Novinite Insider

Secret Transit: Making an Arrangement

"Secret Transit" is an investigating material by Darik radio crime reporter Bogdana Lazarova on the state-organized trafficking in Bulgaria. It was published in the book, called "Affair", written by Bogdana Lazarova and her colleague Nikolay Hristov.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | March 7, 2008, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 4667

Too Late and Too Sick to... Matter

March 3, 2008, Sofia. This is not one of those editorials, where acres of newsprint should be expended to establish the fact that some major impropriety has occurred.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | March 3, 2008, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2048

Bulgaria's Last Dinosaur

I always knew that traveling by train in Bulgaria could be quite an adventure because of the features of the State Railway Company BDZ. Unfortunately, last week showed that this could turn into a tragedy.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | March 2, 2008, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3901

Kintex - Key Player in Bulgaria's Secret Transit

"Secret Transit" is an investigating material by Darik radio crime reporter Bogdana Lazarova on the state-organized trafficking in Bulgaria. It was published in the book, called "Affair", written by Bogdana Lazarova and her colleague Nikolay Hristov.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 29, 2008, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 11860

The Guilty Conscience Show

The Mogilino horror movie of BBC shocked Europe and Bulgarians, publicly accused of inhumanity, decided to show their remorse through the means of mass media. TV shows, crying stars, and millions of SMS messages aimed to prove the middle ages are gone an

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 28, 2008, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1826

To Be Guest at Your Own Home

Bulgarian tourists will be able to finally enjoy the blue Black Sea and the marvelous mountains of their own country as they already can afford it.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 28, 2008, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1457

Blogging Away

The still geeky world of blogging, to my surprise and horror, may prove a more insightful source of opinions than the online media in Bulgaria.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 26, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2058

Bulgaria's Political Pornography

"I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it." This quote (especially its second half) by the American journalist Ambrose Bierse seems to capture best the motives of the Bulgarian opposition for initiating a no confidence vote again

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 23, 2008, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2867

Bulgaria Organized Crime Genesis

"Secret Transit" is an investigating material by Darik radio crime reporter Bogdana Lazarova on the state-organized trafficking in Bulgaria. It was published in the book, called "Affair", created by Bogdana Lazarova and her colleague Nikolay Hristov.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 22, 2008, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 4758

Laughing through People's Tears

Bulgarians were given Thursday more than enough reasons to laugh. As usual, however, the joy involves things, which are quite serious and could make the citizens and especially the rulers of every normal country rather cry than smile...

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 21, 2008, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1679

All Quasi-States Are Created Equal

Kosovo's declaration of independence was so expected that it provoked an unexpected amount of international turmoil. All sorts of nations, minorities, even rebels rushed to state their positions causing international mechanisms to grind to a halt.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 19, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2349

Bulgaria's Armee Grande

It was recently decided that Bulgaria's army was to be reduced by 5,000 soldiers. Those who came up with the decision were right - our army is so negligible that several thousand more or less don't really matter...

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 16, 2008, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2302

Secret Transit

"Secret Transit" is an investigating material on the state-organized trafficking in Bulgaria, published in the book, called "Affair", created by the crime reporters of the country's first private national radio Darik Bogdana Lazarova and Nikolay Hristov.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 15, 2008, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2820

The Wrong of the Right to be Upset

"Florence is of Armenian origin. She is flirting a lot.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 14, 2008, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1782

A Day Too Late for the Fair?

Now, when the concrete already covers the whole territory of our so beautiful country, choking the green spots, the government decided to take some measures to stop this absurd. The question that rises, however, is: isn't it a little bit late?

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 12, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1579

A Happy Scapegoat

On January 30, 2008, the Burgas City Court sentenced the Bulgarian drug boss Dimitar Zhelyazkov to 4,5 years in jail and property confiscation worth USD 18 000 after the defendant pleaded guilty and made a deal with the prosecution.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 10, 2008, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1952

All Apologies

It is worth noting how an apology does not clash with the meaning of "valor" while hypocrisy makes all notions void of meaning. What were we supposed to make of the recent official ceremony at which the Bulgarian interior ministry awarded architect Georg

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 8, 2008, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1472

The Black Bird of Bulgaria's Diplomacy

One of the trickiest issues in the world these days is the status of the breakaway Serbian province Kosovo pole, meaning "Field of the Blackbirds". Unfortunately, this field is only some 200 km away from Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 7, 2008, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2393

Sick of Writing This

I could have just as well referred you back to the dozens of editorials we have published on Bulgaria's failure to combat organized crime and corruption and Brussels's efforts to create finger-wagging anxiety. There is just one difference now that the EC

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 5, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1779

Air Force Tu-154

On Wednesday Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov made it all the way halfway to Mexico for an official visit together with a 50-member delegation of high-ranking Bulgarian public figures. The critically important Bulgarian-Mexican relations, however, were

Novinite Insider » Editorial | February 1, 2008, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3221

Industrial Views

Monumental industrial views brought so much pleasure to the communist senses that a monstrous steel mill became one of the symbols of Sofia. Its smoking chimneys still continue to remind nostalgic citizens and passers-by of the virtue of hard labor, but n

Novinite Insider » Editorial | January 31, 2008, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1776
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria