The Week: Troubles in the Black Sea, not a nice time to be a Bulgarian neighbor, Capital sells covers on an NFT auction

The Three seas in Sofia; No date for North Macedonia, welcome to the Rhodope mountain train

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria is less competitive, Zaev visits Sofia, Prosecution asks US State Department for more info on Magnitsky sanctions

The day in 3 news: VMRO leader to be fined for hate speech, Health Minister unveils sweeping medical reforms, 315 million euro program to repair reservoirs botched

The day in 3 news: Exports and imports grow, No sign of the lost fighter jet, EU prosecution awaits Bulgarian nominees

The week: The offices will stay empty, GERB is on the ropes, the Revenue agency raises its game

The Great Patriotic Rearmament

Despite the pandemic, Bulgaria went on a military spending spree in 2020 – and pledges to continue

Fast Reads

Bulgarian Air Force finally gets on a westbound flight

The parliament ratified a deal to purchase eight new F-16 US made fighter jets

Bulgaria embarks on a massive rearmament program without clear priorities

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

Fast Reads

News Briefs

Fast reads

The end of the Council of EU Presidency, the cabinet is already shaking, Desislava Ivancheva, the Bulgarian judiciary

Bulgarian armed forces on a shopping spree

The government eyes new fighter jets, patrol ships, APCs

Air force chief soaring to presi dency

Six months ago Rumen Radev was Air Force Commander almost unknown to the public. Today he’s arguably the most important person in Bulgarian politics.

News brief

Bulgarian politics might be on the verge of systemic change

This is hardly good news for the country as it may lead to instability and turbulence