By Georgi Gotev The Bulgarian Prosecutor-General’s Office said it has launched an investigation into a real estate deal by Tzvetan Tzvetanov, the deputy chairman of the ruling GERB party. According to an investigation by Radio…
By Krassen Nikolov The ruling party GERB and the small right-wing Union of Democratic Forces (SDS) will run in coalition for the upcoming European elections. The agreement was signed this morning (20 March) between the…
An exclusive interview by Krassen Nikolov Svetoslav Malinov is a member of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria and part of the EPP Group in the European Parliament. He is one of the likely leaders of…
Sergei Stanishev is the leader of the Party of European Socialists (PES), but his authority in his home country Bulgaria is contested. Stanishev was the Prime Minister of Bulgaria when the country joined the EU…
By Krassen Nikolov On Thursday (14 March), Vesselin Mareshki, the leader of the populist party “Volya”, and his eleven MPs, announced that they were leaving the parliament. Thus Mareshki would leave the functioning of the…
By Valia Ahchieva On 10 August last year, the Commercial Register in Bulgaria went off, creating unprecedented chaos. Citizens, companies and the administration remained cut off from a vital database. The uncertainty fuelled fears of…
By Krassen Nikolov In the run up to the European elections domestic scandals can have huge consequences, as their fallout is difficult to predict. It’s even worse if the scandal would have an international dimension….
By Georgi Gotev The Bulgarian National Television (BNT) inadvertently disclosed the very simple mechanism allowing big players with guilty conscience to stop the publication of journalistic investigations affecting their interests. The supporting roles in killing…
By Georgi Gotev Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB), a small party affiliated to EPP, has sent a letter, asking for the expulsion of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party from the centre-right European political family, the website…
Our distinguished contributor Valia Ahchieva was asked to stop contributing to media other than the Bulgarian National Television (BNT), although BNT has put down her weekly program. In fact, Ahchieva contributes only to EUelectionsBulgaria.com. Several…
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