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

The week: No country for new dogs

What Plovdiv teaches us about Bulgaria, 50 Shades of grey money, and some horror (thankfully, on the screen)

Winter is coming: Bulgaria levies 10 euro per MWh tax on Russian gas transport and transit in Europe

Bulgaria adopts tariff on Russian gas that might see the price of Russian gas supplies soaring throughout Europe

A Russian Oligarch’s Son and his Plovdiv Odyssey: Part II

Two years after the arrival of Russian oligarch’s son Anton Zingarevich, the finances of the leading Plovdiv football club in Plovdiv are a mystery

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

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria to buy US combat vehicles; Credit cools down; Restaurants could keep the 9% VAT rate

The week: Did Peevski switch sides, or did the others, Ukrainian grain to flow, Russian oil to stop, NATO comes to Yambol

Our weekly overview

Heatwave triggers higher export of electricity in Bulgaria for July

The coal industry increased their production due to the higher demand in the region

Immigration instead of integration: where are the Roma and why it matters (part II)

Between 40 and 50% of the country's Roma community now work abroad, bringing money into the country - but the state does not care

A small victory in the battle to save rose oil

A working group in the EU Council removed a controversial clause that required the strict regulation of essential oils as chemicals, but the final text of the legislation still pends approval

The hidden Roma economy and what we lose by letting them go

We can't keep people from leaving - or data from leaking + a rock from the sky

Frans Timmermans: Мiners are extremely valuable for the energy transition

The "father of the Green Deal" and Vice-President of the European Commission says that the earlier Bulgaria moves away from coal, the more successful it will be in its green transformation

The week: Ursula to the rescue, charging stations are coming, Schengen and other pipe dreams

The dangers of indecision

From net exporter, to importing electricity in one year: Why Bulgaria had record imports in May

Things have quickly changed in the past 12 months for Bulgaria which traditionally balances out the energy systems in several Balkan countries

The week: Bulgarian politics in meltdown, corruption scandals revived and budget troubles

The unenviable task of trying to explain all this

The week: A coalition is (still) born, a mobster is killed, and a Booker is won

K Insights newsletter 26/05

The week: A prosecutor-general heads out, an EUcommissioner comes in, and an American president drops by

The day in 3 news: Higher reserve requirements for banks; Fewer university students; Problem gamblers apply to register

The week: No, Bulgaria is not bankrupt - just dangerously populist

Money, guns and bloody populism (+ a really good book)

Mazars Bulgaria: New ESG standards will change big business in Bulgaria in 18 months

The audit and consulting company sheds light on the new ESG requirements, the future of business and how soon it should be ready to face the changes