drones via Armenia for the war in Ukraine

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 Nikolay Marchenko Armenia, Russia, Ukraine

The drones that bombed Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, leaving the country and neighbouring Moldova without power, may have been imported into

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Profiting from the war: Kremlin bypasses EU and US embargo via Armenia

March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Nikolay Marchenko Armenia, Russia, Ukraine

The authoritarian regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin is circumventing the embargoes and trade sanctions imposed by the EU, the

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Rescuing history: Bulgaria and 1943

March 17, 2023May 10, 2024 Sofia Cohen Bulgarian Jews, Roumen Radev

As a descendant of Bulgarian Jews who survived the Holocaust, I am writing these words with the dedication to the

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Easy prey? Russia’s influence in Bulgaria

February 12, 2023February 12, 2023 Vessela Tcherneva Russia

In early January, investigative journalist Christo Grozev addressed the Bulgarian parliament via videolink. His words shocked parliamentarians and the wider

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Losing in Ukraine, Putin destabilises Karabakh

February 2, 2023February 8, 2023 Nikolay Marchenko Russia, Ukraine

Moscow is rocking the boat in Karabakh and other separatist regions such as Transnistria and Abkhazia to distract the world’s

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