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Finally a regular cabinet: a strange GERB-led coalition
TISP and BSP join forces with their nominal top nemesis and, with the help of Dogan’s MRF, push through an ordinary government

Where did Velichie come from and where are they headed?
The new protest party rode on the wave of social media and sounds even more extreme than Vazrazhdane - can it be tamed?

Fast and furious: GERB and MRF reinstate the status quo at full speed
The fortnight-old Glavchev cabinet is no longer trying to hide its allegiances

Who is who in the Glavchev cabinet and what comes next
The caretaker gov’t is dominated by GERB and MRF cadres, which are bound to restore the status quo

How the Half-Baked Constitutional Changes Brought Back GERB
And Other Problems with the Upcoming Early Vote

Rotation failed: Another early vote looms
On Sunday, PM-designate Mariya Gabriel announced that she is withdrawing her nomination, GERB and MRF called for elections.

The week: No country for the old
The young have made it through, The rotation is now a centrifuge, Bulgarian football goes for old

Rotation still on? Gabriel presents Radev with a fulfilled mandate, but WCC-DB remain silent
After 36 hours of uncertainty, GERB bids to wrest key ministries from WCC-DB

The week: The Roadmap to Russian energy serfdom
How GERB sold out to Putin (before the war), Rotation stuck and who designs Beyonce’s clothes in BG

The week: What a Big Mac can tell us about the future of Sofia
Sofia gets really expensive, Peevski gets a post, and Real Estate keeps booming

The rotation is coming: What’s next for the (non)coalition?
Despite shakeups, it appears that "the assemblage" of GERB and WCC-DB, backed by MRF, will soldier on after 6 March - with some slight recalibrations

The week: Brace, the rotation is coming
The Suddenly-important Ministry, More Russian spies pop up, and Meta buys a company