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Bulgaria’s least indebted 50 companies in 2022
The average debt-to-asset ratio remains near 50%, narrowing slightly
Local elections, round 1: GERB loses Sofia, keeps Burgas and draws in Plovdiv and Varna
The ballot was marred by a fabricated scandal that eliminated machine voting
KInsights’ local election guide: What to watch out for
The upcoming vote will be a test for established and rising parties alike, and might lead to redistribution of power at national level
The end of Barcelonagate? Borissov’s whitewashing continues as planned
Despite the change of leadership, the State Prosecution has buried one more high-profile case against a top brass politician
The week: It’s GERB’s election to lose. Again.
Who’s going to run the cities, is there a Recovery Plan at all, what is a Russian-born oligarch doing in Plovdiv
100 days of the Denkov-Gabriel gov’t: what was (not) done?
Beyond its pro-Ukrainian tilt, the cabinet has so far only been noted for its appointment scandals, its dependency on MRF and the absence of promised key reforms
The week: More than one storm brewing in the Black Sea, Brussels’ pressure and TurkStream revelations
Bulgaria, where natural catastrophes meet ungovernability
Despite hiccups, Bulgaria is poised to get its first "rotational cabinet"
WCC-DB and GERB managed to broker a compromise after some limited concessions from the reformists
The week: Bulgarian politics in meltdown, corruption scandals revived and budget troubles
The unenviable task of trying to explain all this
The week: Some lessons from Romania, handshakes in Parliament, and a call to people who love cities
K Insights newsletter: 21/04
The week: The 14 billion-bet, the game the President plays, new telecoms are on their way
K insights newsletter on 24/03
Bulgaria in crisis: 5 risks caused by the political chaos
The post-election deadlock might consign the country to EU backwater status
The week: Borissov’s EU accomplices, Energy woes and 2.25 billion euro in state bonds
EPP’s selective vision of graft in Bulgaria, Deadly police corruption and some good business news
The last (Croatian) train to Schengen: Will Bulgaria catch it?
Two factors will decide whether Sofia will enter the common EU travel space any time soon - an upcoming technical assessment in September and the diplomatic push thereafter
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
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
The real influence of Russia in Bulgaria, part 2: The real players
In the second article of a two-part series, KInsights explores how Putin’s war in Ukraine exposed that Bulgarian politics remains hostage to a powerful pro-Kremlin network holding key positions in the state