Day in 3 news: MPs approve "French" proposal to break N. Macedonia deadlock, Foreign Ministry bashes Albanian PM over derogatory comments, Health Ministry greenlights fourth Covid jab

Petkov’s gov’t falls after no-confidence vote

The motion was passed with 123 MPs from GERB, MRF, TISP and Vazrazhdane

The day in 3 news: Four ministers resign, Ruling majority may survive after TISP MPs split from party, Exports to EU up 37% y/y in first 4 months of 2022

The week: The ruling coalition finally collapses, three scenarios for a government, and the economy grows despite everything

The day in 3 news: Rashkov: 1 billion in public money ‘stolen’ by Borissov’s gov’t, Two ministers resign, Hristo Ivanov says Bulgaria faces difficult times

How Renew Europe’s enticement of WCC got MRF nervous

The movement feels threatened from the combined prospects of the new party challenging its place in the European liberal family and new sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act

Does Bulgaria really have 213,000 bitcoins?

Five years after the first information that the Bulgarian state had seized crypto worth billions of dollars, inside sources and other information from the new cabinet reveal that there were never any bitcoins at all

The day in 3 news: Petkov asks Radev to convene the National Council for N. Macedonia; Radev frets about the coalition; Refugees can stay in hotels in summer

Strange protests and even stranger anti-inflation measures, plus the new owner of the Maritza Iztok - 3 coal power plant

Protest for the sake of protesting, Italian soldiers are welcomed and a new owner for the second largest TPP in Bulgaria

Day in 3 news: EU expects 2.1% GDP growth for Bulgaria in 2022, Eight parties would enter parliament in early election, Unemployment at record low in April

Pro-Russian parties exploit the fears of the disillusioned

Former Prime Minister Stefan Yanev, leftist spearhead Maya Manolova and former TISP cadres are jumping on the "anti-war" bandwagon of Vazrazhdane and BSP with new political factions

The day in 3 news: Cabinet survives Ukraine military aid vote, Bulgaria will demand "temporary exception" from Russia oil embargo, Chaira PHES shuts down completely

The end of the free press is the beginning of wars

Independent journalism in democratic societies is one of the most important barriers to autocracy

The real influence of Russia in Bulgaria, part 1: How it works and who is behind it

In this two-part series, KInsights explores how Putin’s war in Ukraine exposed that Bulgarian politics remains hostage to a powerful pro-Kremlin network holding key positions in the state

Sofia sends arms to Ukraine indirectly; BSP won’t send a representative to Kyiv; Bulgaria with one of the best debt-to-gross domestic product ratio

The day in 3 news: Sofia sends arms to Ukraine indirectly; BSP won’t send a representative to Kyiv; Bulgaria with one of the best debt-to-gross domestic product ratio

Michael Ignatieff: The History That Got Us Here

The Canadian historian, politician and author reflects on the Russian war against Ukraine, why it happened - and where it might bring us

The day in 3 news: BNB without new governor; BSP wants paper ballots reinstated; Geshev calls of specialized prosecution unconstitutional

The day in 3 news: Goodbye, specialized prosecution; Varna’s mayor Portnih accused of pollution of Varna Lake; Average annual income was 7705 levs in 2021

Is the coalition going to survive? Six obstacles ahead

The four-party coalition wants to bury the rising number of contentious topics confronting it - but this can only work for a while

The day in 3 news: 14 Bulgarians evacuated from Tsarevna ship; TISP and DB have candidates for Council of Electronic Media; Nearly 60% disapprove of govt