Is President Putin a Rational Actor? Yes, Of Course

It's a common question that has been asked every time Russian President Vladimir Putin's expansionist moods appear: Is Putin a rational actor? The short answer is: yes.

The Reality of War from the Point of View of a Ukrainian Student

Olena is a 20-year-old Ukrainian girl that endured the first days of the Russian invasion. She is in her 4th year as a student of International Relations at the Taras Shevcheko National University of Kyiv. A letter, detailing her days of horror, was sent

There is Unjustified Hate Towards Ordinary Russians in Latvia Right Now

Valentina is a young girl from Latvia but her parents are Russian. She is against the war in Ukraine and doesn’t support Putin’s actions. However, she witnesses unfair treatment of Russians and Russian-speaking people in her home country and she doesn’t w

The Russian Army is Killing Hundreds of Civilians - Firsthand Account of a Woman in Ukraine

Tetiana is a Ukrainian woman that wants her voice to be heard. She has lived through the 14 days of war since the invasion started and has tried to inform people worldwide about the situation in her homeland. In the media, there are plenty of reports from

Humanity is on a Tipping Point

Every year the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) issues the “Global Peace Index” (GPI), the purpose of which is to score 163 nations according to their levels of peacefulness

Expert: Wheat Poised to Renew All-Time Highs

Wheat futures on the US CBOT are trading above $12.09 per bushel, more than 40% surge over the week and 85% over the year. The current price is an area of historical extremes. The world hasn't seen wheat more expensive than $10 in modern history, except f

Ukrainian Content Creator for Novinite: It Feels like We are Not Alone for the First Time

Mihaela Mihaylova fromNovinite.bg contacted a famous Ukrainian blogger and content creator on the platform TikTok, called Xena. She’s a girl living in Western Ukraine that wanted to share how a young, ordinary person sees the threat of a Russian invasion.

Is the Ukraine 'Crisis' Just Another US Charade?

Today we face an avoidable crisis that was predictable, actually predicted, willfully precipitated, but easily resolved by the application of common sense.

Finding a Path for Peace and Neutrality in Ukraine

The backdrop to the current “crisis” over Ukraine—real, imagined or exaggerated—is the snarling confrontation of NATO and Russian forces in a sweeping arc from the Baltic to Black Seas. This standoff in turn is attributable to the expansion of NATO to Rus

Most Read News on Novinite.com for 2021

It has been an eventful year for Bulgaria and Novinite.com. The COVID-19 pandemic once again dominated the news cycle, we had three elections in one year while the economy was trying to bounce back. It seemed that the world was trying to get back to norma

Bulgaria: What to do if your Package is Stuck in Customs

Bulgarian Customs and BGPost do not exactly have a good reputation in Bulgaria. It is a hassle for Bulgarians to get their packages, usually the ones from non-EU countries such as China, the US, and most recently the United Kingdom. However, it is far mor

Travel During a Pandemic: Andy from UK for his Railway Adventures in Bulgaria

Andy Brabin is a British train enthusiast who loves to explore the world using railway transport. To date, he has visited 176 countries and traveled by train in 75 of them. For most of his life, he worked in the travel industry and is a founder of the awa

Iveta Cherneva: The US National Security Establishment needs a Paradigm Shift. Now.

If you can sense one trend over the past weeks is that war is in the air, both on the Ukraine and the Taiwan fronts. That brings the world to a brink of war, and it seems like the US military establishment is interested in connecting the dots. They have b

Maxim Behar for Capital: Pandemic Have Made Us Much Better PR Experts

"We managed to leave behind the untypical for our business activities and now we are focusing at our indisputably strong side – excellent consulting business.

Yoan Kolev: Mobilization and Disappointment in the Alternatives to the Status Quo

The third elections for parliament in the country for the year are now over.

Is Bulgaria Doing the Worst Job with the COVID-19 Crisis Compared to the Rest of Europe?

Bulgaria is a country often mentioned as being the least prepared, with the highest deaths and lowest vaccinations in both Europe and the EU. Is this really the case or is the situation more complex?

Bulgaria’s Sofia Tech Park to Boast Most Powerful Computer

The IT giant Atos said that is has fully delivered to Bulgaria’s Sofia Tech Park a super computer that is expected to be Eastern Europe’s most powerful such device.

Yoana Madzharova, Operations Manager at HRS Bulgaria: Finding the Right Managers is Becoming a Real Challenge

Gerard Biard, Editor-in-chief of Charlie Hebdo: Fake News Has a Bright Future Ahead

It has been six years since the Islamist attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

Bulgaria in Crisis: How World’s Saddest Place Became Deadliest

Boyko Takov: How to Survive in Time of Pandemic, Useful Tips for Bulgarian companies from BSMEPA

Novinite.bg got in touch with Dr. Boyko Takov, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency (BSMEPA), to discuss the complicated situation of companies in Bulgaria and their chances to cope with it and survive