Bulgaria in 2023: The year in review

KInsights’ chronology of a turbulent year - and on what’s to come

The week: The year ends on a high with a Budget and a Constitution, A ship company in trouble, and Russia gets slapped twice

K Insights Newsletter 22/12

The day in 3 news: Borissov: Orban will drop Schengen veto; Maximum insurance income pegged at 3700 levs; E-sales in 2023 spike

The week: Schengen - definitely maybe, Borissov and Goranov - definitely not, A gift from Amazon and a Monument comes down

K Insights Newsletter: 15/12

The day in 3 news: Budapest says Sofia must waive gas fee; Tripartite unity over parliament’s sitting; Ski resorts open this weekend

Gas tax for Schengen freedom? A last-ditch attempt to break the Austrian deadlock

The leaders of the parliamentary majority drop the controversial fee in exchange for last-minute entry into the free travel zone, but full membership is unlikely

The day in 3 news: A step closer to Schengen, GERB overhauls Sofia leadership, Carlsberg goes green

The week: A 7.5 tremor in the non-coalition

Tremors in the coalition, Budget is in, Mihailov is out and Zakharova is pissed

The week: The black-hole constellation

New mayors are in - money is out, who owns the Interior Minister and more chess champions

The week: Varna’s promise, Sofia’s divide, WCC's suspicious Brussels move, BG Football's dictator moment

K insights newsletter: 10.11

Bulgaria's Euro Ambitions: Tackling Inflation for Eurozone Entry

Bulgaria's government is targeting January 1, 2025, as the date for adopting the euro. A potential stumbling block could be the price stability criterion

The day in 3 news: Nehammer shuts Schengen door on Denkov, State gives 500 million levs to Kozloduy for new unit, GERB, MRF repeal fuel storage proposal

The day in 3 news: Lukoil will pay 500 million levs to keep derogation, Petkov attacks Austria’s Schengen veto, FIB bond placement fails

The week: A very sudden twist

Slapping Russia in the face, Borissov is not corrupt, Open-air teaching gets a boost

The day in 3 news: Vote on Schengen entry due in December, Chief prosecutor finds 70 violations, dm Bulgaria invests BGN 11 million in new stores

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

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

The week: The day of the Second Payment has arrived

One EU instrument which actually works, Wars bring the Balkans closer, The 6 centers of Bulgaria

Multi-speed EU: What could it mean for Bulgaria?

Joining the Eurozone and Schengen becomes even more important for the country to benefit from expected EU reforms

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