Reports

The European Parliament elections this spring will be a grand rehearsal for the local elections in the autumn – and possibly a snap vote

Did Moscow test lethal substance in Sofia before Salisbury?

The Bulgarian head of state has grown bolder as he enters the third year of his term but he is still some way from launching a new political project

Now that most asylum seekers have left Bulgaria, far right parties are turning to their favorite scapegoat – the stigmatized Roma minority

Bulgarians are often said to be insufficiently engaged civically but some cases prove otherwise

The process of selecting a new jetfighter for the Air Force has demonstrated the Ministry of Defense’s inability to manage complex projects

Saudi Arabia consolidates its place as a top small arms export destination for the third year running, despite human rights abuses and uncertainty about where weapons end up

Although highly unlikely, the risk of UK’s departure from the EU without a formal agreement is still looming

Sofia is unhappy that its role in the untying of the Macedonian-Greek Gordian knot has been ignored

The European economy is losing steam, and Bulgarian national statistics show a disappointing investment and consumer activity

In an effort to crack down on the shadow economy, the National Revenue Agency has introduced new regulations that are crippling the business of hundreds of thousands of companies

The positive outcome of ECB’s asset quality review of Bulgarian banks will be the real entry ticket

It is now clear that euro zone membership has improved the economic performance of new member states

Bulgaria has an unprecedented opportunity to attract a major car maker

Bulgarian businessman Kiril Domuschiev is buying Nova TV in a purchase that will tighten the media grip of the ruling GERB party

The Road Infrastructure Agency recently demonstrated how the authorities flagrantly flout public procurement procedures and transparency

The seizure of a Libyan oil tanker by the Bulgarian authorities has drawn the country into an international scandal. The case has also shown how easily Bulgarian courts can be circumvented

The Canadian owner has ceased production at ALC’s plants over a labor shortage, higher wage costs and failure to get a price increase from BMW

The bulgarian tobacco holding controlled by Delyan Peevski has closed all production units but the authorities see no problem

Two-thirds of the largest investment projects are in Northern Bulgaria. The top investor is Germany

Pleven has many advantages: existing ones such as aviation training and medical education, and untapped ones like logistics and manufacturing

A new business district is in the pipeline in the southeastern suburbs of Sofia.

Bulgaria’s national security agency has launched a probe into potential laundering of money from Venezuela via local private lender Investbank

Bulgaria's biggest private, domestically-owned lender – Fibank, reinforces its balance sheet, bracing for the ECB's asset quality review

For the first time, the regulator warns of potential risks for Bulgarian banks associated with the ECB's asset quality review

Earnings season fails to turn the tide

Bulgaria is the only EU Member State with a significant coal sector that hasn’t begun restructuring

Travelling is the new rock n roll