The week: The black-hole constellation

New mayors are in - money is out, who owns the Interior Minister and more chess champions

The day in 3 news: Head of ROC expelled; 2 more Bulgarian spies caught in UK; Vitosha Ventures boosts 8 startups

Revising the budget: everyone gets what they want

The first revision of this year’s budget has become a money grab amidst economic and political uncertainty

The week: Petkov cabinet falls, can Skopje be salvaged, prices are more important than values and billionaires on protest

Gov’t teeters on brink after six stormy months

With TISP pledging to support GERB’s vote of no-confidence next week and the ruling coalition at least six MPs short of keeping its majority, Petkov’s cabinet looks terminal

The week: Bulgaria sails towards energy independence, brace for protests, why Ohrid is important

Gas and other disasters, rent-a-mob week looms, Ohrid is in from the cold

Fast Reads

Fast Reads

The Deputy-PM Waging Multiple Wars at Once

Valeri Simeonov has proven himself as the most racy and controversial member of the third Borissov cabinet

The words you need to know this month

Treti pol. Samoubit. Majko horo

How Organized Crime Entered Bulgarian Politics

Vote buying in Bulgaria is a sign of clientelism government

Crime in Bulgaria: fears and realities

Despite the recent wave of violent crime, the country is not the hellhole described by the media.

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Istanbul Convention, Nationalist split, ERM II postponed, Kelner bids for Telenor