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

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

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

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

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

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

"Unconventional proposal." Are GERB and WCC-DB working towards a gov’t?

In a sign of goodwill, the leaders of the two factions met for the first time on Tuesday, but a breakthrough remains far off

The day in 3 news: GERB offers olive branch to WCC-DB; Property deals continue to fall; Ruse-Bucharest in 1 hour

The day in 3 news: Gov’t negotiations begin; Bulgarian bank launders Russian money, says Dobrev; New VC firm starts up

The day in 3 news: Borissov visits Radev; Mutual funds get more investments; ContourGlobal has new director

The day in 3 news: WCC-DB formally rejects deal with GERB; Nexo officials sought in Serbia; EU funds in MP’s hands