Bulgarian hoteliers clearly do not understand criticism and sarcasm. The expense during the Christmas and New Year holidays gave birth to the song “I can’t afford Velingrad, I’m going to the Maldives”. And although in 2023 overnight stays have already become significantly more expensive, the business of tourist accommodation en masse is about to raise … Read more
Residents of the metropolitan area “Lyulin” are alarmed about another construction being prepared in the increasingly green areas of the complex. The administration of the region has received an order of the chief architect of Sofia Zdravko Zdravkov, issued in July 2023, authorizing the development of a detailed development plan for two adjacent plots in … Read more
In Plovdiv last night, an event was held against the Alyosha monument to the Soviet occupation. In front of the bust of the Apostle of Freedom Vasil Levski, the participants unfurled a huge banner with the inscription: “Forgive us, Apostle, for being under the boot of the occupier!”, reported BGNES. On the northern edge of … Read more
Investments prepared for months by the Ministry of Energy under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan may go to waste because of the remediation. Finance Minister Asen Vassilev surprisingly announced to the EU funds control committee that the cabinet is considering the idea of redirecting an available resource of 480 million euros from the energy … Read more
The University of Architecture, Construction and Geodesy (UASG) has allowed an absurdly conducted competition for “chief assistants”. The violation was eventually sanctioned, but not thanks to the university and the Ministry of Education, but to a professor whose 5-year legal battles to avoid dangerous precedents for Bulgarian higher education were crowned with success. The professor … Read more
17 years after Bulgaria’s membership in the European Union, the court in Luxembourg canceled the last restriction for EU citizens to acquire agricultural land in Bulgaria. All obstacles to this should have fallen back in 2014, but instead, with changes to the Law on the Ownership and Use of Agricultural Lands (ZSPZZ) contrary to the … Read more
Russian companies unexpectedly ran into trouble working with Turkey, which has become one of the biggest hubs for circumventing sanctions and almost doubled supplies to Russia, from fruit and electronics to clothing and auto parts. From the beginning of January 2024, Turkish banks are blocking all payments from Russia, Kommersant reported. Payments for commercial transactions … Read more
How many people still remember the NDSV? The party, founded by Simeon of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, erupted like a volcano on the political scene before 2001, when it defeated Ivan Kostov’s UDS in the parliamentary elections, gaining the support of almost 2 million voters. NDSV ruled the country for the next 8 years in coalition governments – … Read more
More than 2/3 of the passengers from and to Sofia Airport will go through the terminals more quickly after our country’s entry into Schengen from March 31. Jesus Cabayero, CEO of SOF Connect – the company-operator of the capital’s airport, announced this to Sega. The opening of corridors for the free passage of citizens from … Read more
The Varna Court of Appeal finally allowed the execution of a European arrest warrant for a Bulgarian wanted by the German authorities for criminal prosecution. It was issued by the District Court in Bamberg, and 28-year-old Nikola B. is wanted for his involvement in an organized criminal group for fraud and computer crimes, reported by … Read more