The week: Petkov’s tough choice, 70 (more or less) Russian diplomats & budget debacle

Day in 3 news: BSP rejects Petkov’s candidacy, DB demands Russian envoy’s expulsion, 25 stotinki off every liter of fuel

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

The new Bulgarian radical party - how worried should we be about Vazrazhdane

The leader Kostadin Kostadinov uses very well the social media and jumps on the populist anti-establishment bandwagons but cannot propose a viable agenda for governing

The day in 3 news: Four ministers resign, Ruling majority may survive after TISP MPs split from party, Exports to EU up 37% y/y in first 4 months of 2022

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

Bulgaria’s anti-inflation measures: chaos and populism

The government will spend 2 billion levs on populist measures without targeting the most vulnerable groups in society

The day in 3 news: Petkov asks Radev to convene the National Council for N. Macedonia; Radev frets about the coalition; Refugees can stay in hotels in summer

Is Bulgaria the weak link in Europe’s fight against Russian disinformation?

Pro-Kremlin propaganda has been flooding the country for years, fracturing the social fabric and offering a fruitful environment for the spread of disinformation

Day in 3 news: EU fears further gas cuts from Russia, Bulgarian cybersecurity under threat, Heating and electricity prices soar

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

The electronics company Addit.tech received an investment of 555,000 euros

The company basically offers a way for renting mobile phones and other consumer equipment

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

The week: The gas is off, the fight is on, Petkov goes to Kiyv, and do you need that salary of yours

K Insights 29/04: legalizing the industrial hemp, are 100 diplomats too many?

Sofia sends arms to Ukraine indirectly; BSP won’t send a representative to Kyiv; Bulgaria with one of the best debt-to-gross domestic product ratio

The day in 3 news: Sofia sends arms to Ukraine indirectly; BSP won’t send a representative to Kyiv; Bulgaria with one of the best debt-to-gross domestic product ratio

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

WCC nominee Andrei Gyurov exits race for BNB governor; BNB cuts 2022 GDP forecast to 2.1%; Bulgaria sold 250 mln euro of T-bonds

Houston, we have a (coalition and inflation) problem - but also a Resilience plan, at last

Ceaseless troubles for the ruling majority; more, yet pricier F-16s on the way & downgraded GDP forecast

The Coalition duel for the National Bank

In an attempt to thwart the election of TISP’s Lyubomir Karimanski for governor of BNB with the votes of the opposition, WCC nominated their parliamentary head Andrei Gyurov for the post

The steep road to startup visas

Bulgaria will soon have a working visa for startup entrepreneurs, but one in need of improvements