Stakes are high that Sergei Stanishev, (outgoing) leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and (still) President of PES, the Party of European Socialists, will be his country candidate for EU Commissioner. Boyko Borissov, former Prime Minister said bets that Stanishev will be the Bulgarian candidacy, to be announced by the outgoing Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski.… » read more
Posted by Georgi Gotev
May 10, 2014
Yesterday Dmitry Rogozin, a top Russian official,bragged on twitter that he was able to land in Transnistria overflying Bulgarian and Romanian airspace, because Ukraine didn’t let him go. Rogozin was in Tiraspol for the 9 May celebrations. But now he is stranded in the breakaway region, as the US has put pressure on Romania not… » read more
Posted by Georgi Gotev
April 24, 2014
That’s the question to be asked in Ukraine, but also in Moldova, and possibly in other countries from the former Soviet sphere of influence. Many in Ukraine are likely to mark Europe’s Day. We remember the EU flags on Maidan, and it would make sense if pro-Europeans would show the colours again. But 9 May… » read more
Posted by Georgi Gotev
April 17, 2014
I am based in Brussels and cannot confirm the authenticity of this document, but I guess it deserves attention. A website of the Ukrainian city of Donetsk has published a photograph of a leaflet propagated by the authorities of the self-proclaimed pro-Russian “Donetsk Peoples’ Republic” with the following content: “Dear citizens of Jewish nationality! Due… » read more
Posted by Georgi Gotev
April 2, 2014
Who and when has messed things up, such that after Crimea’s annexation, we speak of a new Cold War. According to my journalistic notes, the root of the problem stems from November 2008, when we first heard talk about the “Eastern Partnership”, which some said was modeled on the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe,… » read more
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March 22, 2014
Fifty eight per cent of Bulgarians approve Russia’s annexation of Crimea, with 38% against. A similar percentage of Bulgarians were against the NATO strikes on Belgrade over the Kosovo ethnic cleansing by Milosevic. And were against the Kosovo independence. Each time the going gets tough, a stable majority of Bulgarians approve Russia against the West.… » read more
Posted by Georgi Gotev
February 27, 2014
Ukrainians should be grateful for the Olympics in Sochi. The security concerns around the games have kept Putin very busy, and this benefitted the Euromaidan. In a way, the winner of the Sochi Olympics was Ukraine. In the rare moments when he could have a glimpse to TV reports from Kyiv, Putin may have been… » read more
Posted by Georgi Gotev
February 16, 2014
Putin is Russia’s President and strongman, but also he is the chairman of United Russia, a political force that describes itself as conservative. In the past Soviet Russia was opposed to the West on the basis of ideology. But isn’t a new ideology beginning to replace old political divisions? The negative attitude vis-à-vis gay marriage… » read more
Posted by Georgi Gotev
February 15, 2014
The internet community in Bulgaria tells me that tons of internet posts are being erased, in an attempt to defuse publications exposing major manipulation efforts of the public opinion by the company Leadway Media Solutions with the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) being the client. [more] (Trolls are people hired by PR companies to post laudatory… » read more
Posted by Georgi Gotev
February 6, 2014
I wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t seen it. Speaking in the talks show “Mots croisés” on French public TV France2 on 4 February, the leader of the far-right party Front National Marine Le Pen attacked French minister of economy Pierre Moscovici, a socialist, for tolerance vis-à-vis what she called “the real extreme right”. Replying… » read more
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