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The week: Belgrade, Budapest and the perils of short-memory
Fires and revolutions in the Balkans; A 3 bln leva road, and VMware sheds a thousand workers

The Zhelyazkov cabinet program: familiar intentions but nothing reformist
Among the novelties is that the government now aims to increase military spending to 2.5% of GDP


The week: Bulgarian politicians "flip the pancake"
Sofia cozies up to the new US administration, F-16 bill swells further and Energy Exchange gets a new boss

The week: Why cities need problem-solving capabilities
The capability gap, Euro (still) on the horizon, More state aid for business

The week: A second private border?
A private Schengen, Elections loom again, How hard is it to buy trains

Bulgaria's 2024 Budget: Focus on Infrastructure and Defense Investments
Finance ministry targets 3.2% GDP growth, sees inflation at 4.8%

The biggest construction companies: boom in real estate, slump in road building
The top 40 companies have an average revenue growth of just 4%, unlike all other thriving sectors

Bulgaria: the country with the slowest borders in the EU
Traffic is growing, but Bulgaria lacks the necessary infrastructure and organization to handle it

Houston, we have a (coalition and inflation) problem - but also a Resilience plan, at last
Ceaseless troubles for the ruling majority; more, yet pricier F-16s on the way & downgraded GDP forecast

The week: A smaller Bulgaria, the Macedonian hostages, and an MMA real estate tycoon
K Insights: Is small necessarily bad, how many tunnels can you dig for 12 bln. levs and what do e-buses and corruption have in common

The abandoned roads of Bulgaria
The Struma tragedy is unique in scale, but follows years of negligence and poor oversight