The day in 3 news: Pathway to prosecute Geshev approved; No cabinet, no budget is Borissov’s new ultimatum; Unemployment falls below 5% in Q1

The week: The captured state unravels, Mariya Gabriel gets a bad deal, while arms producers had a very good year

The country didn’t break. It was already broken

The day in 3 news: Skopje-Sofia row explodes; Bulgaria again misses EU deadlines; Geshev’s GERB ‘friend’ revealed

The day in 3 news: WCC-DB proposes constitutional reform; Military factories earn less; Arena Burgas to open after 8-year project

The day in 3 news: Sarafov claims Geshev has committed a crime; Inflation in April lower than March; Economic growth continues

Geshev throws down gauntlet to Borissov after resignation call

PM-nominee Mariya Gabriel’s proposal to oust the Prosecutor General plunges the institution into civil war

The day in 3 news: Geshev at war with Borissov, refuses to resign; Sarafov fears for his life; First mandate handed to Mariya Gabriel

The day in 3 news: Goodbye Geshev; New Schengen visa restrictions; Wage growth surpasses inflation

The week: A prosecutor-general heads out, an EUcommissioner comes in, and an American president drops by

The day in 3 news: PM-designate Gabriel would fire Geshev; BGN 15m on new Praktiker store; Infineon trains PhD students

The day in 3 news: Geshev bomb suspects known to MIA; GERB’s PM-designate fails to sway parties; Burgas introduces automated garbage

The day in 3 news: Geshev’s "terror attack" account is challenged; New tax proposal riles business; Petkov says GERB has few choices

The week: A genuinely bold idea, cross-party ‘friendship’ fizzles out, a ‘superhero’ targeted by evildoers

Let’s dream big

The day in 3 news: Geshev survives bomb attack; Borissov dislikes cabinet proposed by WCC-DB; Gas price falls

The day in 3 news: WCC-DB formally rejects deal with GERB; Nexo officials sought in Serbia; EU funds in MP’s hands

The week: No, Bulgaria is not bankrupt - just dangerously populist

Money, guns and bloody populism (+ a really good book)

What happened to Bulgaria’s largest builder?

Veliko Zhelev, the boss of infrastructure giant Hirdrostroy, was briefly arrested last week for harassing an employee. Is there more to this story than meets the eye?

Prosecution launches an attack against a political party because of Gazprom deliveries

The indictments of ex-Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov and two of his associates for mismanagement of the gas crisis of April 2022 lie on shaky grounds

The new Magnitsky sanctions for Bulgaria: Who has been named and why

The US continues its anti-corruption pressure in tandem with the UK, by adding two former ministers, two former MPs and an energy official to the list

The day in 3 news: Nexo and Velkova clash over tax; 60% more foreigners visit Bulgaria; EFET slates Bulgargaz-Botas deal

Nexo claims not to have tax liabilities