We continue the change

It is increasingly clear that the conflict that led to the beginning of the current phase of the political cycle[1] is fading away, far from the focus of public attention. Removing Borisov is no longer a priority, and the coalition assembled for this purpose has disintegrated. The Borisov glue, as I have called it, is increasingly less relevant because of (i) its ritualistic …

Acting Finance Minister Valeri Belchev "corrected" himself on Friday and revealed that the deficit in his ministry's planned state budget for 2022 will actually be 5.1% of GDP, not 2.9%, as he initially said a week ago. I recall that at that surprise press conference, the minister did not know what the parameters of the main ...