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European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kovesi showed up in Sofia to officially open the European Public Prosecutor's Office branch and thanked Justice Minister Georgi Georgiev for hooking them up with workspace. The new offices are set up in the old MRF party building on Stamboliyski Boulevard...

Chief Commissioner Lyubomir Nikolov told lawmakers that Sofia police tracked around 170 potential troublemakers before the massive protest even started, and officers kept tabs on suspects who might try starting beef with cops. Field manager Georgiev warned organizers multiple times that their...

Political analyst Georgi Harizanov told BNT that lawmakers are human beings and people should remember that basic fact. He said the coming days will show whether budget issues actually drove the recent protests or if something else was happening under the surface. Harizanov thinks figuring out...

Journalist Petko Georgiev says GERB leader Boyko Borisov is spinning the protest demands his way as usual, but people want resignations, and keeping up the pressure could eventually force government officials out. Political PR guy Nidal Algafari thinks Borisov took way longer than he should have...

Andrew Makahamadze scored the Kiran Jack Floating Trophy for actually doing stuff in his Southerton constituency instead of just talking about it. The award honors people who quietly help communities out, and Makahamadze apparently helped over 100,000 women and young people start chicken farming...

ZANU-PF's Harare branch held a meeting to check if anyone actually followed through on promises made during their zone gatherings, and provincial chairman Godwills Masimirembwa says they're moving past talking points into real action. The party committed to building health facilities, setting up...

ZANU-PF's Chris Mutsvangwa says the United States Congress is about to debate dumping ZIDERA sanctions from 2001, and he thinks Zimbabwe finally won the propaganda war. The IMF and World Bank are projecting six percent economic growth this year, which apparently proves President Mnangagwa's...

President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa told ZANU-PF politburo members to start executing the party conference decisions, which apparently means pushing through the 2030 agenda that keeps him in power two extra years past his constitutional end date in 2028. Party insiders think the whole thing is...

Retired General Philip Valerio Sibanda might be getting tapped to replace Vice President Kembo Mohadi after President Mnangagwa pushed him out of his Commander of the Defence Forces gig and gave it to General Matutu. Political analyst Chipo Musarurwa Siziba thinks this personnel shuffle is part...

Moses Mpofu told the court he feels bad about the Presidential Goat Scheme flopping and apologized to President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, while his partner, Mike Chimombe, is offering to pay back the government. The two businessmen got convicted for scamming the state out of millions through...

The Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road rehab project has employed over 800 people, with more than 80 percent coming from nearby towns and villages along the route. Minister Richard Moyo and Engineer Joy Makumbe from the Transport Ministry said contractors are hitting their deadlines, and the quality...

Zimbabwe's central hospitals just got hooked up with some legit emergency room gear like fiber-optic video laryngoscopes and multi-parameter monitors, according to Dr. Jonah Kasule at Chitungwiza Central Hospital. The equipment drop also brought blood warmers, fluid infusion pumps, and syringe...

Zimbabwe came back from the RUFORUM Annual General Meeting in Gaborone feeling pretty good about itself after locking down some solid partnerships with other African universities. The summit brought together academic bigwigs and researchers to figure out how colleges can help fix the continent's...

Simeon Petrov got arrested during the Sofia protest chaos while carrying 30,000 leva in cash, but he says the police totally misunderstood the situation. Cops found the money with street names written on notes and assumed he was paying rioters, but Petrov claims those streets are where his...

Some dude named Iliyan Barzev got his license yanked after speed cameras caught him going over the limit in the emergency lane on Trakia highway, but his engine had seized up, and he was literally just trying to get off the road without causing a massive pileup. Traffic police in Stara Zagora...

Social psychologist Rosen Yordanov told Radio Focus that extremist groups linked to the president and sketchy oligarchs basically hijacked what started as a legitimate protest. He says right-wing Euro-Atlantic political parties are actually sabotaging eurozone entry despite their TikTok...

Drivers heading through the Blagoevgrad region had better brace themselves for some highway chaos. The Road Infrastructure Agency says a chunk of the Struma highway between the 132nd and 145th kilometer marks is getting patched up, and that means single-lane traffic with speeds capped at 90...

Interior Minister Daniel Mitov is facing lawmakers today to explain how police handled the massive budget protests in Sofia—both during and after the demonstrations. Mitov will walk deputies through how security was set up for the protest and the marches that followed. He's also expected to...

Unions and employers are sitting down today to hash out the details of the new budget process. The Finance Ministry has called everyone back for another meeting on Friday. Yesterday, parliament unanimously voted to pull the draft budget—a move that came after Monday's massive protests. The...

The forecast calls for overcast skies and fog across most of the country, with rain hitting the extreme west and northeast overnight. Temps will drop to between 2 and 7 degrees, with Sofia sitting around 3 degrees and the Black Sea coast staying warmer at 5 to 10 degrees. Daytime highs will...