Radev’s revenge, the looming deficit and a frog

Reality is back with a vengeance, GDP keeps growing, and our Real Estate report is out

What’s cooking before the 2 October snap vote?

The new political season kicks off with smear campaigns, corruption allegations and president’s interference that would likely result in yet another fragmented parliament unable to support a government coalition

Day in 3 news: BSP U-turns to backs Gazprom, says caretaker gov’t; DB demands anti-Kremlin stance; Bulgaria finally gets EU funds

Day in 3 news: More carnage on Bulgaria's roads, Caretaker gov’t in new attempt to expand Chiren gas storage, Municipal funding promised by Petkov on hold

Radev’s cabinet: what’s the aim?

The Donev cabinet’s first moves seem designed to overturn the legacy of the reformist Petkov gov’t - but the reasons might be more prosaic than Russian meddling

All the President’s men: A new caretaker cabinet under the command of Radev

Who’s who in the caretaker cabinet of Galab Donev and what is at stake for them - and Bulgaria - in the next three months

VIPs in the energy sector - who to watch out for in Bulgaria

Valentin Zlatev, Ahmed Dogan and Hristo Kovachki - three of the obscure, but key faces of Bulgarian energy

Bulgaria: further away from Russia’s claws, but still close enough

An unprecedented diplomatic row between Russia and Bulgaria as the latter plunged into a political crisis

Beating plowshares back into swords

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might finally prompt the rearmament of Bulgaria’s military which has all but stalled in the past three decades

Sofia warns Skopje after anti-Bulgarian protests; President Radev: best time for elections is October; Bulgarians get news mostly from TV and social media

Day in 3 news: Electricity and central heating tariffs revised, Vassilev is a frontrunner for PM, Bulgaria’s diplomatic relations with Russia at unprecedented low

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

The history of a veto: How Bulgaria’s stance on Skopje evolved

Sofia has hardened its position vis-a-vis Skopje quietly, but consistently in the past three years, practically sabotaging Western Balkan EU integration

Day in 3 news: 70 Russian diplomats expelled, No excise for LPG and methane, 0% tax on flour

The new transport corridor between China and Europe crosses Bulgaria

Central Asia's transport corridor is getting more important due to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine

Petkov’s gov’t falls after no-confidence vote

The motion was passed with 123 MPs from GERB, MRF, TISP and Vazrazhdane

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

The day in 3 news: Refugee resettlement hits a wall, Bulgaria to get oil embargo derogation: Petkov, Uncertainty about who inherits Dutch F-35s air policing duties after 31 May

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

Day in 3 news: US firm KKR buys Maritza-Iztok 3 owner ContourGlobal, Unemployment rate shrinks by a fifth in Q1, Senior US diplomat meets Prime Minister Kiril Petkov