Bulgaria
Global warming acceleration at its peak but the La Nina effect this year will reduce temperatures less than expected
Global temperature is now near its peak due to El Niño aerosol decrease. How far will it fall in the coming La Niña? Less than expected.
EBRD2024: EBRD expects Emerging Europe growth boost in 2024, but slightly lowers forecast
Development bank makes downward revision in latest forecasts after worse than expected Q1 figures for Central Europe.
Far right activists attack Ukrainians visiting Bulgaria to buy Russian-made nuclear reactors
Ukraine wants to buy equipment Bulgaria bought from Russia for the scrapped Belene nuclear power plant project to replace occupied power infrastructure.
Trees are “coughing not breathing” due to climate crisis stress, study finds
"We found that trees in warmer, drier climates are essentially coughing instead of breathing," a study by Penn State found.
April 2024 sets global moisture record
April 2024 set a global moisture record for the planet, reports climatologist Ben Noll
Think-tank warns UN vote on Srebrenica genocide could trigger Republika Srpska’s secession from Bosnia
Hudson Institute says move towards secession could in turn spark broader ethnic conflicts in Balkans.
20 years after accession 'big bang' wiiw economists say CEE needs a new model to catch up with the West
Eastern EU members are growing much faster than the eurozone, but must focus more on innovation for a full catchup.
COMMENT: Testing the limits – the politics of EU membership in CEE 20 years after accession
Apathy and lack of trust in national institutions, combined with ‘convergence fatigue’, have created favourable conditions for populist forces that have degraded the quality of institutions in many of the CEE states that joined the EU in 2004.
Fitch believes Bulgaria unlikely to enter eurozone in January 2025
Return to political instability has put Sofia’s eurozone entry target date at risk.