Government requests NATO show of force in Black Sea
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Bulgaria is seeking a new NATO military command for the Black Sea alongside Romania and Turkey. President Rumen Radev has clarified that while the perpetrator behind recent attacks on two merchant ships is officially unknown, the risk originates from Russia. For the presidential office, the logic is simple: Ukraine has no reason to destroy its own ships.
The 2027 budget plan will raise insurance contributions for both the lowest and highest earners, though the projected revenue increase of €988m is unlikely to quiet the economists. In the capital, the interior ministry is currently conducting raids against vote traders, while the anti-organized crime directorate has identified a corruption scheme in the water supply system with an 18% to 19% kickback for the ministries involved.
The United States has granted a six-month license extension to Lukoil's Bulgarian operations. Elsewhere, the planned site for a new children’s hospital is facing opposition from architects and ecologists who claim the location is unsafe, and a series of reports from the country's existing wards describe the current state of patient care as nightmarish.