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The week: The cynicism of demographic mourners, final week of parliamentary dramas and GDP records
Politicians play deaf and blind on stagnant vaccinations, but mourn demographic collapse, pensions, GDP go up - and so could concession fees

Bulgarian politics enters chaotic fall
With parliament’s days numbered, uncertainty reigns - especially over the logistics of the third national election

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

The week: The Belarus summer of Bulgaria, a minister’s Canadian link and a coming new lockdown
K insights 20/08: Inflation quickens; COVID cases rise

Vaccines, disinformation and Bulgaria
Kapital Insights and Friedrich Naumann Foundation present "The Chronicles of the Infodemic"

The Week: Russia’s silent move, Parliament in mayhem, Housing market booms
Old faces, new falls from grace and a BMW you can buy cheap

Another parliament (eventually) bites the dust
With all potential TISP allies withdrawing support for Plamen Nikolov’s cabinet - and the withdrawal of the Prime Minister-nominee himself, new elections are imminent

The Week: Plovdiv wins clean air battle, no cabinet in sight and an Olympic gold
Can you clean Plovdiv in a year, why industry in Bulgaria shut down for a week and who jumped into the deep end of politics

How close is Bulgaria to having a (functional) government?
After bashing the status quo factions for months, Slavi Trifonov fell out with the other "protest" parties and depends on BSP and GERB to form a government

A new cabinet? Hanging by a thread
Trifonov’s faction will announce its proposal for a cabinet in a few days - but which parties will back it and on what terms?

As new Parliament convenes, governing coalition remains a mirage
Political deadlock continues as Slavi Trifonov’s party still insists on single-handedly nominating the next cabinet

The Week: Borissov is defeated, now what; an e-car maker (eventually) arrives and still no sign from Brussels
Fighter jets and politics, Bulgaria turning into Belgium, 8 billion leva in state gifts