Mining sector targeted with a new tax in an attempt to fill budget holes

The finance ministry has proposed changes to the law on underground resources to raise revenues by BGN 900 million a year

When Plovdiv was the capital

A decade ago, the city won the 2019 European Capital of Culture title. This triggered the peak of its development

Day in 3 news: Radev to skip NATO summit; GERB receives gov’t mandate on Monday; Ruse-Giurgiu ferry link to open by the end of summer

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: From Ruse to Sofia, or why elections might not be all that important

Another election looms, Lukoil and Nexo lurch to fresh crisis and Ruse has some things going for it

Sofia’s hottest new contemporary art center

The emergence of the Regional Centre for Contemporary Arts "Toplotsentrala" in South Park has the potential to fan the flames of Sofia's cultural scene

The risky gambit with government debt

The Bulgarian caretaker cabinet’s decision to not issue government bonds on the international market hasn’t worked well

Food and beverage Top 30: Sunflower Billions

The sector as a whole performs well, but the champion is sunflower oil production

The day in 3 news: Schools won’t reopen until 8 November at the earliest, Bulgarians second in EU at risk of poverty, Prosecution to decide if it will investigate Petkov after elections

The Week: The inevitable fifth wave, the surf-master Radev and the boom of online retail

K Insights 22/10: grocery stores flourish while clothes shops go under

The week: The cynicism of demographic mourners, final week of parliamentary dramas and GDP records

Politicians play deaf and blind on stagnant vaccinations, but mourn demographic collapse, pensions, GDP go up - and so could concession fees

The day in 3 news: Restaurants reopening, Mortality at a 60-year high in 2020, Hotel revenues down 42% in February

The day in 3 news: Gov’t budget already in deficit by March, Geopost’s second buyout bid for Speedy, Dronamics launches cargo drone airline

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

The day in 3 news: New lockdown from Monday, Public sector pay up 21 percent in 2020, US startup with Bulgarian branch becomes a "unicorn"

Covid-19: Stumbling back into crisis

The government’s decision to reopen schools and restaurants too soon may cause an avoidable repetition of the November-December pandemic disaster

The day in 3 news: Three quarters of Bulgaria now in red Covid-19 zone, Six or seven parties in Parliament: Alpha Research, Eurohold seeks to raise 100 mln euro to purchase CEZ-Bulgaria,

The day in 3 news: Vaccination "Green corridors" reopen, only to close again, environmentalists march in defense of Black Sea beach, ex-PM’s strategy to ease Sofia-Skopje spat falters

Elections and Covid-19: Borissov plays with fire

How could a third wave of the pandemic impact the 4 April parliamentary vote?

Bulgaria’s GDP: Nowhere to go but up

The sharpest economic drop on record was expected to be followed by a quick recovery. The third quarter is not looking so good though.