By Krassen Nikolov The European elections in Bulgaria were a sort of vote of confidence for the government of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and his party GERB. The final results, just announced, are 31,07% for…
By Krassen Nikolov The corruption scandal with the Austrian far-right Freedom Party attracts the attention of Europeans just before the forthcoming EU elections. Austria and Bulgaria have something in common: the coalition governments with the…
By Georgi Gotev On 26 April Vĕra Jourová, the EU Commissioner for justice, said on 26 April that the Juncker Commission will not lift the monitoring on Bulgaria under the so-called Cooperation and Verification Mechanism…
By Georgi Gotev The Bulgarian Prime Minister and leader of GERB Boyko Borissov has an interesting biography and is no saint, by any means. And it looks like his arch-foes, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP),…
By Krassen Nikolov European taxpayers have been depleted with dozens of millions of euros as a result of fraud with the European Operational Programme - “Development of Rural Areas“ in Bulgaria. From 2007 to 2013…
By Krassen Nikolov Journalism has become dangerous in Bulgaria, say Reporters without Borders in their 2019 World Press Freedom Index published on Thursday (18 April). The index evaluates the state of journalism in 180 countries…
A commentary by Krassen Nikolov “I do not feel punished because no one can punish me.” This was the comment of the former leader of the GERB parliamentary group, Tzvetan Tzvetanov, after he resigned from…
By Krassen Nikolov “I am shocked when I am called ‘minister of justice’. But I will have to get used to it.” That is how the new minister Danail Kirilov candidly commented his new key…
By Krassen Nikolov The corruption scandal with the apartments bought by high level officials at suspiciously low prices might have a positive effect on the campaign for the European elections in Bulgaria. “Bulgaria should stop…
Commentary by Krassen Nikolov On Thursday, the chairman of the anti-corruption agency (Commission for Combating Corruption and the Withdrawal of Illegally Acquired Property – KPKONPI) Plamen Georgiev announced his unprecedented decision to take an unlimited…
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