Day in 3 news: United Group exits non-EU markets; Sofia’s waste collection contracts up for grabs; Bulgarian Minister under fire for attending Russian event

The week: The land of the wanna-bes, illegal migration makes a bloody comeback, an ex-mayor goes to prison and a singer squats

Dreams and realities, fences and guns, boxers and singers

Bulgaria tables another army modernization plan, but relies on allies to plug holes

Spanish aircraft and Italian ground troops to reinforce NATO’s flank in the country

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria enters Russian "unfriendly" list, National Bank auctions 500 mln BGN in securities on 14 March, State imposes informal ban on wheat exports amidst plans to stock up

Borissov shows-up, a farmer speaks-up and what can you do with 12 tons of dates

A new government: big plans and little time; cartels in agriculture; why we're still dependent on Russia

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

Silence of the masters

The refusal of those in power to talk to the media risks further eroding what little public trust both still enjoy