The prime ministers of Bulgaria and North Macedonia met on January 25 in the Bulgarian capital in a new attempt to defuse tensions between the two neighbors that have threatened to stall Skopje’s bid for European integration. “We are here because we are not afraid of crises and because we believe that we can solve them,” Bulgarian […]
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Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has pledged to restore democracy and stamp out rampant corruption at a ceremony swearing him in for a second term. “There is an anti-mafia consensus in Bulgaria,” Radev said in an address to the National Assembly on January 19. Radev Sworn In For Second Term As Bulgarian President, Pledges To Tackle Corruption (rferl.org)
The new prime ministers of North Macedonia and Bulgaria agreed on January 18 to intensify efforts to improve relations between the Balkan neighbors. Bulgaria, North Macedonia Agree To Work On Issues Preventing EU Talks (rferl.org)
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned as “judicial harassment” a recent court ruling in Bulgaria where two journalists and a website were found guilty of defamation for articles they published in 2018. Watchdog Slams Bulgarian Court Ruling As ‘Judicial Harassment’ Of Journalists (rferl.org)
The Black Sea is the region most severely affected by the tensions between the Russian Federation and the Transatlantic alliance. An arc of conflicts, extending from Moldova through Ukraine to the South Caucasus and Central Asia, serves the Kremlin’s strategy of geopolitical control. Russia’s sharp aggression against Georgia and Ukraine turned the Black Sea from […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister designate Kiril Petkov presented the composition of his future government to the nation as he seeks to end eight months of political deadlock. Petkov, 41, leader of the newly formed centrist party We Continue the Change (PP), reached an agreement a day earlier with three other left-wing and center-right groups to form […]
Bulgaria’s largest political party expects to soon form a coalition government and put an end to the political deadlock that has resulted in three parliamentary elections this year. Kiril Petkov, the co-leader of the We Continue the Change party that won but fell far short of a majority in repeat elections in November, told President […]
In what would be a major upset, a newly formed anti-graft party is seen as winning Bulgaria’s general elections with more than a quarter of the votes, according to partial official results. Bulgarian voters went to the polls on November 14 to elect a parliament — and a president — in a bid to break […]
Polling stations have opened in Bulgaria, where voters are going to the polls to elect a parliament and a president in a bid to break a months-long political deadlock and secure a government to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic as well as rising energy prices and endemic corruption. No party is expected to win an outright […]
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev has given a third and final mandate to form a government to the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) after two other political parties gave up efforts to set up a coalition following last month’s inconclusive vote. Hoping Third Time’s A Charm, Bulgarian President Asks Socialists To Form Government (rferl.org)
Bulgaria announced on August 26 that it will bolster its border with Greece and Turkey with between 400 and 700 soldiers amid growing concern in Europe over an influx of migrants from Afghanistan. Bulgaria Sends Troops To Border As EU Braces For Afghan Migrant Flows (rferl.org)
Bulgaria’s political crisis has deepened, moving the country closer to its third parliamentary elections this year, after GERB became the second political party to give up efforts to form a new government since last month’s inconclusive vote. The center-right GERB party’s choice for prime minister, Daniel Mitov, returned a mandate to the president on August […]