The day in 3 news: Cabinet line-up unveiled; AFC probe targets Sarafov and legal system; Bulgarian plant expands business

The week: Bulgarian politics in meltdown, corruption scandals revived and budget troubles

The unenviable task of trying to explain all this

The day in 3 news: Cabinet deal almost certain; June gas price falls sharply; Banks report Q1 record profits

The day in 3 news: Borissov refuses to give up immunity; Sofia wants to prolong grain ban; US denies meddling in security agencies posts

The day in 3 news: GERB ups the ante over talks; Business outlook improves; Reserve requirements must increase

Laundering Borissov, purging the secret services, coordinating with embassies: What froze cabinet talks?

A leaked discussion of WCC’s National Council has jeopardized government negotiations with GERB

The day in 3 news: Second mandate passed to WCC-DB amid turmoil; Defence costs could pass 1 billion; Radev attacks Vassilev over recording

The day in 3 news: WCC MP resigns amid recording row; Motive for Kamenov’s murder unclear; Dairy deal shakes sector

The week: A coalition is (still) born, a mobster is killed, and a Booker is won

K Insights newsletter 26/05

The day in 3 news: Petkov apologizes to backers; SJC members again press Geshev to resign; Edible cup producer raises EUR 1.8 m

Last-minute rotation: GERB and WCC-DB agree on a government

It will be formed with the second mandate of Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov and will have Mariya Gabriel as his deputy. They will then swap positions after nine months.

The day in 3 news: GERB and WCC-DB broker deal; Geshev leaks exchanges; TPP Martisa-East 2 has record profits

The week: The captured state unravels, Mariya Gabriel gets a bad deal, while arms producers had a very good year

The country didn’t break. It was already broken

The day in 3 news: WCC-DB proposes constitutional reform; Military factories earn less; Arena Burgas to open after 8-year project

Geshev throws down gauntlet to Borissov after resignation call

PM-nominee Mariya Gabriel’s proposal to oust the Prosecutor General plunges the institution into civil war

The day in 3 news: Geshev at war with Borissov, refuses to resign; Sarafov fears for his life; First mandate handed to Mariya Gabriel

The week: A prosecutor-general heads out, an EUcommissioner comes in, and an American president drops by

The day in 3 news: Geshev bomb suspects known to MIA; GERB’s PM-designate fails to sway parties; Burgas introduces automated garbage

The day in 3 news: Geshev’s "terror attack" account is challenged; New tax proposal riles business; Petkov says GERB has few choices

The week: A genuinely bold idea, cross-party ‘friendship’ fizzles out, a ‘superhero’ targeted by evildoers

Let’s dream big