Ministry of Energy proposes redirecting 480 million euros from National Recovery and Resilience Plan to rehabilitation projects, causing controversy and scandal

Ministry of Energy proposes redirecting 480 million euros from National Recovery and Resilience Plan to rehabilitation projects, causing controversy and scandal

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

Illegal Competition at UASG for Chief Assistants Exposed and Sanctioned – Successful Legal Battle by Professor Todor Tsigov

Illegal Competition at UASG for Chief Assistants Exposed and Sanctioned – Successful Legal Battle by Professor Todor Tsigov

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

Bulgarian Court Cancels Last Restriction on EU Citizens Acquiring Agricultural Land

Bulgarian Court Cancels Last Restriction on EU Citizens Acquiring Agricultural Land

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

Turkish Banks Block All Payments from Russia, Impacting Trade and Sanctions Circumvention

Turkish Banks Block All Payments from Russia, Impacting Trade and Sanctions Circumvention

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

The Collapse of NDSV and the Lessons for Political Parties: A Warning for PP-DB and the Dangers of Coalition Politics

The Collapse of NDSV and the Lessons for Political Parties: A Warning for PP-DB and the Dangers of Coalition Politics

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

Streamlined Travel at Sofia Airport: Schengen Entry to Speed Up Passenger Process

Streamlined Travel at Sofia Airport: Schengen Entry to Speed Up Passenger Process

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

Bulgarian Man Wanted by German Authorities for Cyber Fraud to be Extradited – Varna Court of Appeal Allows Execution of European Arrest Warrant

Bulgarian Man Wanted by German Authorities for Cyber Fraud to be Extradited – Varna Court of Appeal Allows Execution of European Arrest Warrant

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

The Decline of President Rumen Radev: Bulgarian Politics in Turmoil

The Decline of President Rumen Radev: Bulgarian Politics in Turmoil

In Bulgarian politics, the expression “the strong of the day” will now have to be taken literally – you are strong today, and tomorrow you fall into the group of weaklings. Some politicians found this out the hard way – like the showman Slavi Trifonov, whose party ITN quickly reached the political peak and just … Read more

Bulgarian Informal Prime Minister Mr. Peevski Oversleeps New Year – Decree from National Institute of Metrology Delays Start of 2024

Bulgarian Informal Prime Minister Mr. Peevski Oversleeps New Year – Decree from National Institute of Metrology Delays Start of 2024

TIME IS MONEY Shocking news! The new year in Bulgaria didn’t come until today, because the informal prime minister, Mr. Peevski, defiantly went to bed before the president’s speech, and although he didn’t think of sleeping through the holiday, he enjoyed his sleep and even fell into a light lethargy, waking up only this morning, … Read more

Ryanair Removed from Booking Platforms: Impact on Ticket Sales and Passenger Numbers

Ryanair Removed from Booking Platforms: Impact on Ticket Sales and Passenger Numbers

Several online travel and booking platforms have stopped offering low-cost Ryanair airline tickets on their pages. Among the platforms that have removed “Ryanair” are “Booking.com”, “Kiwi” (Kiwi) and “Kayak”, the world agencies informed. The Irish carrier welcomed its removal from travel portals, which it compared to “pirates”, but warned it could cause difficulties for consumers. … Read more