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Three tunnels under the Balkan range: where and when
Road tunnels are to be built under the Shipka pass in central Bulgaria, Petrohan pass in the west, and close to the Black Sea coast in the east, regional development minister Grozdan Karadzhov announced

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

After seven months, Bulgaria gets a regular cabinet
Kiril Petkov will lead the coalition gov’t of four parties, promising judicial reform, zero corruption and untapping the country’s economic potential

18 steps to government: What did the parties decide after a week of negotiations?
Cabinet talks led by election winner We Continue the Change run smoother than the previous two attempts, but difficult steps still have to be taken

The week: Bulgaria finally has a Plan, A local bank has some secrets and Peevski is back (sort of)
K Insights 15/10: It’s good to promise, but better to deliver; a rapper enters politics, Football people say "no" to change

What the caretaker gov’t did - and where it faltered
Stefan Yanev’s first cabinet exposed many of the previous administration’s flawed practices but failed to fix many of them

The Black Wednesday: Integrated Public Transport "Through The Looking Glass"
A 57-million euro project for better urban transport infrastructure that was due for completion in 2016, but still isn’t fully operational to this day

The week: Is Bulgaria the limp pig of EU regulation, coal is (still) here, minimum wage surpasses Montenegro
Also: New Parliament is up, as well as the new 12 bn. Leva Plan

The Black Wednesday: Taking its Toll
The first of a series of publications about the corruption that has plagued Bulgaria. How the state allowed gaps in the Road Toll system that cost taxpayers millions

Bulgaria’s tax agency goes after big firms
Caretaker Finance Minister Assen Vassilev has said his team will look into the dealings of all firms that benefited significantly from public procurement and subsidies from the previous government

The week: Kings of corruption named, Fresh start looms, 5 companies got 400 million euro from the budget
K insights 04/06: budget swings back to negative, Sin Cars get funding

Borissov shows-up, a farmer speaks-up and what can you do with 12 tons of dates
A new government: big plans and little time; cartels in agriculture; why we're still dependent on Russia

Construction business: the largest builder in Bulgaria
How Veliko Zhelev turned his Hidrostroy company into an empire

TurkStream’s hidden costs: lost lives and damage to the environment
The Russian pipeline through Bulgaria received notable support from the state and was built with breathtaking speed - with a cost