Bulgaria

Parties may be irked that BNB staff have been kept on because it denied them the usual selection-process 'horse-trading'

Amid deep splits, EU leaders have put off for a month a decision on redistributing asylum-seekers from Italy and Greece

Borisov's greatest priority will be to dominate government and coalition, at which he has been extremely successful

Smaller interconnector pipelines are likelier to meet Balkan gas needs than big projects

Political instability, relative poverty, Russian energy dependence, corruption and eastern border sum to vulnerability

Whatever the facts of the matter, parts of the UK media will continue to target EU migrants

The Borisov government has an interest in showing to nationalists it can take a tough line on Islamic radicalism

Shape of governing coalition may have to change if it is to survive