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Bulgaria's Acting PM Signed the Right Agreement at the Wrong Time for All the Wrong Reasons

Acting Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov flew to Kyiv, signed a 10-year defense cooperation agreement with Volodymyr Zelensky, and flew back

Novinite Insider » Opinions | April 1, 2026, Wednesday // 09:33 | Viewed: 4120

Baba Vanga: Bulgaria's Blind Mystic Who Became a Global Myth

Ask any older Bulgarian about Baba Vanga and brace yourself. You will not get a Wikipedia summary. You will get a story. Their story, or their mother's, or their neighbor's cousin

Novinite Insider » Opinions | March 14, 2026, Saturday // 19:30 | Viewed: 7418

Why the US and Israel Struck Iran

Before dawn on February 28, 2026, explosions tore through Tehran. Air raid sirens followed seconds later, but by then the first wave of strikes had already hit.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | March 1, 2026, Sunday // 09:38 | Viewed: 4522

Promised Stability, Delivered Chaos: The 399-Day "Zhelyazkov" Cabinet That Governed in Someone Else's Shadow

It was supposed to last four years. It lasted just 399 days - 70 of them spent in caretaker status after the prime minister's own resignation.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | February 22, 2026, Sunday // 09:44 | Viewed: 2191

Will Radev and the Liberals Join Forces? What the Caretaker PM Choice Really Means for Bulgaria

The appointment of Andrey Gyurov as Bulgaria's caretaker prime minister shows what's really happening in Bulgarian politics right now. Behind the constitutional formalities, a coalition against corruption is taking shape before April's elections.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | February 12, 2026, Thursday // 15:19 | Viewed: 5140

India’s Vision of the Indo-Pacific

On 20 October 2025, on the occasion of Deepavali, the great Indian festival of lights, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking from aboard India’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, drew attention to the centrality of the Indian Ocean i

Novinite Insider » Opinions | January 26, 2026, Monday // 18:02 | Viewed: 4005

A Disgraceful Betrayal: Bulgaria's Shameful Entry into Trump's Board of Peace

The images from Davos tell a disturbing story: Bulgaria's outgoing Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, representing a government that has been in resignation since December following massive protests, signing away our country's European credibility.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | January 22, 2026, Thursday // 15:31 | Viewed: 7513

NATO Pilot, Putin Sympathizer, or Something Else? Who Is Rumen Radev and Why Did He Just Blow Up Bulgarian Politics

Bulgaria just witnessed something that's never happened before - a sitting president resigned to jump into the political arena. Rumen Radev, who's been running the show at the presidential office for nearly a decade, stepped down on January 19th, handing

Novinite Insider » Opinions | January 20, 2026, Tuesday // 17:09 | Viewed: 8732

Bulgaria’s Euro Transition Exposes State Weakness as Prices Surge

Bulgaria’s switch to the euro on January 1, 2026, was meant to be a technical procedure: a fixed exchange rate, dual pricing, monitoring, and clear sanctions

Novinite Insider » Opinions | January 19, 2026, Monday // 12:02 | Viewed: 2614

Trump's Greenland Gambit Could Trigger the Next Nuclear Arms Race

Donald Trump's renewed interest in acquiring Greenland has evolved from what many dismissed as an eccentric fixation into a genuine geopolitical crisis that threatens to fundamentally reshape transatlantic relations and global security architecture

Novinite Insider » Opinions | January 11, 2026, Sunday // 13:30 | Viewed: 6706

The Unprecedented Kidnapping of Maduro

The unprecedented kidnapping in the world annals, in the manner in which it took place, of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro constitutes not only a military intervention in a sovereign and independent country in violation of the principles of internatio

Novinite Insider » Opinions | January 11, 2026, Sunday // 09:23 | Viewed: 3884

The Transition to the Euro in Bulgaria: Prices Soar as State Reveals Institutional Weakness

The introduction of the euro in Bulgaria, initially meant as a straightforward technical operation, quickly exposed systemic weaknesses and raised questions about state oversight

Novinite Insider » Opinions | January 8, 2026, Thursday // 12:44 | Viewed: 17521

One Year of Trump Again: Trade Wars, Immigration Crackdowns, and a Shaken World Order

With the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s second term approaching, the phrase “Tariffs, Trade, and Tantrums” has come to encapsulate the governing style of the 47th President of the United States.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | December 30, 2025, Tuesday // 18:17 | Viewed: 4753

Trump Must Not Invade Venezuela

Most reasonable voices advocating against a US invasion of Venezuela don’t think Maduro is great. They are simply against the invasion

Novinite Insider » Opinions | December 3, 2025, Wednesday // 13:10 | Viewed: 7404

Ukraine Wants Tomahawks to Strike Deep Into Russia - But Will It Matter?

The debate over providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine has become one of the most contentious issues in the ongoing war with Russia

Novinite Insider » Opinions | October 26, 2025, Sunday // 16:38 | Viewed: 12286

National Embarrassment: Georg Georgiev’s Hasty Pledge to Putin Backfires as Budapest Summit Plans Collapse

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georgy Georgiev has found himself at the center of public ridicule and political backlash after prematurely declaring that Bulgaria

Novinite Insider » Opinions | October 22, 2025, Wednesday // 08:00 | Viewed: 4495

Marco Rubio - Not So Great After All

President Donald Trump just called Marco Rubio the greatest Secretary of State in history, on the occasion of the freeing of the Israeli hostages but that label doesn't quite ring true if we take a look at Rubio's record so far

Novinite Insider » Opinions | October 19, 2025, Sunday // 17:43 | Viewed: 4422

When National Interests Collide with European Unity: The Bulgaria-Ukraine-North Macedonia Nexus

As Europe grapples with the most significant threat to its security architecture since World War II, the question of how quickly the European Union can act has become existential

Novinite Insider » Opinions | October 7, 2025, Tuesday // 17:02 | Viewed: 8723

When Politics Means Violence

In different countries, people meet grim fates: some fall from balconies, others vanish without a trace, some end up in prison - and in the United States, politicians are sometimes shot in public

Novinite Insider » Opinions | September 11, 2025, Thursday // 12:02 | Viewed: 11955

The Von der Leyen GPS Incident: This Wasn't A Targeted Russian Attack

On August 31, 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's aircraft experienced GPS navigation issues while approaching Plovdiv Airport in Bulgaria.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | September 6, 2025, Saturday // 16:46 | Viewed: 7923

34 Years Since the Battle of Vukovar: Did Europe Forget?

While Metallica was singing in front of more than a million people in Moscow, a concert almost everyone knows about today, at the same time, Vukovar became the scene of the first major conventional military battle on European territory since the end of WW

Novinite Insider » Opinions | August 29, 2025, Friday // 17:16 | Viewed: 8160
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