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Kristina Tsabala looks at how the Bulgarian government's struggle to handle the Covid-19 pandemic has caused multiple different conspiracy theories to gain ground in Bulgarian society.

February 1 marked the anniversary of the national remembrance of the victims of Communism in Bulgaria. On this date in 1945, the People’s Court handed down death penalties to a large number of [...]

‘The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left—the King of England, the King of Spades, the King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds.’ So King Farouk of [...]

One of my favourite things about the upcoming holidays is the amount of time I can spend on reading. Every year, I find at least one book under the Christmas tree and usually, I finish it before [...]

The fall of the Berlin Wall not only anticipated the demise of Communism as a political symbol in the former Eastern Bloc and beyond, but it also meant for millions of citizens the loss of the [...]

Following the resolution of an almost three-decades-long surreal name dispute with Greece, North Macedonia’s path to EU membership looked relatively optimistic. Until recently. On 17 November, [...]

Since 9 July, tens of thousands of Bulgarians across the country have marched on the streets every evening to demand the resignations of Boyko Borissov’s government and Prosecutor General Ivan [...]

Like virtually everywhere in Europe in the last month, Bulgaria’s media focused almost entirely on the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are a few key figures and some of the main measures taken by the [...]

– Approximately 200 far-right supporters gathered in downtown Sofia on February 22nd  after Bulgaria’s  Supreme Administrative Court upheld the city mayor’s ban on their annual torchlight [...]

Bozho Kolov recounts the latest news from Bulgaria, Jan-Feb 2020.