Bulgaria

  • May 5, 2017
  • 2 min read

Bulgaria coalition ally will complicate reform agenda

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

Bulgaria
  • Mar 27, 2017
  • 2 min read

Bulgarian elections offer little hope of reform

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

Bulgaria
  • Feb 27, 2017
  • 7 min read

EU-led reform will be loser in Bulgarian elections

The March parliamentary elections are unlikely to shift Bulgaria’s anti-reform paralysis.

Bulgaria
  • Feb 22, 2017
  • 2 min read

Risks mean euro-area QE is set to continue to end-2017

Consumer prices rose by the most in nearly four years in January but stripped of energy, inflation is much more modest

Europe
  • Jan 26, 2017
  • 2 min read

Corruption could destabilise Eastern Europe

Persistent corruption may lead to a rise in populism in Europe

Europe
  • Nov 14, 2016
  • 2 min read

Options are unclear after Bulgarian premier resigns

Fresh parliamentary elections are possible in March or April, leaving Bulgaria in political limbo for the next half-year

Bulgaria
  • Nov 7, 2016
  • 2 min read

Bulgarian election is vote of confidence after all

Political novice plays on immigration fears in presidential election

Bulgaria
  • Nov 1, 2016
  • 2 min read

Bulgarian premier would carry on under BSP president

A Radev presidency would have to coexist with a Borisov government until general elections in 2018

Bulgaria