Parliamentary elections 2021: Everything you need to know before the vote

Voters go to the polls in an uncertain pandemic environment after a lifeless campaign that only galvanized core supporters

COVID-19: Reopening amidst the third wave and before the elections

Despite rising hospitalizations and fatalities, Bulgarian authorities are easing anti-epidemic restrictions just days after their imposition

Spy saga: Bulgaria’s "Cambridge Five" or just a smoke-mirror?

The story of five members of the Bulgarian counterintelligence service have reached NATO, but it reveals more about the country’s unreformed institutions than Moscow’s spy efforts

A slap from across the ocean, a 4.2% drop in GDP and are there really so many vandals around here

The day in 3 news: GDP down 4.2% in 2020, Ministry of Finance cancels T-bond sale, Hungarian IT school plans campus in Bulgaria

The day in 3 news: Students return to school, government pays powerbrokers for "cold reserve", public sector wage hike

No land of vaccines: COVID-19 and Bulgaria

Even though the British strain reaches the country, malls and gyms open and the vaccination schedule lags far behind

The Day in 3 news: Lukoil’s new investment, machinery may be recovering, and lockdown loosens in February

How Bulgaria let Covid-19 loose

After an ineffective first lockdown, the government sleepwalked into the second pandemic wave - with deadly consequences

Expressions of a captured state

Three stories of how rules are applied unevenly in Bulgaria

Къде to learn Bulgarian?

A few recommendations on how to learn and know more about the language

In focus: The smaller economies of northern Bulgaria

The economic indicators of the regions of Shumen and Targovishte lag behind national averages but population trends are optimistic

Bulgarian food and drinks: where to (re)start from

A short guide to rediscovering all things Bulgarian

Bulgaria's bright side: When smart ideas turn into business

French macarons in Sofia & First street-food park & Robots + LEGO = success

Obtaining investment protection in Bulgaria

The spiking political risk and the termination of Intra-EU bilateral investment treaty program are conflating in a dangerous spiral

Taxing Trouble

The taxation Ordinance N-18 that affects almost every company in Bulgaria has introduced an extremely complex, unclear and expensive regulation, and will repel foreign investors

The gambling war

The attack on gambling tycoon Vasil Bozhkov is yet another example of how politics and business in Bulgaria are intertwined