Radev’s revenge, the looming deficit and a frog

Reality is back with a vengeance, GDP keeps growing, and our Real Estate report is out

What’s cooking before the 2 October snap vote?

The new political season kicks off with smear campaigns, corruption allegations and president’s interference that would likely result in yet another fragmented parliament unable to support a government coalition

The day in 3 news: Scholz: Bulgaria meets the Schengen area entry requirements; Waiting for an answer from Gazprom; Record deficit of 11.3 bln levs in 2023 budget

Day in 3 news: TSP pitches referendum on presidential republic; GERB backs talks with Gazprom: Caretaker gov’t could stay for a while, says Alfa Research

Day in 3 news: Former BSP MP heads Bulgargas, Economy grows in Q2, More evidence of illegal kidney transplants

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

Day in 3 news: BSP to announce next steps with mandate on Friday, Mortgage rates to rise by 10%, Bulgarians among the most mistrustful in state institutions

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

Head of energy regulator Todorov is axed after CC ruling; Gov’t gives 1.5 billion levs to road companies; Bulgaria shelves Russia-linked Gemcorp deal

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

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

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

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: 70 Russian diplomats expelled, No excise for LPG and methane, 0% tax on flour

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

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: No-confidence vote to be decided Wednesday; Sofia Airport gets 70 mln euro renovation; Bulgaria and Greece to discuss hydrogen pipeline

The new Bulgarian radical party - how worried should we be about Vazrazhdane

The leader Kostadin Kostadinov uses very well the social media and jumps on the populist anti-establishment bandwagons but cannot propose a viable agenda for governing