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Inflation raises costs in many European resorts, survey finds
Sofia relents on transit levy after Budapest warned it would block country’s entry into border-free Schengen area
Vienna lists 3 conditions for lifting veto on Romanian and Bulgarian airports becoming part of passport-free travel area
Azerbaijani capital set to hold next climate summit after Bulgaria drops own bid in face of Russian bar on EU members
Weapons maker Emilian Gebrev survived two poisoning attempts and his munitions plants were set ablaze
Sofia has imposed punitive taxes on gas transiting from Russia and on Lukoil refinery profits
UK public prosecutor authorises charge of conspiracy to conduct espionage against three men and two women
Politicians and public opinion in parts of central and eastern Europe have doubts about Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the war
Ukrainian president says Sofia’s new government is supportive of accelerating arms shipments
Author Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel on ‘Time Shelter’, the first Bulgarian book to win the prize
Hard-hitting fiction offers warnings about the dangers of a reimagined history
Centrist parties put aside their differences to agree on a rotating premiership
Centre-right party nominates Mariya Gabriel to be next prime minister but obstacles remain
Poland and other member states to lift ban on incoming foodstuffs under Brussels plan for temporary curbs
Bloc bows to pressure from Poland and other eastern European states over influx of cheap foodstuffs
Revival has attracted voters by rehashing Kremlin propaganda and urging delay to introduction of euro in run-up to election
From the English countryside to Bulgaria’s herbalists, healers and horse whisperers — two books let the landscape tell the tale of our unsustainable lives
Sofia prosecutor’s office says it is probing possible money laundering and other criminal offences
Also in today’s newsletter: As Sofia stumbles towards a fifth election in two years, is Bulgaria the new Belgium?
Some member states oppose Bulgaria and Romania joining Schengen
In Hungary and across the region residents are turning to cheaper and dirtier sources of heat such as lignite coal
Lack of support from other parties for Boyko Borisov raises chances of another caretaker government and new vote
Germany’s domestic borrowing plans revive criticism of uneven spending
European pressure on North Macedonia to accept Bulgaria’s demands will set a bad precedent for the region
Moscow’s ambassador warns of possible embassy closure after Sofia sends home 70 diplomats on espionage concerns
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