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VIPs in the energy sector - who to watch out for in Bulgaria
Valentin Zlatev, Ahmed Dogan and Hristo Kovachki - three of the obscure, but key faces of Bulgarian energy

Kadri Simson: Replacing all Russian gas immediately is impossible, cutting consumption must be part of our strategy
The EU Energy Policy Commissioner talks to Capital weekly about the risk of a complete cut-off from Russian gas - and what the EU plans to do about it

The week: "Year Zero" for anti-corruption, new cabinet or new elections, the quick end of the Gemcorp memorandum
Captured state fights back, gas storage slowly fills up and a skyscraper that is not

What stands behind the arcane $1 billion investment memorandum with Gemcorp and IP3 funds?
Kapital Insights sheds light on the main points of the controversial memorandum signed by the two investment funds and the government

KInsights' Energy Report: Dashboard
Four graphs that show the long-term trends in the Bulgarian energy sector

Year 1 of the new age of power generation in Bulgaria
In 2022, the country’s energy sector will begin a process of massive transformation, which promises to be dictated by business rather than politicians

A new plan for the Bulgarian Energy sector: batteries and renewable energy are in, gas is out
Bulgaria’s Recovery plan finally received a green light from the EU. Coal plants get a breather as local energy production takes precedence

The week: The private border of Bulgaria and the EU, are we still on track for the euro and a stellar year for banks (so far)
K Insights 03/06: what happened with the refugees

Bulgaria’s anti-inflation measures: chaos and populism
The government will spend 2 billion levs on populist measures without targeting the most vulnerable groups in society

Strange protests and even stranger anti-inflation measures, plus the new owner of the Maritza Iztok - 3 coal power plant
Protest for the sake of protesting, Italian soldiers are welcomed and a new owner for the second largest TPP in Bulgaria

What happens if Russian gas supply is turned off for the EU? Assessing fuel switch and the role of the electricity sector
Short-term possibilities of the overall European electricity market to reduce its gas demand in the period from 2022-2024

Bulgarian cities’ plans for the next 7 years: between dreams and reality
Spending plans of Plovdiv, Stara Zagora, Varna and Burgas are dominated by old ideas

Recovery plan 3.0: fresh restart with trains and batteries
The state authorities decided to revamp the EU funds plan, squeezing in some radical ideas before being submitted by the end of April

The long road to Kiev, still no budget and top 10 IT companies in Plovdiv
How Bulgaria and others helped Russia get to Kiev, still no budget and top 10 IT companies in Plovdiv

The week: The end of golden passports, a new beginning for trains, and the best place in Europe for romance and wine
We’re not selling citizenship anymore, we’re buying: trains, batteries and a house in Barcelona?

The week: Call them by their names, planes to Skopje and Bangkok, and the Recovery plan is back
F-16 are not on the horizon, while trains are

The Wolf and the trash: the saga about who will burn Bulgaria’s trash
The Minister of the Environment is the last barrier to the construction of a massive RDF-burning plant by one of Bulgaria’s most controversial businessmen