External forces shape Bulgarian politics more powerfully than domestic factors, particularly as American sanctions against Lukoil threaten economic stability ahead of euro adoption. Historical patterns demonstrate this dynamic, from Soviet…

The Bulgarian Socialist Party National Council approved rotating the National Assembly chairmanship among coalition partners with 100 votes supporting the measure, two opposing and three abstentions on Sunday. BSP leader…

Yes, Bulgaria co-chair Ivaylo Mirchev stated that Bulgaria should appoint a special manager to control Lukoil’s operations while Russian ownership persists, then pursue an ownership transfer. The government must clarify…

Bulgaria experienced 41 percent cumulative inflation across five years ending September 2025, National Statistical Institute chair Atanas Atanasov confirmed. Annual inflation reached 5.6 percent for September while coffee, bread and…

Two-thirds of Bulgaria’s national toll system scales remain nonfunctional, according to documents from the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works responding to PP-DB parliamentarian Bozhidar Bozhanov. Only one-third of…

PP-DB lawmaker Yavor Bozhankov criticized Boyko Borisov, the governing coalition, and President Rumen Radev in a bTV interview on Sunday. Borisov’s political restructuring collapsed into rotating the speaker position, while…

BSP-OL lawmaker Ivan Petkov warned that the Zhelyazkov cabinet’s continuation risks another White Bus scenario. He said the National Council would accept speaker rotation terms despite previously securing the position,…