Sofia | Francesco Martino | 29 May 2025

Decades after it was designed, Corridor 8 - an infrastructure axis created to connect the Black Sea with the Adriatic through Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Albania and promote economic development and regional cooperation - remains a puzzle to be solved

3 million Euros for 4 species of birds

"The Republic […] guarantees the protection and reproduction of the environment, the conservation of living nature in all its varieties and the reasonable use of natural resources". This is stated in Article 15 of the Constitution of Bulgaria, the first country in the European Union in terms of the share of its territory covered by protected areas

Gabrovo: innovation through the dialogue between academia and business

In Gabrovo, in central Bulgaria, the “Centre of Competence” was designed to forge links between academia and the business world and to foster innovation. The Centre houses fourteen labs equipped with state-of-the-art research and analysis equipment, in many cases unique to both Bulgaria and the entire Balkan peninsula

Mediafreedom ECPMF

Report: Fragile media freedom progress in Bulgaria at risk of backsliding without urgent reform
29/10/2025 - The partner organisations of the Council of Europe's Safety of Journalists Platform and the Media Freedom Rapid Resp...
Bulgaria: Press Freedom Undermined by Political Polarisation and Delayed Reforms
26/9/2025 - Media freedom in Bulgaria faces entrenched challenges in a climate of political polarisation and legislative inertia...
Bulgaria: Mission to examine media freedom and independent journalism
23/9/2025 - OBCT joins international coalition for media freedom mission to Bulgaria
Attacks on journalists during Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections receive condemnation
6/11/2024 - The undersigned press freedom, freedom of expression and journalists’ organizations strongly condemn the four cases...