The Donev cabinet’s appeasement of Gazprom may cost Bulgaria dearly

The potential restart of payments - in rubles - to the Russian gas giant, advocated by President Radev’s caretaker cabinet could incur 1.8 billion euro in damages for Sofia

Day in 3 news: Economic growth lower than forecast; Gas operator records big profit; Bulgarians abroad submit fewer voting requests

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: TSP pitches referendum on presidential republic; GERB backs talks with Gazprom: Caretaker gov’t could stay for a while, says Alfa Research

Day in 3 news: Police officers killed after migrant bus crash; Bulgaria could pay 1.8 bn euros to Gazprom; Former TSP MPs officially join WCC ticket

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: Gazprom resupply inevitable, says caretaker gov’t; Ukraine taps more Bulgarian arms; Mitrofanova: Russian gas should be paid for in rubles

Day in 3 news: State arms industry gets new management, Labor market’s on the up, Court allows Kovachki tied TPP to keep polluting

Day in 3 news: Former BSP MP heads Bulgargas, Economy grows in Q2, More evidence of illegal kidney transplants

Is Gazprom back on the agenda?

Bulgaria enters august with the lowest gas storage levels in the EU

Day in 3 news: WCC and DB opt to run separately in election, Inflation up again, Gazprom dialogue loom for caretaker gov’t

Day in 3 news: More obstacles before October launch of Greece gas link, Public trust in machine voting needs to go up: Radev, Lidl to build a new, 200-acre warehouse near Sofia

Day in 3 news: Radev’s cabinet blocks Bulgaria-Greece gas link; Petkov criticizes the caretaker gov’t’s actions; Russia expels 14 Bulgarian diplomats

Will the caretaker gov’t start a U-turn on Russia?

On its second day in office, the new Bulgarian cabinet announced a course towards "containment of the chaos and destruction" in the energy sector. This might well translate as a pivot to Moscow

Day in 3 news: PM Donev seeks Bulgargaz refooting and new tender for LNG; Cabinet slays former gov’t over roads; 4200 tons of weapons sent to Ukraine

Day in 3 news: BSP calls out attack from new cabinet; Gas prices increase by 60% in August; State Oil Company closed

Day in 3 news: Security and gas supplies are new cabinet’s priorities; Problems found during Turkish Stream inspection; Funds under the Recovery Plan at risk: Morningstar

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

How important is Russian gas to Bulgaria and what are the alternatives?

The country can ensure complete independence from Russian supplies within this year and it will not be that difficult