The week: Bulgaria’s economy is (surprise, surprise) doing very well, the real estate market - not so much, and some dolphins get religious

Don’t do stupid shit and things are going to get better

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

Price cap on fuels under review; Semerdziev on drugs charge; EC: Bulgaria making some progress on rule of law

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

Democratic Bulgaria to seek support from WCC if it gets third gov’t mandate; Interpol: Semerdziev drove with a fake Swiss driving license; 25 stotinki fuel discount from today

Day in 3 news: Vassilev returns gov’t mandate unfulfilled, Supreme Judicial Council fails to sack Geshev, MPs unanimously hike VAT registration threshold to 100,000 BGN

The week: The best place to start fighting the corruption, Don’t count a coalition before it’s hatched, Crypto collapse

A fatal crash exposes depth of state capture, No gov’t + crypto layoffs and M&As

Day in 3 news: Radev raps gov’t over Russian diplomats, Bulgargaz seeks 32% gas price hike for July, Municipality proposes "covert" privatization of Sofia Central Heating

Day in 3 news: Petkov, Mitsotakis to launch gas link on Friday, Brussels gives green light to 11 bln funding for Sofia, WCC nearly level with GERB in poll: Alpha Research

Bulgaria’s political crisis puts RRP funding at risk

Without Parliament failing to adopt the relevant legislation, funds under the Recovery Plan will remain blocked.

Day in 3 news: Electricity and central heating tariffs revised, Vassilev is a frontrunner for PM, Bulgaria’s diplomatic relations with Russia at unprecedented low

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

Day in 3 news: Radev begins talks on new cabinet, GERB will return the second mandate, 0% VAT on bread

A festival summer: KInsights’ guide to the top music in Bulgaria this holiday season

Festivals and concerts return to the country after two years of Covid

Day in 3 news: MPs approve "French" proposal to break N. Macedonia deadlock, Foreign Ministry bashes Albanian PM over derogatory comments, Health Ministry greenlights fourth Covid jab

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

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Svetoslav Spasov, CEO of KPMG IT Service, and Markus Kempkes, the new Head of Central and Eastern Europe at ServiceNow, share their insights on what is the right answer to this challenge