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Third time lucky? Bulgaria goes to the polls yet again
This Sunday’s Parliamentary and Presidential elections will either break the political stalemate in the country, or deepen it beyond any solution
The battle for Sofia, Peevski is back and other things to look out for in the elections
These are some of the more interesting faces and constituencies to look out for in the upcoming 14 November elections
Do we continue the change? A new big player in town
The movement of popular caretaker ministers Assen Vassilev and Kiril Petkov enters the political fray with a bang - but can it live up to the hype?
What the caretaker gov’t did - and where it faltered
Stefan Yanev’s first cabinet exposed many of the previous administration’s flawed practices but failed to fix many of them
The week: Yet another saviour on the horizon, Fourth Covid wave is here and some good news for the budget
To party or not to party, that is Kiril Petkov’s question, (some) Covid restrictions, after all, and even more expensive electricity
Shaky business: Six risks Bulgaria faces over the coming months
Political instability aside, the country has to deal with a fourth Covid wave, inevitable refugee crisis, higher energy bills and more this autumn
Elections 2021, volume 2: Trifonov finally proposes a cabinet (and a Bulgarian-N.Macedonian Space Mission)
With GERB and There is such a people running neck and neck, the showman nominates Simeon II acolyte Nickolay Vassilev for Prime Minister and spurns coalition
Elections 2021, volume 2: Is volume 3 on the menu after a dull campaign?
As opposition parties left campaigning to the caretaker government and GERB regrouped behind Borissov, the next parliament will likely suffer from the same fragmentation as before
The week: The battle for Bulgaria has begun, Rumen Radev steps up, why the seaside beckons now
K Insights 28/05: Secret services revolt, energy sector on the brink and what’s wrong with the Nuclear Power Plant
New elections loom
After "There is such a people" returned the mandate to form a cabinet on Wednesday, a fresh poll in July seems imminent
After the elections: Final results, mandates and scenarios
Forming a majority in the new parliament will be a Sisyphean task and the role of the President could be crucial in coming months
Elections 2021: GERB wins the vote but loses power
Relatively high voter turnout and mobilization of Bulgarian voters abroad ushered in a fragmented parliament with at least three new anti-status quo forces
Setting the scene for 2021: what to expect in the political field
Socialist opposition tries to sharpen its teeth, but the surge of smaller parties is promising a fractured parliament