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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
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
Elections come round again: GERB's opponents have the momentum
This summer’s elections come amidst a flurry of domestic revelations and international sanctions, but will likely reproduce the spring’s fractured parliament - the big question is if the scales may tip further towards change
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
How to spend secretly 100 million euro in Sofia; a breath of fresh air in the Parliament; exports are back on track
KInsights 17/04: A Russian billionaire in Sofia, a feisty old lady in the Parliament and the 6 billion euro everyone is talking about
The rise of the showman
Who is Slavi Trifonov, the new kingmaker in Bulgarian politics, and what does his rise portend?
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
Forgotten scandals
An update to the list of transgressions of the powerful that remained buried in the news of protests and pandemics.
Seventeen moments of autumn
The recent spate of "spying scandals" involving Russian diplomats and the leader of Bulgaria’s National Russophile Movement Nickolay Malinov are more reminiscent of a bad Soviet-era joke rather than a real espionage drama
Racist at heart or racist on demand?
While international media reacted with surprise to the ugly hate gestures from a group of Bulgarian ultras during an October football game against England, it missed the key local context
A new old gatekeeper of status quo
Ivan Geshev, a self-described "boy from the city’s suburbs", will become Bulgaria’s next prosecutor general in January. His selection will have dramatic implications for the rule of law