Bulgaria’s festivals in 2025

Eating, drinking and a little jazz - where, what, and when to visit throughout the year

Finally a regular cabinet: a strange GERB-led coalition

TISP and BSP join forces with their nominal top nemesis and, with the help of Dogan’s MRF, push through an ordinary government

30 years of BNP Paribas in Bulgaria: A Journey of Growth and Innovation*

From key investments to digital transformation, BNP Paribas marks three decades of success in Bulgaria.

The week: Why Nations Fail in football and elections

One night in Belfast, What is wrong with the Air Force, Varna ex-mayor is sinking

The day in 3 news: Second month with deflation MOM; Salaries grow 17% YOY; Youth unemployment shrinks

The week: "Greatness" is what happens when you ignore journalists

The day in 3 news: Yoncheva will be MEP for Peevski; GERB, MRF dominate Roma regions; Paysera has IPO for 1.15 million levs

Dronamics, Bulgaria’s first drone airline

The Bulgarian startup recently secured an equity investment of 10 million euro from the EIC

The week: No country for the old

The young have made it through, The rotation is now a centrifuge, Bulgarian football goes for old

The day in 3 news: Budapest says Sofia must waive gas fee; Tripartite unity over parliament’s sitting; Ski resorts open this weekend

The day in 3 news: A step closer to Schengen, GERB overhauls Sofia leadership, Carlsberg goes green

To prevent tragedies in the Mediterranean, there must be avenues for legal migration: Iliana Ivanova

The new Bulgaria EU Commissioner, responsible for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, in conversation with KInsights

The day in 3 news: Coalition sees surprise outbreak of harmony; Anti-BFF protests turn violent; Peevski runs to be next MRF leader

A Russian Oligarch’s Son and his Plovdiv Odyssey: Part II

Two years after the arrival of Russian oligarch’s son Anton Zingarevich, the finances of the leading Plovdiv football club in Plovdiv are a mystery

A Russian Oligarch’s Son and his Plovdiv Odyssey: Part I

Anton Zingarevich, the son of a Russian billionaire, has reduced several sports clubs worldwide to ruin. Now Botev Plovdiv is on the line.

The week: Did Peevski switch sides, or did the others, Ukrainian grain to flow, Russian oil to stop, NATO comes to Yambol

Our weekly overview

The week: More than one storm brewing in the Black Sea, Brussels’ pressure and TurkStream revelations

Bulgaria, where natural catastrophes meet ungovernability

Bulgaria poised for bigger share of the digitalization department in the European Commission

EC Vice-President for Digitalization Margrethe Vestager is likely to become head of the EIB this autumn

The day in 3 news: Maria Gabriel set to be GERB’s PM-designate; Bulgaria in Eurozone by 2025; Tailor opens new BGN 1.4m site

The week: Goodbye to the euro, see you again sometimes?

Is the euro coming at all, the Russian assets in Bulgaria are in for a freeze, trouble at the European prosecution