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The week: The subtle art of outsourcing, wasting water and behaving badly

The week: The subtle art of outsourcing, wasting water and behaving badly

K Insights newsletter 07/03


Bulgaria's 2025 Budget Draft: Eurozone Aspirations vs. Fiscal Realities

Bulgaria's 2025 Budget Draft: Eurozone Aspirations vs. Fiscal Realities

Huge increases in projected expenditures face unclear sources of revenues.


The week: Mad World

The week: Mad World

Mental health reality check, same old new budget and a final euro push


Bulgaria to ask for euro assessment by the end of February

Bulgaria to ask for euro assessment by the end of February

The announcement comes after probing the chances with the Eurogroup, which augurs positive reports and eurozone entry from 2026.


Mortgage lending boosts Bulgarian banks’ 2024 profit to 3.7 bln levs

Mortgage lending boosts Bulgarian banks’ 2024 profit to 3.7 bln levs

DSK, Unicredit Bulbank lead the ranking with nearly a billion levs in profit each


The ruling majority kick-starts shock changes in regulators

The ruling majority kick-starts shock changes in regulators

GERB, BSP, TISP and MRF-Dogan set in motion procedures to fill the boards of 16 key state bodies in Parliament




The week: Why cities need problem-solving capabilities

The week: Why cities need problem-solving capabilities

The capability gap, Euro (still) on the horizon, More state aid for business


Bulgaria Edges Closer to Euro Adoption with Inflation Target within Reach

Bulgaria Edges Closer to Euro Adoption with Inflation Target within Reach

Bulgaria is on the verge of meeting the price stability criterion and can now request an extraordinary report from its European partners


The week: Borissov returns, Euro is around the corner, And Trakia highway is the deadliest in Europe

The week: Borissov returns, Euro is around the corner, And Trakia highway is the deadliest in Europe

K insights newsletter 17/01


Finally a regular cabinet: a strange GERB-led coalition

Finally a regular cabinet: a strange GERB-led coalition

TISP and BSP join forces with their nominal top nemesis and, with the help of Dogan’s MRF, push through an ordinary government


Draft Budget 2025 Stuck in Limbo

Draft Budget 2025 Stuck in Limbo

For now, there is no parliamentary majority to advance the controversial draft budget of the caretaker cabinet to a vote.



Over 40% of businesses expect 2025 to be worse – BIA survey

Over 40% of businesses expect 2025 to be worse – BIA survey

Glavchev’s caretaker cabinet has the approval of 21% of respondents, the judiciary garners only 1%, trust in parliament stands at 0%


The economy - more of the same, but somehow different

The economy - more of the same, but somehow different

Normalization of inflation to relatively low levels increases the country's chances of fulfilling the Maastricht criteria and entering the eurozone.



The week: The budget debacle, BETL sink, Schengen opens, GNR to play in Sofia

The week: The budget debacle, BETL sink, Schengen opens, GNR to play in Sofia

K Insights 13/12



State bets on 2.8% economic growth and lower wage increases in 2025

State bets on 2.8% economic growth and lower wage increases in 2025

Public spending will underpin higher growth rates, private consumption will slow down