Large-scale theft of power cables: German and Bulgarian authorities arrest criminal group
The criminal group consisting mostly of Bulgarian nationals, set up a large-scale operation to steal power cables in three states…
Bulgaria gets €250m EIB loan to co-finance EU-backed projects
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending Bulgaria €250 million to co-finance EU-backed projects and accelerate development in areas ranging…
Bulgaria and Romania: EU Council decides to lift land border Schengen controls
EU member states have decided to remove checks on persons at the internal land borders with and between Bulgaria and…
Joint Action Day: Frontex teams up with 12 countries to crack down on smugglers
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, led 12 European countries and international partners in a coordinated effort to…
EU electricity retail markets: ACER Country Sheets identify opportunities and threats
For the first time, ACER has published its Country Sheets on retail electricity markets across EU Member States and Norway.…
Bulgaria: EU Commission paves the way for 2nd RRF payment request
Bulgaria's second payment request covers key steps in the delivery of 28 reforms and 14 investments. They include important reforms aiming to enhance education, strengthen the…
Electricity storage: EU Commission approves €590m Bulgarian state aid
The European Commission has approved a €590 million (BGN 1.15 billion) Bulgarian scheme to support investments in electricity storage facilities to foster…
International cigarette trafficking ring dismantled: Fifteen arrests
Eurojust, Europol and authorities from 10 countries stopped a criminal group operating an intricate cigarette trafficking scheme. Fifteen suspects were…
Bulgaria: EU Commission approves two state aid schemes to support farmers
The two approved schemes include €84 million to support producers of grain and oilseed crops, and €84.9 million to support farmers in the…
The EU Court broadly confirms validity of EU Mobility Package, annuls certain obligations
The EU Court broadly confirms the validity of the EU Mobility Package. However, it annuls the obligation requiring vehicles to…
EU Commission proposes €120m support to farmers affected by adverse weather
Today, the EU Commission proposed to allocate €119,7 million from the agricultural reserve to directly support farmers from Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy, and Romania, who have been impacted…
Bulgaria suggests two candidates as Member of the EU Commission
Dimitar Glavchev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, is suggesting Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva and Mr Yulian Popov as candidates for the Bulgarian…
Bulgaria: EU Commission approves an amendment of the regional state aid map
The EU Commission has approved an amendment to Bulgaria's map for granting regional aid from 1 January 2022 to 31…
Bulgaria: EU Commission approves €142m state aid to the support energy sector
The scheme aims to alleviate part of the costs for companies that stored natural gas at the Chiren underground gas…
Bulgaria: EU Commission approves €25.51m restructuring aid for Bulgarian Posts
The EU Commission has approved Bulgaria's plans to grant postal operator Bulgarian Posts restructuring aid for up to €25.51 million (BGN 50…
Joining the Euro: EU Convergence Report reviews Member States’ progress
The EU Commission has published the 2024 Convergence Report in which it provides its assessment of the progress non-euro area…
Bulgaria: IMF Executive Board concludes 2024 Article IV consultation
Growth is expected to rebound this year thanks to the recovery in demand from key trading partners, which will spur…
ECFR: Views from the capitals – quotes on the European Parliament elections
After the European Parliament elections yesterday and the high results for right-wing parties across Europe, national governments must recalibrate their…
European elections: Preliminary results in Bulgaria
Preliminary results of the European elections in Bulgaria.
European elections 2024 background: Bulgaria country sheet
Find here information on electoral rules, poll opening and closing times and candidates for the 2024 European election in EU…
European Semester: EU Commission publishes social convergence analysis for seven Member States
The Commission has published a detailed country analysis in the areas of employment, skills and social inclusion for Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, Italy, Lithuania,…
Energy and Climate Plans: EU Commission recommends changes from Bulgaria and Poland
The EU Commission has published its assessments of the draft updated National Energy and Climate Plans of Bulgaria and Poland including…
REMIT: Bulgarian regulator fines Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant EAD for insider trading
The Bulgarian Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) adopted a decision imposing a fine of BGN 604,064 (ca.€300,000) on Kozloduy…
Eurojust: Five criminals behind social benefit fraud convicted in UK
Five Bulgarian members of an organised crime group responsible for the largest-ever fraud against the United Kingdom benefit system pleaded…
Schengen area: Bulgaria and Romania join at the end of March
The Schengen accession of these two Member States will make the common area more attractive by significantly expanding the world's…
Bulgaria: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2024 Article IV Mission
The Bulgarian economy showed resilience amidst a succession of shocks, and the outlook is that of rebounding growth and further…
Europol: 42 arrested for smuggling migrants across the Danube
A cross-border investigation led by the Romanian Border Police (Poliția de Frontieră), supported by Europol and involving the Bulgarian General…
EU Commission publishes March infringements package – key decisions
In its regular package of infringement decisions, the European Commission pursues legal action against Member States for failing to comply…
Bulgaria and Romania strengthen cooperation on border and migration management
The Cooperation Frameworks will be implemented with the necessary support by the Commission and the relevant EU Agencies. In particular,…
Online investment fraud: Eurojust crackdown on criminal network
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Germany, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Sweden have carried out a coordinated action against an organised…
Schengen: EU Council lifts air and maritime border controls with Bulgaria and Romania
EU member states have reached an agreement on removing air and maritime internal border controls with Bulgaria and Romania. The…
New EU-funded research centre in Bulgaria contributes to the clean energy transition
Today, the European Commission and the Bulgarian Government inaugurated the National Centre of Mechatronics and Clean Technologies located at the Bulgarian Academy…
Online fraud with cryptocurrencies: Eurojust and Europol actions across Europe
At the request of the Swiss authorities, Eurojust has coordinated several actions against an online fraud network in EU Member…
EU Commissioner Kyriakides in Bulgaria to discuss food safety
On Tuesday 7 November, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, will be in Sofia to discuss cooperation on key priorities…
EU Commission gets €724m RRF payment request from Bulgaria
The payment request also includes a series of reforms aiming to enhance preschool, school, and higher education as well as lifelong learning,…
NextGenerationEU: Bulgaria submits request to modify recovery plan
Bulgaria's request is based on the need to factor in the downward revision of its maximum Recovery and Resilience Facility grant allocation,…
EU Commission approves amendment to Bulgaria’s regional aid map
In this context, the amendment to Bulgaria's regional aid map approved today enables higher maximum amounts of aid to investments…
EU Commissioner Ivanova in Bulgaria to discuss innovation, education, youth and sport
On Friday, Commissioner Ivanova will deliver a keynote speech at the Spinoff conference & Horizon Europe info day. She will also speak at…
Rule of Law: EU Commission formally closes the CVM for Bulgaria and Romania
Today, the European Commission formally closes the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) for Bulgaria and Romania. The Cooperation and Verification Mechanism had been…
EU Commissioner Sinkevičius on official visit to Bulgaria to discuss European Green Deal topics
Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius will be in Sofia tomorrow where he will meet Nikolai Denkov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria; Julian Popov, Minister for…
MEPs confirm Iliana Ivanova as new Commissioner
On 5 September, the Industry, Research and Energy Committee and the Culture and Education Committee held a three-hour hearing with Iliana Ivanova…
Bulgaria: EU Commission approves the new PDO – ‘Българско бяло саламурено сирене / Bulgarsko byalo salamureno sirene’
'Българско бяло саламурено сирене / Bulgarsko byalo salamureno sirene' is a fermented milk product made from whole cow's, sheep's, goat's,…
Bulgaria: EU Commission approves a new geographical indication – ‘Bulgarsko kiselo mlуako’
'Българско кисело мляко / Bulgarsko kiselo mlyako' is a soured milk product made from raw milk obtained from sheep, cows,…
Schlussanträge des Generalanwalts am EU-Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C-118/22 Direktor na Glavna direktsia „Natsionalna politsia“ pri MVR – Sofia
Donnerstag, 15. Juni 2023 Schlussanträge des Generalanwalts am Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C-118/22 Direktor na Glavna direktsia...
Europol: 28 arrested for smuggling migrants via Bulgaria and Romania
Europol has supported the Romanian Border Police (Poliția Română de Frontera) in dismantling an organised crime group involved in migrant…
Switzerland: Federal Councillor Parmelin receives Bulgarian deputy PM and minister for education and science
Bern, 21 April 2023 The topics of discussion at the working meeting on 21 April...
EU rules: The EU Commission decides to refer BULGARIA to the EU Court of Justice for marketing of natural mineral water
Brussels, 19 April 2023 The EU Commission decides to refer BULGARIA to the EU Court...
Asyl wegen häuslicher Gewalt gegen Frauen: Schlussanträge des Generalanwalts am EU-Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C‑621/21 Intervyuirasht organ na DAB pri MS
Donnerstag, 20. April 2023 Schlussanträge des Generalanwalts am Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C‑621/21 Intervyuirasht organ na DAB...
Fraudulent online investment platform: Eurojust & Europol support five high-value arrests
13 April 2023 Eurojust and Europol have supported a new coordinated action against a fraudulent...
Europol: 22 firearms traffickers arrested across Europe
The Hague, 3 April 2023 Europol-coordinated operation leads to seizure of 1 621 weapons, 24...