Bulgaria’s landmark deal with Dundee Precious Metals for the state to take a vastly bigger chunk of the company’s gold mining operations; our own critical look at the BBC documentary that unleashed the Mogilino controversy; and the latest on the tug o’ war over the name of Macedonia: all of this is in the newest issue of The Sofia Echo.

The Sofia Echo’s Rene Beekman, an expert on all matters video, outlines in detail the flaws and shortcomings in how the Mogilino documentary was put together – including serious errors in translation.

Elsewhere in the newspaper, on sale from March 14, The Sofia Echo outlines how the capital city’s municipal council decided to spend its budget for the coming year.

In the business section, there are details of the Bulgarian Development Bank draft bill and the imbroglio over European Union funds.

In the Insight section, Spasena Baramova outlines in detail the European Commission’s perspective on the future of the Western Balkans.

Martin Jacques, the Anglican priest whose “parish” spans Romania and Bulgaria, is interviewed by Kevin Ogley in our features section.

For cinema buffs, the features section includes this week’s programme for the Sofia Film Festival. Notably, this year all Bulgarian-language films include sub-titles in English.

In the sports section, we have details of plans for the Black Sea city of Varna to offer its own “winter resort” attractions – including all-year-round ski slope and ice rink facilities.