The day in 3 news: VMRO leader to be fined for hate speech, Health Minister unveils sweeping medical reforms, 315 million euro program to repair reservoirs botched

The day in 3 news: Summer poll likely, Russian spies cited in arms factories explosions, 24% of Bulgarians live on less than 225 euro: NSI

The day in 3 news: Borissov spurns MP seat, Basic freedoms slide further: Amnesty, Schools reopen partially on Monday

The day in 3 news: State Department raps Bulgaria on media freedom, World Bank cuts projected growth to 2,6 percent, NATO intercepted three Russian planes over Black Sea

The day in 3 news: Defense Ministry to appoint 730-million contract to state-owned company, 39 million euro to support medium-sized business, Bulgarian GDP falls 3,8% in last quarter of 2020

The day in 3 news: GERB’s chances of a post-election government shrank, vaccination locations will be on Google maps, German guns from Gabrovo

Setting the scene for 2021: what to expect in the political field

Socialist opposition tries to sharpen its teeth, but the surge of smaller parties is promising a fractured parliament

Bulgaria’s (non-)recovery plan

Bulgaria stands to receive 12 billion levs (6.1 billion euro) in 2021-2026 from the Recovery Plan for Europe, and will be spending the funding as it always has - on weak, ineffective projects

The words you need to know this month - January 2021 edition

Hodi pesha, Diktaturka and Arbeit, Arbeit, Arbeit

Postponing the Fall

How long will the Prime Minister Boyko Borissov dodge resigning after three months of protests and what comes next?

Geshev Unchained

The new Bulgarian Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev moved into first gear from the outset, picking fights with oligarchs, rural criminals and even the president himself. Is he aiming at something bigger than just crime busting?

Racist at heart or racist on demand?

While international media reacted with surprise to the ugly hate gestures from a group of Bulgarian ultras during an October football game against England, it missed the key local context

Jock Palfreeman’s long fight for justice

The story of a young Australian who had to go through the failings of the Bulgarian justice system

State companies invest in order to give more money to Ahmed Dogan

Parliament endorses unlimited donations to political parties from individuals and businesses

Stara Zagora: The Unexpected Champion

The local economy recorded the highest growth rate among all Bulgarian regions in the past decade

Boyko Borissov is stirred; but not yet shаken

Expectations that the May 2019 European Parliament elections would trigger a dramatic crisis of confidence in Bulgaria’s ruling GERB party following the real estate scandal did not materialize

Fast Reads

The words you need to know this month

When Bulgaria is too expensive

The Canadian owner has ceased production at ALC’s plants over a labor shortage, higher wage costs and failure to get a price increase from BMW

Back to basics: Nationalists vs Roma

Now that most asylum seekers have left Bulgaria, far right parties are turning to their favorite scapegoat – the stigmatized Roma minority