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

Radev’s cabinet: what’s the aim?

The Donev cabinet’s first moves seem designed to overturn the legacy of the reformist Petkov gov’t - but the reasons might be more prosaic than Russian meddling

All the President’s men: A new caretaker cabinet under the command of Radev

Who’s who in the caretaker cabinet of Galab Donev and what is at stake for them - and Bulgaria - in the next three months

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

Beating plowshares back into swords

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might finally prompt the rearmament of Bulgaria’s military which has all but stalled in the past three decades

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

Four risks for the Bulgarian economy after the collapse of the ruling coalition

Bulgaria shifting away from the eurozone and EU funds, strong regulators and energy reform

The week: The ruling coalition finally collapses, three scenarios for a government, and the economy grows despite everything

Bulgaria slowing down on its way to the eurozone

The country does not meet the criterion of inflation but the political differences in the ruling coalition pose a bigger problem

The IGB project: A game-changer on the Eastern European gas market

The link with Greece is the first project that will really reduce Bulgaria’s dependence on Russian gas

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

Strange protests and even stranger anti-inflation measures, plus the new owner of the Maritza Iztok - 3 coal power plant

Protest for the sake of protesting, Italian soldiers are welcomed and a new owner for the second largest TPP in Bulgaria

Day in 3 news: Q1 2022 economic growth is 4.5%:NSI, Inflation reaches 14,4% in April, Sofia’s strike will not prove too disruptive, mayor promises

Day in 3 news: EU expects 2.1% GDP growth for Bulgaria in 2022, Eight parties would enter parliament in early election, Unemployment at record low in April

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: TISP demand Euro adoption plan to pass through Parliament, ex-PM Stefan Yanev launches party, 59,000 refugees to leave hotels from 1 June

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

100 Days in Power: Where is the coalition heading to?

Three months into its mandate, the ruling coalition is splintered and facing a myriad of crises and inter-institutional wars

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 week: Russian tanks steal our common future, stacking up on grain, some good ideas

K Insights 11/03: economy grows (pre-war), some unicorns