Parties gear up for another inconclusive vote

The main factions have saved their energy and funds on campaigning in anticipation of the cornerstone autumn municipal vote

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

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

The day in 3 news: CoE backs Zarkov’s Prosecutor General’s oversight bill; Industrial production contracts in January; MRF, Vazrazhdane vie for 3rd spot: Gallup

The week: The hidden economy, The man who built Bulgaria, Don't call them by their name, Save the Tomatoes

Thousand shades of gray

The day in 3 news: ECJ sanctions coal plant over pollution; BGN 25 million for new traffic cameras; Pro-Russian protest in Sofia

The day in 3 news: Building boss Veliko Zhelev is held; WCC-DB retains wafer-thin poll lead; DZI wants out of insurance business

The week: The sheriff is in town, where does all the asphalt go, and Telus won’t tell on us anymore

A thunder in the sky of dust

Will the European Commission ban rose oil? Not really

A planned regulation on essential oils in the EU revived unjustified fears of yet another "European conspiracy" against a sensitive Bulgarian product

The week: Goodbye to the euro, see you again sometimes?

Is the euro coming at all, the Russian assets in Bulgaria are in for a freeze, trouble at the European prosecution

The day in 3 news: Suspect sought after migrants’ deaths; Pekanov: Steep penalties outside Eurozone; O’Brien doubles down on Magnitsky list

No Euro in 2024: Why did Bulgaria give up trying to join the eurozone next year?

Parliament’s failure to adopt 4 key pieces of legislation, a purposeful abstention from the amendment of the Insurance code and high inflation will delay currency union entry

The week: The public shaming of Sofia continues, Record wage growth, A slap from across the Danube

K Insights Weekly Newsletter 17/02

The week: Bulgaria’s favorite decade, the euro-effort is shot in the leg, and banks are doing great

The past still has power over us

Another parliament bites the dust. What did it accomplish?

The 48th National Assembly will be remembered for the laws it failed to pass rather than for any meaningful breakthroughs

The day in 3 news: Radev vetoes Energy Law; AMPECO gets USD 13 million in funding; Two parties appeal over US reactors

Bulgaria: the election season is far from over

More parties and new coalitions promise to enter the next contest, which looks set for 2 April

The day in 3 news: Major Crypto Bank Nexo raided in Sofia; Bulgaria revises 2025 carbon goals; Transport deal with Turkey prioritizes rail

Growth in housing prices in Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas

In the two seaside cities deals increased at the beginning of 2022, but in Plovdiv their number decreased slightly

The day in 3 news: No cabinet with second mandate; Fall in manufacturing investment; 2022 sees modest acquisitions

Will Bulgaria break out of political deadlock in 2023?

With prospects for a coalition in the current parliament looking slim, the country is likely heading towards more inconclusive elections, lower turnout and diminishing public trust in the political process