Maya Nikolova

The Shipka 20 deal: How the EU and US sanctions against Russia are secretly circumvented The Russian state-owned enterprise Goszagranostranost organized a secret auction for the sale of the property on ul. 20 Shipka Street in Sofia. The applicants have already deposited or will make…

ICIJ's Bulgarian partner BIRD.BG found that Russian state-owned enterprise Goszagranostranost allegedly violated U.S. sanctions and EU regulations by organizing a secret auction to sell a property in Sofia, according to leaked files obtained by ICIJ. buff.ly/qIXfkFg

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Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way Our election system is reaching a breaking point.

Donald Trumps plan to subvert the midterms is underway
From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

and it gets even better!

ahhhh... gotta love Western "socialists".

we have the same neighbourhoods across Bulgaria... 💔

amen to that!

The British burned down the White House in 1814. Perhaps they were right?

@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, @eppgroup.bsky.social, Bulgarians would love to hear your comments on this.

💥SCOOP: Orbán’s top think tank courting MAGA world appointed Serbian pro-Russian, pro-Iranian scholar & Valdai Club member Misa Djurković to lead its Center for Geopolitics. He has ties to figures linked to the GRU's 2016 Montenegrin coup attempt too. From our newsletter: vsquare.org/goulash-orba...

the man, the legend, the Dagsson! 🦈

meanwhile, in season three of The Diplomat, the president is reading Autocracy Inc

'The Best Is Yet to Come!' - Peevski Celebrates DPS-New Beginning Victory in Pazardzhik - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency In an extraordinary vote for municipal councilors in Pazardzhik, the “DPS-New Beginning” coalition led by Delyan Peevski secured a clear victory, demonstrating significant support in the surrounding v...

Peevski is an oligarch sanctioned by US, yet nobody in Brussels asks any questions as another Bulgarian election sees Peevski’s party - literally - buy huge numbers of votes.

State capture in Bulgaria has reached absurd levels.
www.novinite.com/articles/234...

Inside the Fall of Viktor Orbán’s Secret Brussels Spy Network - Direkt36 In the 2010s, Hungarian intelligence began spying in Brussels against the EU and tried to recruit Hungarians working in EU institutions for this purpose. However, Hungarian intelligence carried it out...

💥🔎NEW INVESTIGATION: We reveal how, under now-Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, Hungarian intelligence spied in Brussels against the EU, attempting to recruit Hungarians working in EU institutions.

@direkt36.bsky.social @papertrailmedia.de @spiegel.de @tijd.be @larsbove.bsky.social @hmnzngr.bsky.social

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the magnificent Remo Girone has died at 76.
La Piovra was a big hit on 🇧🇬 TV back in the early 90s and I particularly liked his complex character, Tano Cariddi. watching brave cops fight the mafia, while on our very streets a real gang war was taking place, captured my imagination forever.
grazie. 💔

yeah, the Bulgarian diaspora could learn a thing or two from them.

well done, 🇲🇩! as a Bulgarian, I can only admire your resilience and determination. now, the difficult part begins, and I hope Sandu's PAS won't waste this historical chance. battling Russian-bred corruption is the only way forward, along with independent institutions and media. stay strong! 🇪🇺

sadly, consistency is one of the many virtues he lacks. without any relevant action, these are just empty words.

Trump is aggressively ignorant. He does not learn, actively resists it, and has surrounded himself with people who enable his stupidity.

Trump is now 30 minutes late for his much-hyped autism event, which leaves me wondering if RFK Jr is pumping Grok as I type this in a desperate attempt to get to the bottom of it

So cool they discovered the cause of autism on basically day they guessed they would. I’m also glad they are withholding this information for a few days to prep for a WrestleMania-style announcement. This is how science works.

imagine that!

some wise words by @christogrozev.bsky.social

a great piece by the great Ian Dunt. 💡

General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.

OMFG, I can't even imagine what could be more ridiculous than Western "leftists" explaining communism to Eastern Europeans. ffs, stay in your line (and get a job, your parents won't be there forever).

finally!

I wonder how her good friend (and a local mobster) Boyko Borissov would comment on that.

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