Hungary commentary: Orbán’s ill wind could blow his house down
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s recent remarks, welcoming an “Eastern Wind” that can blow in a mix of economic dynamism
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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.
Russia Watch: Got a meeting with Vladimir, the Tardy? Bring a good book
On a sun splashed hillside overlooking the Black Sea, the President of Ukraine and half of his cabinet gathered July
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Defection highlights sectarian divide in Syrian government
The defection of Syria’s Sunni Muslim Prime Minister Riad Hijab is the latest sign of a sectarian split in the
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Russia Watch: Russia’s Political Summer Olympics – Putin x Pussy Riot
In Moscow’s Political Summer Olympics, President Putin is on track this week to win the gold in a demanding event:
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Is email at death’s door?
A lot of Internet tech talkers are preparing a coffin for electronic mail. Some are even shoveling dirt on it.
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Russia Watch: Linguistic future — Ukrainians who do not speak Russian?
It’s a sunny summer evening here in Lviv, the café and cobblestones capital of Western Ukraine. But a steady stream
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Smoke and mirrors – tourism and the Olympics
May 26 2012 was just another sporting Saturday in London; a football play off with 60 000 spectators in attendance
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Russia Watch: Why does the Kremlin defend the suspects in the Magnitsky case?
Many countries have mafias. I’ve reported on gangsters in Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil. I’ve spent time mulling the human landscapes
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The ins and outs of the EU banking pact
Since its introduction in May by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, the concept of an EU-wide banking union remains
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