The day in 3 news: First Bulgarian F-16 fighter; Children quit school before their EU peers; Female entrepreneurs get more funds than the EU average

Bulgaria tables another army modernization plan, but relies on allies to plug holes

Spanish aircraft and Italian ground troops to reinforce NATO’s flank in the country

Day in 3 News: MPs approve purchase of US fighter jets; Gov’t to tax Lukoil refinery; sales and profits up for arms manufacturer

The week: Weapons promises, foreign agents and budget in the red

Guns for Ukraine - it’s official, sort of; Still no government in sight, a nuclear reactor is shut off

Demand for housing in Burgas is greater than supply

New construction projects now expand the city towards the mainland - and some of them are quite large

The day in 3 news: New parliament fails to elect speaker; Bill for 8 fighter jets to be introduced; GDP in 2021 surpasses expectations

The week: Elections 2022: Pretend nothing’s happening; FDI down, caretaker Gov’t goes LNG

Parties lying low on big issues before vote, Energy Minister shifts stance on LNG and why do people from the "Yellow Cobblestones" cry?

The week: "Year Zero" for anti-corruption, new cabinet or new elections, the quick end of the Gemcorp memorandum

Captured state fights back, gas storage slowly fills up and a skyscraper that is not

GERB says Rashkov’s nomination would be "war"; US offers Bulgaria 8 fighter jets; LNG deal to bring more gas to Bulgaria

Beating plowshares back into swords

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might finally prompt the rearmament of Bulgaria’s military which has all but stalled in the past three decades

Strange protests and even stranger anti-inflation measures, plus the new owner of the Maritza Iztok - 3 coal power plant

Protest for the sake of protesting, Italian soldiers are welcomed and a new owner for the second largest TPP in Bulgaria

Houston, we have a (coalition and inflation) problem - but also a Resilience plan, at last

Ceaseless troubles for the ruling majority; more, yet pricier F-16s on the way & downgraded GDP forecast

The second F-16 deal: late and more expensive

Despite political hopes that the second batch of 8 US-made fighters would be cheaper, the initial offer price stands at 1.7 billion USD - a third more than in 2019

The day in 3 news: US offers Bulgaria a new deal for 8 more F-16s, Inflation to hit 10.4%, State plans new gov’t bonds auction after last one fails

F-16s delayed: What happened to the new fighters for the Bulgarian air force?

Supply chain issues and logistical problems have stalled the production of the Lockheed Martin jets, postponing deliveries by up to two years

The day in 3 news: Finance minister lays into corrupt spending, Delivery of F-16s might be postponed, Health Ministry issues pandemic action plan

Eagle Down: the systemic flaws that led to the crash of a MiG-29

Inadequate resources, an ageing fighter fleet, criminally few flying hours for pilots and poor training - just some of the problems plaguing the Bulgarian Air Force

The Great Patriotic Rearmament

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

Fast Reads

Economic growth slips

Bulgaria’s economic growth slows to six-year low of 2.4% in the first quarter of 2020. Timid signs of recovery can already be seen but it is still too early for optimism