Russia Watch: Putin the Permissive and Russian football hooligans
The world may indeed be flat. Several thousand Russians recently traveled to the western edge of their country – and
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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.
Paltry prospects for Bulgaria’s new political parties
An opinion survey in June 2012 said that Bulgarians – who are about a year away from national parliamentary elections
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News Analysis: What’s next for Europe’s left?
As France’s newly elected socialist President Francois Hollande settles into the Élysée Palace, bolstered by comfortable socialist majority in that
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A bystander at the Balkans International Wine Competition
On the second floor of the Grand Hotel Sofia, the room was crowded. Too crowded. But what had I expected?
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The Putin Pendulum: Anti-White House – Pro American investment
On Monday in Mexico, Vladimir Putin and Barrack Obama appeared together before the press. The Russian President leaned diagonally away
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To the Editor: Accusations against Romania’s Ponta are unsubstantiated
Dear Mr Chief Editor, As you are well aware, on the 18th of June, Mr. Victor Ponta, the Prime Minister
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The ‘Sofia’ criteria for the euro zone
The European Central Bank (ECB) published its Convergence Report (2012), in which it evaluates the progress of the members states
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Russia Watch: Putin fails to scare Moscow’s middle class
The young protester handing out fake “Go Straight to Jail” tickets just didn’t get it. In advance of Tuesday’s protest
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Euro zone crisis expected to dominate G20 Summit
Much of President Barack Obama’s attention at next week’s Group of 20 economic summit in Mexico’s Pacific resort of Los Cabos may
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