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The new anti-corruption law in Bulgaria: what you have to know and will it work this time around
The newly established anti-graft institution was approved by Parliament last Thursday, but it is already signposted with red flags

The week: The case of the missing investments, (G)rain of protests, renewables boom
How not to lose another decade

The week: More than one storm brewing in the Black Sea, Brussels’ pressure and TurkStream revelations
Bulgaria, where natural catastrophes meet ungovernability

Leaks: How Bulgarian gas mafia and Boyko Borissov made a deal with Putin for Turkstream
The documents depict secret arrangements violating public procurement procedures and obeying Russian corporate interests

The "Skull" is back: What’s next for fugitive gambling oligarch Vassil Bozhkov
The shady businessman’s self-imposed exile in Dubai ended abruptly - and surprisingly - last Friday

Balkan Industrial Park to operate the first closed electricity distribution grid in Bulgaria
A huge solar park in Lovech is intended to supply power to future investors

Telco war enters new phase, as anti-trust body clears acquisitions by Vivacom
A1 and Yettel have alerted the European regulators about "excessive concentration" of market share and power in the hands of their competitor

Is Constitutional reform still-born?
WCC-DB successfully involved their non-coalition partners from GERB and MRF in their bid to mend the judiciary, but the process has barely started - and can be torpedoed at any point

What’s next for Bulgaria’s coal power plans?
The government is preparing a final recovery plan proposal and is now planning to close 800 MW of coal-fired capacity and limit the capacity of Maritsa East TPPS by 30%

A small victory in the battle to save rose oil
A working group in the EU Council removed a controversial clause that required the strict regulation of essential oils as chemicals, but the final text of the legislation still pends approval

Build the damn roads. Build the damn railways. Do something, for Christ’s sake
Build the roads, search for gas in the sea, a Ukrainian hit-list and Lukoil is in for some trouble

Bulgaria poised for bigger share of the digitalization department in the European Commission
EC Vice-President for Digitalization Margrethe Vestager is likely to become head of the EIB this autumn