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 day in 3 news: Pathway to prosecute Geshev approved; No cabinet, no budget is Borissov’s new ultimatum; Unemployment falls below 5% in Q1

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

Germany’s Profine Energy mulls floating PV plant on Ogosta Dam

The investment in the largest such facility in Europe is assessed at some 500 million euro

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

The day in 3 news: Goodbye Geshev; New Schengen visa restrictions; Wage growth surpasses inflation

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

The day in 3 news: PM-designate Gabriel would fire Geshev; BGN 15m on new Praktiker store; Infineon trains PhD students

The day in 3 news: Maria Gabriel set to be GERB’s PM-designate; Bulgaria in Eurozone by 2025; Tailor opens new BGN 1.4m site

How Romania overtook Bulgaria

The biggest difference between the two countries is the degree of success in their fight against corruption

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

The day in 3 news: WCC-DB, GERB coalition is most favored; Bulgaria ascends media freedom table; State must compensate former PM Tsar Simeon

The board is set, the pieces are moving: will there be a cabinet?

Borissov seems to be dictating the pace of the negotiations, WCC is trying to outmaneuver him, but might end up playing into his hands

The week: Are parties going to agree on anything, the Azeri gas gambit and BNB cools down crediting

Coalition with GERB? Don’t look at what he says, look at what they do