Around the world, countries are spending more on their militaries, a trend that is already evident in the Western Balkans. In 2018, global military expenditure rose to 1...
Tag - Bulgaria
The Bulgarian government has approved a plan to start talks with the United States on buying eight new F-16 fighter jets to replace its ageing Soviet-made MiG-29s and...
None of emerging Europe’s 23 countries currently qualifies as a full democracy. The news comes from the latest edition of the Democracy Index, an annual report...
Bulgaria has opened a trade promotion and investment centre in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, with the aim of improving conditions for Vietnamese businesses to boost...
Czech investment group PPF, whose majority shareholder is the Czech billionaire Petr Kellner, said on January 7 that it was pulling out of a deal to buy Bulgaria’s Nova...
A selection of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which are well worth your time. The world should be paying attention to Vladimir...
Bulgaria’s second-largest city is one of the oldest in Europe: people have lived here since at least 6000 BCE. It is also one of the most contemporary: a pedestrian...
Albania moved ever closer to the EU. A huge step forward was taken in April when the European Commission recommended starting accession talks with both Albania and...
MD Elektronik, a German producer of data cables for the automotive industry, has announced plans to open a new plant in the Bulgarian city of Vratsa. The plant, in which...
Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has called on Europeans to vote together in elections for the European parliament next May in order to stop any further...
Citizenship and residency by investment – known by the acronym CRBI – has become a fully-fledged industry, with a number of organisations increasingly worried that it is...
A selection of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which are well worth your time. Albania has been posting sensitive information about...
