Circumventing the "natural crossroad": Sofia is losing the fight for Corridor 8

Bulgaria’s abdication regarding its international affairs will soon make it obsolete and isolated

The week: Poles apart

The ungovernable state, a Bulgarian link in the explosive pagers story and Nole’s favorite chalga tune

The week: Time to escape the German economic embrace

The German curse of the industry, Peevski wins, BNB tries to curb house lending

Day in 3 news: Clashes over new municipal firms’ directors; Dogan accused of playing ethnic card; Heatwave here to stay

The week: The elusive recipe for anti-corruption

Anti-corruption is difficult everywhere, 79 regulatory seats for the taking (if we discount the Patriarch’s and the PM’s)

The week: Who’s running the country?

Who is really in charge? Elections lurk on every corner and a pharmaceutical boom

The day in 3 news: Radev begins vetting candidates for PM; Exports double in a decade; Sofia passes budget of 2.6 billion leva

The day in 3 news: Borissov backs Grigorova in Sofia runoffs, Who will run the MMC; Local team introduces Bitcoin payments

N. Macedonia on the rocky road to European integration

The inclusion of Bulgarians in the Basic Law faces a plethora of obstacles

Radev chooses BSP for 3rd mandate; No political party wants deal with GERB; Macedonia votes for French proposal

The new Bulgarian radical party - how worried should we be about Vazrazhdane

The leader Kostadin Kostadinov uses very well the social media and jumps on the populist anti-establishment bandwagons but cannot propose a viable agenda for governing

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

The day in 3 news: Sofia asks Italy to lead new NATO battalion, Incoming FDI double in first two months of 2022, Environmental ministry shuts polluting TPP in Dimitrovgrad

The day in 3 news: Tensions as PM announces Skopje visit, No compulsory vaccination planned: Petkov, Finance minister rejects the possible closure of Maritza East 2

Friday in news: Attitudes harden in Bulgaria, N. Macedonia as Kiril Petkov announces 18 January Skopje visit, No compulsory vaccination as long as I am Prime Minister, Petkov says. There is no commitment to close Maritza East 2, but to cut emissions: Assen Vassilev. More:

The day in 3 news: Several party leaders quit after Sunday vote, KBC to buy Raiffeisenbank - Bulgaria, Cargo drone startup Dronamics goes public

Elections: The Change (indeed) continues

The new We Continue the Change formation becomes the latest frontrunner in Bulgarian politics, while Rumen Radev wins convincingly the first round of the Presidential vote

Elections 2021, volume 2: Trifonov finally proposes a cabinet (and a Bulgarian-N.Macedonian Space Mission)

With GERB and There is such a people running neck and neck, the showman nominates Simeon II acolyte Nickolay Vassilev for Prime Minister and spurns coalition

The day in 3 news: VMRO leader to be fined for hate speech, Health Minister unveils sweeping medical reforms, 315 million euro program to repair reservoirs botched

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

Journalists SLAPPed, threatened and pressured; cabinet purges "kalinki", while Left and Right gear up for elections

The troubles of being a journalist in Bulgaria, every final decision is penultimate and who are the ladybirds of the administration