Bulgaria

Pro-Russian nationalists are close to taking power in Sofia. Washington can weaken them by offering recognition of North Macedonia’s nationhood.

Europe’s energy dealer is playing hardball.

New parties are emerging faster than ever before, and as Bulgaria shows, this can threaten the stability of democracy.

Eastern Europeans are returning home in droves. Here’s what that means for Eastern Europe’s economies—and the European Union.

Corruption, oligarchs, and media concentration have weakened Bulgarian democracy.

Renewed defense spending by European states is in part a response to Russian aggression.

After upcoming elections in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania, healing Europe’s east-west divide will be more urgent than ever.

Historical feuds still threaten to stop Eastern European countries from joining the EU.

Putin’s plans to run the TurkStream pipeline through the Balkans won’t end well.

More journalists are assassinated than die in war zones.

The DEA says Captagon production is shifting back to Europe. Experts are doubtful.

Ahead of next week’s pride parade, one parliamentarian suggests homosexuality is a conflict of interest for politicians.

Here's the rundown of what happened this past weekend and what to look for this week while you sip your Monday morning coffee.

A quick look over your Monday morning coffee at some of the weekend's top stories from around the world.

A flight from Poland to Egypt was grounded after a drunken passenger joked to the crew that he had brought a bomb on board.

Why the energy agendas of the United States, Europe, and Russia are colliding head-on in Bulgaria, a small, Russophile country in the far-off corner of Europe.