Also thanks to European cohesion funds, Bulgaria has recently equipped itself with an innovative research centre for clean technologies, to connect the Bulgarian scientific world and help citizens and institutions comply with the new ecological standards
Dangerous liaisons: the media and gambling in Bulgaria and Romania
Incinerator in Sofia, a project gone up in smoke
Bulgaria: railway network renewed with cohesion funds
Ivo Danchev: photography between roots and dreams
Austria and the Balkans, between interests and populism
Energy transition: EU funds for renewables increase
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
Sofia, the long protest
For nearly two weeks Bulgaria has been shaken by street demonstrations against the Borisov government. The heart of the mobilization is the center of the capital Sofia, where thousands of citizens are demanding the resignation of the executive, fighting corruption and the uncontrolled power of the oligarchs. The faces of the protest in the photos of our correspondent