In the complex and shifting landscape of European energy policy, one voice consistently blends technical depth with strategic ...

Bulgaria is looking to revive a trans-Balkan oil pipeline project to secure non-Russian crude oil supplies for its only oil refinery on the Black Sea, controlled by Russia's Lukoil , President ...

Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has reaffirmed that the “Balkan Stream” pipeline remains a functional and commercially viable energy project, despite the latest push by the European Commission ...

Bulgaria's Todor Zhivkov may still toady to the Kremlin's foreign-policy wishes (see above), but when it comes to internal matters, he is as reform-minded as any other Eastern European.At the ...

We hope you enjoy our Sofia food tour in Bulgaria, tasting all the tasty food from banitsa and moussaka to rakija. What do you think, is Bulgarian food the best in the Balkans?

Someone charged that Bulgaria is an armed menace to her neighbors. This was hotly resented by the Bulgarian Foreign Office, which, having discoursed about the country's good intentions and the ...

Officially, in this region, private companies own the plants and mines in Bulgaria – although in the case of the Pernik power plant, the state also holds a fifth. Unofficially, however, the real owner ...

Balkan state set to become the 21st member of the euro area next year after EU parliament and finance ministers signed off on ...

Bulgaria Negotiates with Azerbaijan to Boost Gas Supplies to Balkans, Ukraine Bulgarian Parliament Speaker Rosen Zhelyazkov said that diversifying the energy supply is increasingly important in the ...

Culture August 22, 2022 Balkan Dispatch: Bulgaria’s Crisis of Confidence Caught between a Russian past and a NATO future, the poorest country in the EU faces a political crisis—and a struggle ...

Bulgaria, currently the third-largest buyer of Russian oil in the world, is heading for another round of general elections on April 2.