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From Sofia, with love

17 May 2009

Bulgarian songstress Lili Ivanova’s career began in 1963 and she soon became the country’s biggest star under the communists. Today she’s just as famous and is widely revered as a champion of the nation.

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The Global Countdown - Bulgaria

15 July 2021

Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs in Bulgaria this week. After its most recent election, the country may soon have a pop star, Slavi Trifonov, as prime minister. We talk about his music and the…

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Bulgaria battles on

27 February 2017

There’s a naval build-up taking place in the Black Sea as Nato sends more ships and Russia bolsters its fleet. For Bulgaria, the escalation creates a political quandary: The country has sought warmer relations with Moscow…

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Business

17 March 2007

How New York became a space centre, making green products stylish and branding a nation.

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Europe

25 April 2013

What Belarus's autocrat president Aleksandr Lukashenko has in his wardrobe, why a new theme park in Greece is ruffling feathers, and Bulgaria's upcoming elections.

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Europe

17 October 2007

How to speak modern Spanish, and the British colony in the Balkans.

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Diplomacy

17 May 2019

Bulgaria’s digital goodwill ambassador, Finland’s happy holiday and a Brazilian change of heart.

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Diplomacy

25 February 2021

Canada’s ambassador to Belarus talks keeping the peace, Bulgaria and Russia fight it out and a new embassy location is found in Jerusalem.

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Europe

13 August 2014

The elegant style of the IMF's managing director, earthquake fears in Bulgaria and an interview with the leader of a new feminist political party in Sweden.

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Defence

21 February 2019

Bulgaria beefs up its airforce, Turkey adds to its missile stocks and Greece tightens its coastal security.

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Europe

8 January 2010

Why French bees love city life, Finland's broadband-for-all and we catch a glimpse of the motorcade of Bulgaria's prime minister, Boyko Borisov.

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Business

19 November 2009

How Bulgaria became a world leader in snail production, the material difference of the new Boeing 787 and the German gunmakers tapping into the US market.

Radio

The Late Edition, episode 398

10 May 2013

Jane Kinninmont of Chatham House brings us the day’s Middle East agenda, we preview Bulgaria’s elections, and conclude our Hong Kong culture series with Aisha Speirs.

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The Briefing, episode 450

24 July 2013

We look at violence during anti-government protests in Bulgaria, analyse the campaign to chase down Nazis in Germany, and get the latest business and tech news.

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The Briefing, episode 340

20 February 2013

The latest on the resignation of Bulgaria’s government. Plus, we get tech news and find out why the UK has been given a £100m (€114.3m) art collection.

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The Late Edition, episode 222

4 September 2012

Why Bulgaria doesn’t want the euro, we hear about Maine’s glut of lobster, and Andrew Tuck checks in from the Word Urban Forum in Naples.