A Wolf Battue

The Prosecutor's Office and the Anti-Corruption Commission go after Rumen "the Wolf" Gaitansky, Stoyan Mavrodiev - and potentially, Ahmed Dogan himself

The week in news: Glavchev’s deputy takes over as PM; Parliament bans "LGBTQ propaganda"; MPs swiftly adopt Euro Introduction Act

Payment inevitable: BOTAS demands its 4 billion levs from Bulgargaz

A leaked letter shows that the Turkish gas firm is adamant that it should keep collecting USD 500,000 a day without delivering gas

No gov’t with last mandate triggers seventh election in October

It is still uncertain whether President Radev will make an attempt to replace Dimitar Glavchev as PM

Day in 3 news: Budget deficit reaches 1 billion levs; No European commissioner nominated; 800 million wind park in Dobrich

Parliament Begins Debates on the Euro Introduction Law. The New Target is July 1, 2025

Deputies will require institutions to finalize technical preparations by March 2025 and approve all regulations by December 2024

Day in 3 news: Judicial reform overturned by Constitutional Court; Parliament adopts new electricity compensations; State coal enterprise posts 237 mln levs loss

The week: The Bleak sea 🌊, Who's nominating the Bulgarian EU commissioner 🇧🇬💼, The train deal falls through 🚂❌

K Insights 26/07

PM Glavchev’s Caretaker Cabinet Acts to Preserve Coal Power Plants Until 2038

Bulgaria is moving towards renegotiation of its Recovery and Resilience Plan, putting in jeopardy EU payments.

Day in 3 news: Electricity bills to jump 40% MOM; IT crash disrupts cyber network; Glavchev to modify Bulgarian RRP to keep coal

The week: Dispatches from the frontlines of the heat war

Bulgaria bakes, coal TPPs fire up and no Anti-Peevski front forms

Day in 3 news: BNB says sub-governor’s removal "legitimate", but up to Parliament; Heatwave ignites coal TPPs; Bulgarian state-owned firms expensive, inefficient: IMF

The week: A hot political summer just turned nuclear, A bridge to Romania gets closed and a Historical Ponzi scheme

Day in 3 news: Radev changes tone on Ukraine NATO membership; Greece LNG terminal delayed; Brussels approves state aid for Bulgarian Posts

Day in 3 news: Radev to skip NATO summit; GERB receives gov’t mandate on Monday; Ruse-Giurgiu ferry link to open by the end of summer

The week: A vacuum spot on the EU map

We’re not the poorest in the EU anymore, yet we’re still mute, and a drug lord decides to go to prison

Elections 2024: GERB wins convincingly, but forming a majority might prove elusive

Extremely low turnout and the unexpected rise of a new radical party on TikTok expose the deepening representation crisis

The week: GERB makes a comeback

The return of Borissov, Saudis eye a telecom & TV channel and the Missing Cryptoqueen’s drug lord

The week: The Accountant and Srebrenica

Glavchev The Sudden Diplomat, Long work hours and a belated Tsar’s burial

The day in 3 news: UN rejects PM’s U-turn over Srebrenica; Kozloduy NPP to stop using Russian fuel; Bulgarians traveled more in April