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

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

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

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

The day in 3 news: Ninova changes VMZ-Sopot board of directors, Former Economy Minister Vezireva caught plagiarizing, Hosting Ukrainian refugees has cost 131 mln euro to date

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: Kyiv to supply Sofia with electricity; BSP threatens to leave coalition if gov’t backs military aid to Ukraine; Bulgaria’s population was 6.8 million people in 2021

The week: The gas is off, the fight is on, Petkov goes to Kiyv, and do you need that salary of yours

K Insights 29/04: legalizing the industrial hemp, are 100 diplomats too many?

PM Petkov in Kyiv: Ukraine will win this war; Ninova wants Russian gas restored; Brussels transfers 146 mln euro to Sofia for Ukrainian refugees

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

The week: Sofia emerges on Hi-Tech map, road cartels still hold sway and Bulgarians don’t like Putin anymore

K Insights 21/4: The two roads ahead for Bulgaria and strike season is upon us

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 war for sunflower oil and Bulgaria’s role in the market

In Bulgaria, the sunflower oil business was worth close to 1.5 bln levs (767 million euro) last year

The week: Borissov arrested, Central Bank chairmanship tears the coalition, Resilience Plan still not ok

Former PM Borissov arrested, Guerilla war over BNB shakes the coalition and the Plan is still NOT alright

The day in 3 news: PM Petkov to discuss more aid for Ukraine with US Defence Secretary; Force majeure tabled in wake of war; Unemployment was 5.3% in 2021

Five days into the Ukraine war, Bulgaria continues to send mixed messages

While PM Petkov promises humanitarian and military aid to Kyiv, Defense Minister Yanev and BSP remain opposed to any significant moves in support of Ukraine