Bulgaria’s ITN wants to join ECR party family
Bulgarian populist formation There Is Such a People (ITN) has declared its intention to align with the centre-right European Conservatives and...
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Bulgaria last in EU for recycling computers
Bulgaria placed bottom in the EU for recycling disused ICT devices, in a survey conducted in 2022 by EU official statistics...
CEE insurance sector grows by over 10%
The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) insurance market reached a total of EUR 12.5bn by the end of the first quarter...
Multi-billion deal sees Emirati operator acquire telco assets in four CEE countries
Emirates Telecommunication Group Company (e&) will buy a 50% plus one share in PPF Group’s telecommunications assets in Bulgaria (mobile operator...
Bulgarian fintech unicorn Payhawk opens Vilnius office
Payment management platform Payhawk - Bulgaria's only unicorn - has opened a new office in Vilnius, Lithuania, it announced on Monday,...
Bulgaria election ends in stalemate, but gains for pro-Russian party
Bulgaria's conservatives and liberals were practically neck and neck with votes still being counted after the country's fifth election in two...
Bulgaria faces fifth election in two years, as pro-Kremlin Socialists fail to form gov’t
Bulgaria is preparing for a new general election in the spring, following the failure of the country's Socialist Party to form...
Bulgaria, Greece could revive 1990s pipeline project – this time without Russia
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the oil pipeline project between Alexandroupolis, east Greece, and Burgas, east Bulgaria, will be signed very...
EU green lights Croatia to join Schengen, snubs Bulgaria, Romania
Croatia will become the Schengen zone’s newest member on 1 January, the Council of the EU announced on Thursday, 8 December. Croatia will...
Romania blames Hungary for Schengen deficit
Romanian lorry drivers urged their government to “relentlessly lobby” for the country to join the Schengen zone on Monday, asserting that...
Bulgaria, Romania edge towards Schengen membership, as MEPs express overwhelming support
MEPs backed Bulgaria and Romania joining the Schengen zone in the coming months by an overwhelming margin on Tuesday. Of the 639...
Bulgaria wavers on pivot back to Russian energy
Bulgaria has resumed discussions with Russian state energy company Gazprom regarding the country's natural gas supplies, interim Energy Minister Rossen Hristov...
Bulgaria appoints interim PM, calls October election
Bulgarian voters are set to go to the polls for the fourth time in two years after President Rumen Radev called...
Croatia to adopt euro next year, as Balkan country clears final hurdles
The EU formally approved on Tuesday Croatia joining the Eurozone on New Year's Day 2023, and proclaimed the development as the...
Bulgaria coalition on brink after just six months
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov is trying to save his administration by persuading seven MPs to support his coalition in the...
TUI pulls CEE flights due to dip in demand
Tour operator TUI Belgium has cancelled scheduled summer flights to Bulgaria and North Macedonia citing falling interest in destinations in Central...
Poland, Bulgaria seek alternative gas supplies, after Russia pulls plug
EU Commission President von der Leyen proclaimed “the era of Russian fossil fuel in Europe is coming to an end" on...
Growth in CEE to slow to 3.5% – World Bank
The war in Ukraine is set to inflict twice the amount of economic damage that the COVID-19 pandemic did, the World...
Bulgaria, North Macedonia PMs hail ‘real results’
Bulgaria and North Macedonia premiers Kiril Petkov and Dimitar Kovacevski discussed establishing regular flights between their two respective capitals Skopje and...
Western Balkans bounce back from 2020, but reforms needed to narrow gap with EU
Although the six Western Balkan countries aspiring to join the European Union, referred to as the WB6, are expected to have...