Billionaire charged and prosecutor general on the offensive
Bozho Kolov recounts the latest news from Bulgaria, Jan-Feb 2020.
Water crisis and TurkStream launch
– On December 21st, a state of emergency was declared in Pernik, a mining town in Western Bulgaria about 25 km away from Sofia. Water restrictions had been imposed there in mid-November and [...]
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov visits Washington, and the country is struck by protests
– On November 25th Deputy Director of the National Police Office Blagorodna Makeva announced that in 2018, more than 31 000 reports of domestic violence had been received by the police in [...]
EU Parliament election confirms balance of power and vice president of ruling party resigns
– The results of the European Parliament (EP) elections on May 26th in Bulgaria reconfirmed the balance of power in the National Assembly. The ruling Citizens for European Development of [...]
Fresh report show decrease in freedom of speech and Pope Francis visits Bulgaria
– According to a report released on April 30th by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, 22% of the country’s population live under the poverty threshold. Roughly 70% of Roma in [...]
Real estate scandal, and the far right gathers
– On March 21st , for the second time in one month, doctors, nurses, other healthcare providers, and citizens protested against low pay and poor working conditions in the public healthcare sector [...]