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Another parliament bites the dust. What did it accomplish?
The 48th National Assembly will be remembered for the laws it failed to pass rather than for any meaningful breakthroughs

Bulgaria’s undertrained police struggle in the face of an influx of migrant smuggling
Three Internal Ministry officers have died and one is in critical condition after clashes with traffickers and inadequate training and equipment are to blame

The week: the train problem, the Austrian surprise and the Russian oil
Trains, cities, and Elon Musk in the Northwest

Women in cyber security — a possible and necessary mission
Sofia hosted the KPMG Global - Woman in Cyber Summit

The week: The best place to start fighting the corruption, Don’t count a coalition before it’s hatched, Crypto collapse
A fatal crash exposes depth of state capture, No gov’t + crypto layoffs and M&As

How a small plane flew over 7 countries and landed in Bulgaria without permission
The mystery of the phantom aircraft is a stress test for Bulgarian national security - which the state is so far failing

The week: The private border of Bulgaria and the EU, are we still on track for the euro and a stellar year for banks (so far)
K Insights 03/06: what happened with the refugees

Black Sea gets more expensive and more Russian
The northern part of the Black Sea has practically lost its access to maritime transport as the Russian war on Ukraine has increased insurance costs

What’s next for the Bulgarian army after the war in Ukraine?
More significant NATO presence in the country and further investments in key military equipment are likely in the aftermath of the Russian invasion

The abandoned roads of Bulgaria
The Struma tragedy is unique in scale, but follows years of negligence and poor oversight

The dismantling of Borissov’s state has begun
The caretaker gov’t of Stefan Yanev is wasting little time in changing key cogs in the machine created by the previous authorities

Spy saga turning hot?
Bulgaria joined Czechia in accusing Russian saboteurs of blowing up arms and munitions factories in the country, but has consistently tried to hide the truth over the past decade

TurkStream’s hidden costs: lost lives and damage to the environment
The Russian pipeline through Bulgaria received notable support from the state and was built with breathtaking speed - with a cost

Seven days that shook Bulgaria
How a rubber boat landing on a Burgas beach caused a chain of events that led to protests across Bulgaria

Organized crime in Bulgaria: Five popular beliefs re-examined
Bulgaria, unfortunately, has built an image of a country deeply affected by organized crime

Seventeen moments of autumn
The recent spate of "spying scandals" involving Russian diplomats and the leader of Bulgaria’s National Russophile Movement Nickolay Malinov are more reminiscent of a bad Soviet-era joke rather than a real espionage drama

Bulgaria embarks on a massive rearmament program without clear priorities
The process of selecting a new jetfighter for the Air Force has demonstrated the Ministry of Defense’s inability to manage complex projects