Bulgaria

Bulgaria has not cleaned up chronic crime and corruption, as it tidies the capital for its turn at the EU presidency

A minority of journalists will continue campaigning against heavy odds for press freedom in the Balkans

Commission is more upbeat in Bulgaria’s judicial report than Romania’s, which pointedly urges adhering to past successes

Bulgaria applying to join the euro seems to be Juncker's idea, which would be politically toxic in Sofia

While others may have got what they wanted from Macron, Poland seems to have excluded itself from consideration

A coalition including what are seen as far-right parties worries some Europeans but its impacts are likely to be limited

The pro-reform prime minister has forged a coalition with a nationalist bloc that leans more to Russia than to the EU

Anti-Turkish nationalists make good showing among apathetic voters as Ankara succeeds in dividing the Muslim electorate