With just over five months remaining until Bulgaria adopts the euro, a pressing question arises: how will the roughly 9,000 visually impaired people in the country adapt to […]
Month: July 2025
Russia Proposes Short Truce For Humanitarian Reasons; Ukraine Suggests Leaders’ Summit To End War
Moscow’s chief negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, announced that Russia has proposed a 24- to 48-hour ceasefire to Kyiv, aimed at allowing both sides to retrieve their dead and […]
Bulgaria Sees Foreign Direct Investment Surge Nearly 50% To €1.4 Billion In May
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bulgaria reached €1.4 billion in May 2025, marking a notable increase of 46.9% compared to the same month in the previous year. […]
Major Reform In Greece: ATM Withdrawals And Account Checks To Become Free
The Greek Minister of National Economy and Finance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, announced a new set of regulations aimed at strictly limiting ATM fees across the country, according to Greek […]
Bulgarian Passport Ranks 13th Globally With Visa-Free Access To 177 Countries
According to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, Bulgarian citizens enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 177 destinations out of a total of 223, placing the […]
Bulgaria’s Beverage Industry Pushes For Nationwide Bottle Deposit System to Boost Recycling
Bulgarian Soft Drink Industry Backs Implementation of Deposit System for Beverage Containers The Association of Soft Drink Producers in Bulgaria (ASDPB) has expressed readiness to support the creation […]
Fake Vignette Sites Target Bulgarian Drivers With Euro-Only Prices And Hidden Fees
During the height of the summer travel season, when road traffic increases significantly, warnings have been issued regarding unlicensed websites selling overpriced electronic vignettes in Bulgaria. These […]
Bulgaria’s Growing Appetite For Government Debt Draws Scrutiny
At a recent press briefing following Bulgaria’s latest issuance of foreign debt, Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova avoided the term “debt” altogether. Instead, she framed the move with phrases like […]
Bulgaria Seizes Record Cocaine Haul Hidden In Diplomatic Car
On the Bulgarian National Television, Stanislav Taushanov, head of the Anti-Drug Trafficking Department at Customs Burgas, revealed that the operation at the Kapitan Andreevo border point had uncovered […]
Bulgaria’s Academic Community Confronts Euro Myths With Data
At a conference held at the University of Economics in Varna, Bulgaria’s Minister of Education and Science, Krasimir Valchev, called for a fact-based national dialogue on […]