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Google, privacy and you

Doug Bernard, VOANews — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:01:00 +0200

What the search engine giant knows about you.

Bad decision

James Warlick — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:01:00 +0200

As debate in Bulgaria heats up on the issue of shale gas exploration, the US ambassador in Sofia weighs in on the topic.

Editorial: Gauging pressure

Clive Leviev-Sawyer, Editor-in-Chief — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0200

Debate should be democratic, indeed, but it also should be rational and factual.

Translation tangle

SEEMO — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:59:00 +0200

Translating from Serbian into Croatian, or vice verse, would be like translating German films in Austria, Austrian films in Germany or Argentina or Cuban productions in Spain.

Why Tymoshenko must be free

Bishop Paul Peter Jesep - The Kyiv Post — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:35:00 +0200

'Viktor Fedorovych has mocked justice, compromised democracy and damaged Ukraine’s standing in the world.'

Russia and Iran: Uneasy neighbours — since the 16th Century

James Brooke, VOANews — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:02:00 +0200

Countries without natural borders are like amoebas. Over centuries, they expand and contract, expand and contract.

Editorial: Policing the police

Clive Leviev-Sawyer, Editor-in-Chief — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0200

In police work, bad tip-offs happen; who knows what the police were expecting? But that is no excuse for excessive use of force.

Attacks on reporters in Romania

SEEMO — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:59:00 +0200

The exact number of assaulted journalists, either by protesters or the police, is not known.

Blog: Time to end the UK's wacky welfare system

Gabriel Hershman — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0200

Some clergy suggested the UK government's proposal to cap annual state benefits at 26 000 pounds is 'unchristian'. Really?

The captain of the sinking ship

Gabriel Hershman — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:02:00 +0200

Would you help strangers before yourself?

Editorial: President Plevneliev

Clive Leviev-Sawyer, Editor-in-Chief — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0200

The country needs unity and inspiration around specific goals and Plevneliev has put forward specific numbers that he wants to see achieved.

No shale gas for Bulgaria – we want gas from Russia

John C Menzies — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:59:00 +0200

Here in Europe there is growing opposition to shale gas. But how much of this is based on good science and how much on politics?

Blog: On Worral Thompson and a shoplifter's motive

Gabriel Hershman — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:41:00 +0200

There is no such thing as a 'typical' shoplifter and there are many motives for people to steal.

Blog: Ed Miliband should never have challenged his brother

Gabriel Hershman — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:05:00 +0200

In essence Ed only has himself to blame; he set his stall to the Left of his brother and now seems lost as to what to do.

Editorial: Co-operation and verification

Clive Leviev-Sawyer, Editor-in-Chief — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0200

It is to be hoped that 2012 will see Bulgaria tie up the loose end of not yet being a member of the European Union’s Schengen visa zone.

Press freedom violations in SEE

SEEMO — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:59:00 +0200

The source of threats and pressures is diversified: politicians, business groups, often linked to mafia-style business dealings, religious organisations, actors, musicians, etc.

Blog: Stephen Lawrence was just a pretext for bestial violence

Gabriel Hershman — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:13:00 +0200

Stephen Lawrence's killers, handed 14 and 15-year sentences, were certainly racist, but also, simply, psychopaths looking for trouble.

Commentary: Political purgatory for Ataka’s Siderov

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:38:00 +0200

Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist conspiracy theorist conspired against.

Editorial: Not a very merry Christmas

Clive Leviev-Sawyer, Editor-in-Chief — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:59:00 +0200

For the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Christmas of 2011 is not proving to be a season to be jolly.

Death threats against Croatian journalist

SEEMO — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:55:00 +0200

Due to his balanced reporting and investigations into war crimes committed during the 1990s, Drago Hedl has been targeted by law suits and was criticised by Croatian nationalist politicians.