Bulgaria’s prime minister Kiril Petkov has lost his majority in parliament after just six months in office, threatening another summer of political upheaval in a...
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A political grouping formed less than three months ago looks to have broken Bulgaria’s political deadlock. An anti-corruption party led by two Harvard graduates...
Central Europe The Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economic Development and Technology, Zdravko Počivalšek, has said the government is looking at ways...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
A party founded just a year ago by a popular singer and TV personality won Bulgaria’s parliamentary election. But who is Slavi Trifonov? And why is he so popular...
Central Europe The European Union’s top court on Thursday ruled that Poland’s system for disciplining judges undercut the bloc’s laws, part of an...
A populist party wins an election in Bulgaria but stands little chance of forming a government. Bulgarians voted in the country’s second parliamentary election of...
Bulgaria’s former prime minister, Boyko Borissov, has been courting Macedonians with Bulgarian passports, but his party could be heading for defeat in July...
Central Europe Proposed legislative changes that would ban non-European ownership of Polish media have angered critics who say they target the US company Discovery Inc...
With none of Bulgaria’s three largest parties able to form a working coalition in a highly-fragmented parliament, a new election looks unavoidable. Bulgaria will...
Bulgaria’s inconclusive parliamentary elections have clouded the prospects for the vital economic and institutional reforms needed to improve the country’s credit...
September 16 saw several hundred Bulgarians protest in front of the country’s parliament in central Sofia, demanding changes in the political system and for the current...