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The Schengen effect: What changes with full membership?
The borders will be open on 1 January 2025, but Bulgaria’s infrastructure will have a hard time absorbing all the traffic

The week: The Roadmap to Russian energy serfdom
How GERB sold out to Putin (before the war), Rotation stuck and who designs Beyonce’s clothes in BG

The week: What a Big Mac can tell us about the future of Sofia
Sofia gets really expensive, Peevski gets a post, and Real Estate keeps booming

Schengen by Air and Sea: What does it mean?
All EU member states approved Bulgaria’s and Romania’s partial entry into the free travel zone from 1 April, but are still to agree on full-blown membership

The week: 3 focal points to watch out for post-Schengen
Bulgaria gets a half-Schengen, Peevski gets a half party, and something awful is going on in the police

Gas tax for Schengen freedom? A last-ditch attempt to break the Austrian deadlock
The leaders of the parliamentary majority drop the controversial fee in exchange for last-minute entry into the free travel zone, but full membership is unlikely

The week: Bulgaria’s favorite decade, the euro-effort is shot in the leg, and banks are doing great
The past still has power over us

Schengen is shut, Bulgaria needs brain surgeon and which are the country’s biggest businesses
Gov’t mandate roulette kicks off, Boyko is the (old) Messi, K100 business ranking now in English

Bulgaria’s undertrained police struggle in the face of an influx of migrant smuggling
Three Internal Ministry officers have died and one is in critical condition after clashes with traffickers and inadequate training and equipment are to blame

The Refugee Issue may Make Bulgaria more Xenophobic
Bulgaria continues to receive refugees despite the EU-Turkey deal