By Georgi Gotev My colleague blogger Emanuele Bonini writes that despite the terrible political situation in Italy, his compatriots can be proud that the new European Parliament President is Italian, and another Italian succeeded to…
By Georgi Gotev Bulgaria may be a small country and the poorest in the EU, but two Bulgarian names have been widely mentioned as candidates for EU top jobs at the marathon summit that ended…
By Georgi Gotev UK PM hopeful Boris Johnson called the French “turds”. Footage of Johnson calling the French what could be translated in their language as « merde » was cut from a BBC documentary following a…
By Georgi Gotev Vesselin Mareshki, a businessman turned politician who gained international notoriety for being the Bulgarian political ally of Marine Le Pen, announced that he will run for mayor of Sofia. Municipal elections will…
By Krassen Nikolov Could the country the political elite of which is the most corrupt in the EU and is above the law, become even more corrupt? It turns out that it is possible. In…
By Krassen Nikolov Bulgarian Justice Minister Danail Kirilov announced that he would resign if the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) was not lifted by the end of Juncker Commission’s mandate. The bet is risky, given…
By Krassen Nikolov By the end of May Bulgaria had record budget surplus. Revenues are €1.5 billion higher than planned. This is not much for developed European economies, but for Bulgaria it is a huge…
By Krassen Nikolov “There is one big village near Pleven, which always shows me the tendencies in vote-buying”, a sociologist who wants to remain anonymous told this website. The village is Bukovlak. It is a…
By Krassen Nikolov The Netherlands continues to block Bulgaria’s Schengen accession because of the corruption and of another problem highlighted this time – human trafficking. On Wednesday (5 June), Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok, who…
By Krassen Nikolov The incumbent European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel led the European election list of GERB, the EPP-affiliated party of Boyko Borissov, and was elected as an MEP. But on…
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