In its annual 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices , released Monday, the US State Department says that the Bulgarian government's actions to tackle corruption and disregard for human rights are "insufficient". "Authorities took steps to..
In its winter economic forecast, the European Commission gives a better economic outlook for Bulgaria than it did in its autumn report. Overall, real GDP is estimated to have increased by 3.9% in 2022, instead of the expected 3.1%. In 2023, real..
Justice in Bulgaria is ineffective and the media is dependent - these are some of the conclusions in the report of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), which is the Council of Europe anti-corruption body. The impunity of..
While politicians are excited about the third mandate for forming a government, people are worried about flu viruses, caretaker Prime Minister Galab Donev said before the start of the cabinet meeting. According to him, during the..
State funding for research in Bulgaria was only 0.25% of GDP last year , despite commitments, outlined in the National Scientific Research Strategy, to reach 0.50% in 2021 and 0.70% in 2022. This is stated in the Annual Report on the Status and..
The management of the largest armaments factory in Bulgaria Vazov Machine-Building Plant EAD (VMZ) has filed a report with the prosecutor's office about a contract that disadvantages the plant on a monthly basis, the company said. The..
There is proof that the company Bulgargaz has presented information to the public selectively and manipulatively, regarding its correspondence with Gazprom Export about the latter’s demands for a new payment mechanism, read the conclusions of..
The real picture of corruption at the highest levels of power remains blurred and the pending criminal proceedings do not reflect the true state of high-level public sector corruption, according to the report of the Anti-Corruption Fund (ACF) for..
The European Commission is expecting from Bulgaria definitive convictions in high-level corruption cases. This is one of the recommendations to the country contained in this year’s annual EU rule of law report. The EU is recommending that..
Bulgaria is fully implementing measures to prevent corruption among MPs and prosecutors, according to a report by the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO). The country has applied 67% of the recommendations regarding..
