Bulgaria will on October 2 hold yet another parliamentary election, its fourth in two years. With an economic crisis looming and deep divisions over Bulgaria’s…
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China’s dreams of increasing its influence in Central and Eastern Europe through the so-called 16+1 initiative are crumbling. This offers a real opportunity for the…
Tbilisi is hell-bent on winning the hearts and minds of those at the helm in Brussels, albeit at the expense of parting ways with deep-rooted…
The Three Seas Initiative offers its 12 members an opportunity to build resilience and increase foreign investment. But to truly succeed it needs to take…
The EU’s failure to implement a bloc-wide ban on the entry of Russian tourists has forced Poland and the Baltic states to take regional action.…
Bosnia and Herzegovina this week became a formal EU candidate, while Kosovo filed an application for EU membership. Neither country will be an EU member…
The arrest of MEP Eva Kaili over Qatar-linked bribery charges goes to show that kickbacks and shakedowns are just as brazenly entertained in Brussels as…
The detention last week of three Bulgarians at the border with North Macedonia is the latest in a series of tit-for-tat events between the two…
As Kosovo celebrates 15 years of independence, a deal that could finally normalise relations with neighbour Serbia is closer than ever. Serb nationalists will do…
While 2019 saw a massive boost for artists, many long-term challenges remain for Plovdiv’s ambition to become a major European cultural hub. Visit Bulgaria and…