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The week: The black-hole constellation
New mayors are in - money is out, who owns the Interior Minister and more chess champions

Local elections, round 2: Terziev in knife edge Sofia victory, GERB’s regional hegemony cracks
Record-low turnout, a very colorful picture across the country and a vengeful Borissov

Business meets government for the 17th time: what’s next for Bulgaria in 2024
Joining the Eurozone by the end of 2025 is "quite realistic," while the rotation cabinet might last more than 18 months, PM Nikolay Denkov told the conference organized by Capital

The week: Bulgaria's coal reckoning - this is not the 80's
Why Stara Zagora is no Yorkshire, what the hell is happening on the housing market and a Bright Mind

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

Leaks: How Bulgarian gas mafia and Boyko Borissov made a deal with Putin for Turkstream
The documents depict secret arrangements violating public procurement procedures and obeying Russian corporate interests

Marc Stockli, Entrepreneurs' Organization: A successful entrepreneur must be adaptable to change
The Global Chairman of the Entrepreneurs' Organization speaks of the challenges leaders face

Build the damn roads. Build the damn railways. Do something, for Christ’s sake
Build the roads, search for gas in the sea, a Ukrainian hit-list and Lukoil is in for some trouble

Who needs energy? Small Bulgarian municipality again thwarts BGN 1 billion wind park
The local authority attempts to bypass a final ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court that would block the major investment in renewable energy

The week: No one wants to work in the government, Geshev is finally out, and tons of water are in
K Insights newsletter 16/06

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: The captured state unravels, Mariya Gabriel gets a bad deal, while arms producers had a very good year
The country didn’t break. It was already broken

The week: Some lessons from Romania, handshakes in Parliament, and a call to people who love cities
K Insights newsletter: 21/04

Bulgaria: No Territorial transition plans, no EU billions for coal transition
The caretaker government’s decision to link territorial plans submission with Recovery Plan negotiation puts at risk 1.2 billion in funding for three regions transitioning away from coal

Chinese interests creep into Bulgaria through municipalities and educational institutions
Unlike elsewhere in the Balkans, Beijing’s influence in Bulgaria remains limited, an expert report claims