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Laundering Borissov, purging the secret services, coordinating with embassies: What froze cabinet talks?
A leaked discussion of WCC’s National Council has jeopardized government negotiations with GERB

Confronting the end of village schools through art
Young Bulgarian architects aspire to leave their mark at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 with a bold project depicting the consequences of depopulation

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

AE Solar Horizon to build solar panel plant in North Macedonia first
The German-Bulgarian company sticks to plans to launch production in Bulgaria at a later stage

Michiel Van Driessche, Felixx Landscape Architects: Sofia can remove the cars around Alexander Nevsky square
The next step will then be to rethink the traffic system, he says in an interview for Capital Weekly

The Collective’s 100 Chairs: the new open-air space in Sofia
The temporary space will house outdoor events until October and raises wider questions around the beautification of neglected urban places

What stands behind the arcane $1 billion investment memorandum with Gemcorp and IP3 funds?
Kapital Insights sheds light on the main points of the controversial memorandum signed by the two investment funds and the government

October elections or a surprise with mandate #3: What’s next for Bulgarian politics?
After WCC failed to gain sufficient support to form a new cabinet, early elections are the most likely scenario

Strange protests and even stranger anti-inflation measures, plus the new owner of the Maritza Iztok - 3 coal power plant
Protest for the sake of protesting, Italian soldiers are welcomed and a new owner for the second largest TPP in Bulgaria

The real influence of Russia in Bulgaria, part 2: The real players
In the second article of a two-part series, KInsights explores how Putin’s war in Ukraine exposed that Bulgarian politics remains hostage to a powerful pro-Kremlin network holding key positions in the state

The second F-16 deal: late and more expensive
Despite political hopes that the second batch of 8 US-made fighters would be cheaper, the initial offer price stands at 1.7 billion USD - a third more than in 2019

100 Days in Power: Where is the coalition heading to?
Three months into its mandate, the ruling coalition is splintered and facing a myriad of crises and inter-institutional wars

The week: The end of golden passports, a new beginning for trains, and the best place in Europe for romance and wine
We’re not selling citizenship anymore, we’re buying: trains, batteries and a house in Barcelona?

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

Sofia’s hottest new contemporary art center
The emergence of the Regional Centre for Contemporary Arts "Toplotsentrala" in South Park has the potential to fan the flames of Sofia's cultural scene

Sofia’s new residential district
Investors plan to inject 60 mln euro in a new complex of up to 3,300 apartments near the Central Railway Station

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