Eugenia Baneva is an illustrious Bulgarian business lady who was arrested in August last year at the airport in Nice at the request of the authorities in Sofia. Four months later, Baneva was transferred to…
The campaign for the European elections in Bulgaria entered a hot phase. Krassen Nikolov tells the story. Two weeks ago, Elena Yoncheva, a key figure of the opposition BSP, was charged by the prosecution for…
Time flies and no new political force has made itself known in Bulgaria as the European elections are getting close. According to sociologists, there is room for a new political force, the usual miracle-maker. Many…
What can be the connection between a one-billion euro deal for F-16 fighters, the elections for the European Parliament, the direct democracy and the stability of the ruling coalition in Bulgaria? The answer is –…
Bulgarian journalist and politician Elena Yoncheva, who is targeted by the prosecution, didn’t make her case easier by taking aim at the Prime Minister. Krassen Nikolov has the story. “I would like to tell you…
On Sunday (20 January) Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and his right hand Tsvetan Tsvetanov gathered 2,000 of the party leadership at a pre-election congress in Sofia. The gathering was in the same building where were…
The ‘Democratic Bulgaria’ Coalition is the fifth and possibly the last political formation in Bulgaria with a chance to enter the European Parliament in the upcoming elections. This coalition is made up of three parties…
Millennium Club Bulgaria, a think tank of Bulgarians born after the 1st of January 1981 who studied (or are still studying) abroad, hosted on Monday (14 January) a talk show in Sofia about the future of…
“Bulgaria does not need early elections”. This is what the honorary chairman and founder of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) Ahmed Dogan told his party colleagues during his traditional speech on his birthday…
The Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office, during the term of the incumbent Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov, has become an actor on the political stage by itself. Krassen Nikolov has the story. When elections start approaching in Bulgaria…
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