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Draft Budget 2025 Stuck in Limbo
For now, there is no parliamentary majority to advance the controversial draft budget of the caretaker cabinet to a vote.

Over 40% of businesses expect 2025 to be worse – BIA survey
Glavchev’s caretaker cabinet has the approval of 21% of respondents, the judiciary garners only 1%, trust in parliament stands at 0%

The week: A map of industrial brilliance
Factory of the Year is Solvay, Bulgaria loses some European money, How to destroy a 2000-year-old Basilica

The ‘Trump Effect’ on Bulgaria's Economy: Too Early for Panic
Bulgarian manufacturers are likely to feel the impact of potential U.S. tariffs indirectly—through their integration into European supply chains

Seventh vote, eight* parties, little chance of a stable gov’t
The 27 October early national election produced few surprises and the most fragmented parliament in Bulgarian history, but is unlikely to herald a stable outcome

Rising Wages, Lagging Productivity: The End of Bulgaria’s Cheap Labor Advantage
Income growth in Bulgaria outpaces labor productivity by far, signaling the end of the low-cost labor model

The week: Why Nations Fail in football and elections
One night in Belfast, What is wrong with the Air Force, Varna ex-mayor is sinking

Marek Prawda: The Russian aggression proved that the West lost the monopoly on always being right
The deputy foreign minister of Poland on the Visegrad four, the Eastern part of the EU and the Polish presidency

The week: Poles apart
The ungovernable state, a Bulgarian link in the explosive pagers story and Nole’s favorite chalga tune

Bulgaria Issues Record 4.35 Billion Euro of External Debt
The three tranches with different maturities attracted massive investor interest exceeding 17 billion euro