May 29, 2009
By Christopher Deliso The successful conclusion of a long reform process that has brought a greater sense of stability and security for military personnel, as well as a more prominent role in Balkan partnerships on the national level, are two of Bulgaria’ss key achievements, according to General Zlatan Stoykov, Chief of General Staff of the [...]
May 26, 2009
By Christopher Deliso* High on a windswept ridge in Macedonia’ss barren northeastern expanse, some 17 kilometers down a rough dirt track heading towards Kratovo, it stands as a cryptic reminder of the country’ss still largely undocumented past: the rocky remains of what was once an important outpost in the Early Byzantine imperial hinterland. Nevertheless, the [...]
January 11, 2009
By Oxford Business Group* Though Bulgaria was sidetracked by the economic slowdown, the country fared better in 2008 than many of its neighbours and fellow members of the EU, maintaining higher levels of growth, seeing a fall in inflation and recording solid rates of foreign direct investment (FDI). According to official figures published by the [...]
January 4, 2009
The first New Year’s gift of 2009 to the citizens of many Balkan countries has come in the form of the season’s first significant snowfall, blanketing large areas in Macedonia, northern Greece, Serbia, Kosovo, Bulgaria and Albania. In the Macedonian capital of Skopje, some 16cm of snow has accumulated in the past three days- posing [...]
November 13, 2008
By Oxford Business Group* Bulgaria is expected to experience leaner economic times over the coming year, but reports of an impending crisis appear to be somewhat unfounded. On November 3, the European Commission (EC) issued a warning that Bulgaria is set to face slowing growth, consumption and investment over the coming year, while the current [...]
June 21, 2008
By Oxford Business Group* With bids for a stake in Bulgaria’s new nuclear power plant (NPP) to be submitted this month, and the funding recently secured, eyes are now turning to the electricity sector’s potential. Binding bids for a 49% share in the new NPP at Belene on the Danube are to be submitted by [...]
May 22, 2008
By Christopher Deliso Two Macedonian Army representatives were among the chosen expert speakers at a conference last week in Bulgaria devoted to peacekeeping issues involving the former conflict in Bosnia and the Balkan security situation today. The conference was organized by the Bulgarian General Staff and NATO, and held at the prestigious G.S. Rakovski Defense [...]
April 20, 2008
By Christopher Deliso In this detailed interview, Balkanalysis.com director Christopher Deliso gets a contemporary view on Bulgaria from a unique perspective- Americans Roy and Anne Freed, at 91 years young undoubtedly among the most senior of American lovers of this Balkan country. Roy and Anne had long and distinguished careers in the legal and psychology/social [...]
March 19, 2008
By Oxford Business Group* The European Commission (EC) has decided to suspend some farm aid payments to new EU member Bulgaria over suspected fraud, for the first time since the country joined the bloc in January 2007. The suspended payments were motivated by an investigation launched in 2006 by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), based [...]
February 20, 2008
Balkanalysis.com would like to announce that nine months’ worth of archived articles, many previously unavailable on the website, have now been uploaded to our page at the Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL.com). The articles in question number more than 50, and cover the months March-December 2006. They will be of interest to researchers [...]
