The week: A bridge worth paying for, Aurubis is at the top again and out with the hawks, in with the doves

Bulgaria: further away from Russia’s claws, but still close enough

An unprecedented diplomatic row between Russia and Bulgaria as the latter plunged into a political crisis

BSP to hold mandate for longer; Bulgaria debt is Europe’s 3rd best; 1.32bn dollars for the second batch of F-16s

The week: "Year Zero" for anti-corruption, new cabinet or new elections, the quick end of the Gemcorp memorandum

Captured state fights back, gas storage slowly fills up and a skyscraper that is not

Radev chooses BSP for 3rd mandate; No political party wants deal with GERB; Macedonia votes for French proposal

Recipient of 3rd mandate stlll in doubt; Inflation breaks 24-year record; ICGB to manage the interconnector with Greece

Radev to starts talks on third mandate Friday; Bulgaria is No 1 in Europe for industrial production in May; GERB and WCC vie for first spot: poll

Price cap on fuels under review; Semerdziev on drugs charge; EC: Bulgaria making some progress on rule of law

October elections or a surprise with mandate #3: What’s next for Bulgarian politics?

After WCC failed to gain sufficient support to form a new cabinet, early elections are the most likely scenario

Democratic Bulgaria to seek support from WCC if it gets third gov’t mandate; Interpol: Semerdziev drove with a fake Swiss driving license; 25 stotinki fuel discount from today

Day in 3 news: Vassilev returns gov’t mandate unfulfilled, Supreme Judicial Council fails to sack Geshev, MPs unanimously hike VAT registration threshold to 100,000 BGN

The week: The best place to start fighting the corruption, Don’t count a coalition before it’s hatched, Crypto collapse

A fatal crash exposes depth of state capture, No gov’t + crypto layoffs and M&As

Day in 3 news: Vassilev launches new cabinet talks, 70 Russian diplomatic staff, families leave Sofia, 25 stotinki fuel discount to kick in on Saturday: Petrol Association

The week: Petkov’s tough choice, 70 (more or less) Russian diplomats & budget debacle

Day in 3 news: BSP rejects Petkov’s candidacy, DB demands Russian envoy’s expulsion, 25 stotinki off every liter of fuel

The history of a veto: How Bulgaria’s stance on Skopje evolved

Sofia has hardened its position vis-a-vis Skopje quietly, but consistently in the past three years, practically sabotaging Western Balkan EU integration

Day in 3 news: More consultations on new cabinet, Petkov’s WCC in fresh attack on Trifonov, Ninova and Radev trade barbs over arms for Ukraine

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