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Bulgaria's battery storage passes 6.2 GW and 19 GWh, with more projects in the pipelineWorld

Bulgaria's battery storage passes 6.2 GW and 19 GWh, with more projects in the pipeline

Bulgaria's operational battery storage has reached 6,226 MW and over 19 GWh, nearly double the capacity from six months ago, with new projects now built on market terms.

2 min read · Nov 3
Stubb and Støre call Putin directly on Ukraine warWorld

Stubb and Støre call Putin directly on Ukraine war

Finnish President Stubb and Norwegian PM Støre called Putin directly on 27 October 2026, in the first joint European contact with the Kremlin in months.

3 min read · Nov 3
Bulgaria leads the EU in road deaths, while Sweden is the safestNews

Bulgaria leads the EU in road deaths, while Sweden is the safest

Bulgaria recorded 71 road deaths per million people in 2025, the highest rate in the EU, yet remains on track to meet the bloc's 2030 safety target.

2 min read · Oct 31
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Bulgaria's operational battery storage has reached 6,226 MW and over 19 GWh, nearly double the capacity from six mont…Finnish President Stubb and Norwegian PM Støre called Putin directly on 27 October 2026, in the first joint European …Bulgaria recorded 71 road deaths per million people in 2025, the highest rate in the EU, yet remains on track to meet…Bulgaria's 2026 presidential race has turned geopolitical, with sunk ships, sabotaged Starlink antennas and unanswere…Julio Velasquez explained his half-time changes and rotation choices after Levski Sofia's Bulgarian Cup win over Spar…
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Bulgaria leads the EU in road deaths, while Sweden is the safestNews

Bulgaria leads the EU in road deaths, while Sweden is the safest

Bulgaria recorded 71 road deaths per million people in 2025, the highest rate in the EU, yet remains on track to meet the bloc's 2030 safety target.

2 min read · Oct 31
Drones sank one ship and set another ablaze off Bulgaria. What we knowNews

Drones sank one ship and set another ablaze off Bulgaria. What we know

A combined sea-and-air drone attack left one merchant ship sunk, ten sailors missing and a second vessel burning in Bulgaria's Black Sea economic zone. The evidence has not yet established who launched it.

7 min read · Oct 8
Co-owner of PIMK Iliyan Filipov shot dead in PlovdivNews

Co-owner of PIMK Iliyan Filipov shot dead in Plovdiv

Plovdiv businessman and PIMK transport group co-owner Iliyan Filipov was shot dead near his home in the early hours of 30 September 2026.

2 min read · Oct 3

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Bulgaria's battery storage passes 6.2 GW and 19 GWh, with more projects in the pipelineWorld

Bulgaria's battery storage passes 6.2 GW and 19 GWh, with more projects in the pipeline

Bulgaria's operational battery storage has reached 6,226 MW and over 19 GWh, nearly double the capacity from six months ago, with new projects now built on market terms.

2 min read · Nov 3
Stubb and Støre call Putin directly on Ukraine warWorld

Stubb and Støre call Putin directly on Ukraine war

Finnish President Stubb and Norwegian PM Støre called Putin directly on 27 October 2026, in the first joint European contact with the Kremlin in months.

3 min read · Nov 3
Bulgaria: how much will appeasement towards Russia cost us?World

Bulgaria: how much will appeasement towards Russia cost us?

Bulgaria's 2026 presidential race has turned geopolitical, with sunk ships, sabotaged Starlink antennas and unanswered questions about Russia's role raising the stakes.

3 min read · Oct 25

Politics

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Bulgaria's presidential race: who will face Radev's candidate?Politics

Bulgaria's presidential race: who will face Radev's candidate?

Bulgaria's presidential election is approaching but the opposition has yet to name a challenger to the candidate expected from President Radev's camp.

2 min read · Aug 16
European prosecution office reprimanded Teodora Georgieva 14 days before end of her mandatePolitics

European prosecution office reprimanded Teodora Georgieva 14 days before end of her mandate

Bulgaria's first European prosecutor received a formal reprimand just two weeks before her mandate expired, closing a year-long disciplinary case tied to EU fund misuse allegations.

2 min read · Aug 14
Former Chief Architect of Varna's Primorski District Charged Over Fake Building Certificates in 'Baba Alino' CasePolitics

Former Chief Architect of Varna's Primorski District Charged Over Fake Building Certificates in 'Baba Alino' Case

Varna's former Primorski district architect faces document fraud charges over allegedly falsified building certificates in the Baba Alino illegal construction scandal.

2 min read · Aug 10

Business

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Why fuel is getting more expensive in Bulgaria even when oil looks cheaperBusiness

Why fuel is getting more expensive in Bulgaria even when oil looks cheaper

Diesel in Bulgaria is nearing 2 euros per litre despite cooler crude oil markets. Refinery closures, shipping costs, and geopolitics explain the gap.

3 min read · Sep 26
The Green Deal, Electricity Prices and Inflation: What EU Policy Means for Bulgarian WalletsBusiness

The Green Deal, Electricity Prices and Inflation: What EU Policy Means for Bulgarian Wallets

EU Green Deal policies are reshaping Bulgarian electricity bills and inflation, and the country's famous affordability advantage is quietly narrowing.

3 min read · Aug 6
Some Banks Will Continue to Exchange Levs for Euros Without FeesBusiness

Some Banks Will Continue to Exchange Levs for Euros Without Fees

From July 1, 2026, Bulgarian Post charges fees to swap levs for euros, but some commercial banks are still offering the exchange for free.

2 min read · Jul 7

Culture

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Interview | Ilia Prodanov: The Black Sea has no alternative for exporting Bulgarian grain, and ships are already refusing routesCulture

Interview | Ilia Prodanov: The Black Sea has no alternative for exporting Bulgarian grain, and ships are already refusing routes

Ships are refusing Black Sea routes after strikes near Romania, and Bulgaria's grain chief warns there is no real alternative to Varna and Burgas.

2 min read · Oct 23
Who is the Bulgarian captain who saved the sailors from the stricken ship ABLE?Culture

Who is the Bulgarian captain who saved the sailors from the stricken ship ABLE?

Captain Anatoliy Zlatarov of the Bulgarian ship DIOSCURIA rescued 18 sailors from a strike-stricken vessel in the Black Sea. His family has served at sea for generations.

2 min read · Oct 13
Byzantine noblewoman's gold signet ring discovered near ZlatogradCulture

Byzantine noblewoman's gold signet ring discovered near Zlatograd

A 14th-century gold signet ring belonging to Byzantine noblewoman Maria Skulena has been found near Zlatograd and donated to the town's archaeological museum.

2 min read · Sep 12

Sports

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Velasquez explains substitutions after Levski beat Spartak PlevenSports

Velasquez explains substitutions after Levski beat Spartak Pleven

Julio Velasquez explained his half-time changes and rotation choices after Levski Sofia's Bulgarian Cup win over Spartak Pleven.

2 min read · Oct 24
Formula 2 boss says Tsolov is ready for Formula 1Sports

Formula 2 boss says Tsolov is ready for Formula 1

Formula 2 chief Bruno Michel says Nikola Tsolov is ready for F1, but a 2027 seat depends on Red Bull.

1 min read · Oct 23
Alexander Vezenkov named best basketball player in the world outside the NBASports

Alexander Vezenkov named best basketball player in the world outside the NBA

NBA general managers voted Alexander Vezenkov the world's best non-NBA player, with 77 percent of the vote in their annual pre-season survey.

2 min read · Oct 20

Real Estate

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Villages near Sofia draw property buyers with monasteries, Roman ruins and quiet hillsReal Estate

Villages near Sofia draw property buyers with monasteries, Roman ruins and quiet hills

Divotino, Dragovishtica and Mirovyane near Sofia are attracting property buyers, with homes listed from 148,000 to 590,000 euros.

3 min read · Oct 24
Higher tax assessments on Bulgarian property: what changes and who paysReal Estate

Higher tax assessments on Bulgarian property: what changes and who pays

Bulgaria plans to double property tax assessments by 2029 in three steps, the first update in roughly 20 years, with direct consequences for owners at home and abroad.

3 min read · Oct 10
How Bulgarians lose while supposedly getting richerReal Estate

How Bulgarians lose while supposedly getting richer

Bulgarians hold more financial assets than ever, but a heavy reliance on low-yield bank deposits means households are missing most of the market-driven wealth growth.

2 min read · Oct 9