Bulgaria’s independent English-language news and features website.
Domestic politics, stories of relevance to expatriates, organised crime and corruption, judiciary, foreign policy and popular topics such as archaeology and weather
Power distribution companies and municipalities are to check the safety of electricity transformer substations in residential buildings after an explosion
Read more
Amid the relentless barrage of criticism being levelled at Bulgaria’s Cabinet for its plans to introduce a tax on deposit
Read more
Bulgaria’s ruling party GERB has nominated Roumyana Zheleva, a former foreign minister and failed European Commissioner-designate, for a second term
Read more
Annual inflation was unchanged in September, both in the euro zone and the European Union as a whole, but the
Read more
Facing Nato member Bulgaria’s continuing shortcoming in fighter jets, Defence Minister Anyu Angelov has revived moves for the country to
Read more
An electricity power substation in a residential building exploded in the early hours of the morning of October 16 2012
Read more
Bulgaria’s small, medium and micro enterprise (SME) sector has stabilised after the crisis with noticeably more businesses, jobs and value
Read more
Recent days have seen a new series of arrests by Bulgarian border police of would-be illegal immigrants, mainly from Middle
Read more
Police arrested a 40-year-old Bulgarian at a Sofia metro underground railway station, acting on an international arrest warrant issued by
Read more