Category: Bulgarian

GERB Party Leads in Bulgaria Election: Partial Results

October 3, 2022
BulgarianelectionEuropeGovernmentWorld
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SOFIA—Bulgaria’s GERB party of former long-serving Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is set to win Sunday’s election, the fourth in less than two years, partial results showed, but its chances of forming a coalition government remain unclear. With 99 percent of the ballots counted, partial official results showed GERB winning with 25.4 percent. Its main rival,…

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Kebabcheta: The Star of the Bulgarian Barbecue

June 29, 2021
BulgarianFood & DininggrillingLife & TraditionRecipessausages
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In the late 1990s, I was fortunate enough to spend six weeks in Bulgaria just as the nation was coming out from under the yoke of 50 years of communism. The country’s isolation contributed to the fact that Bulgarian food was relatively unknown to Western visitors, but I was quickly introduced to a wide range…

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US Blacklists 3 Bulgarians, 64 Companies Over Corruption

June 3, 2021
BulgariancorruptionEuropeExecutive BranchPolicyPoliticssanctionsU.S. TreasuryUSUS NewsWorld
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WASHINGTON/SOFIA—The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 64 companies and three Bulgarians over corruption, including an oligarch accused of planning to create a conduit for Russian political leaders to influence the Bulgarian government. A statement by the Treasury Department said the move was its single biggest action targeting graft to date. Bulgaria ranks as…

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