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Bulgaria faces first obstacles in absorbing EU Recovery funds
The debacle over the implementation of the TETRA communication equipment project threatens the allocation of 2.6 billion euro worth of EU money for Sofia

The week: A new coalition was born, the billions for the road cartel were halted, what the hell has gone wrong with the Bulgarian army
"We will bring you down", we have 2.5 billion reasons to do so + an MP not afraid of going back to her village

The week: The private border of Bulgaria and the EU, are we still on track for the euro and a stellar year for banks (so far)
K Insights 03/06: what happened with the refugees

If Only We Could Predict Inflation or Why there are no super-wealthy economists
Should the fixed income market turn out to be correct once again, and should recession loom, inflation talk will not only cease but we will yearn for a return to price growth once businesses collapse and unemployment soars

All you need to know about the Bulgarian elections
The Kapital Insights articles that will help you catch up before the 14 November 2 in 1 vote

Third time lucky? Bulgaria goes to the polls yet again
This Sunday’s Parliamentary and Presidential elections will either break the political stalemate in the country, or deepen it beyond any solution

Do we continue the change? A new big player in town
The movement of popular caretaker ministers Assen Vassilev and Kiril Petkov enters the political fray with a bang - but can it live up to the hype?

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 week: The cynicism of demographic mourners, final week of parliamentary dramas and GDP records
Politicians play deaf and blind on stagnant vaccinations, but mourn demographic collapse, pensions, GDP go up - and so could concession fees

The week: Yet another saviour on the horizon, Fourth Covid wave is here and some good news for the budget
To party or not to party, that is Kiril Petkov’s question, (some) Covid restrictions, after all, and even more expensive electricity

Who is in Radev’s caretaker gov’t and what are their key tasks?
The primary job of the cabinet led by ex-General Stefan Yanev will be to organize fair elections in July - but it might have a more political role than anticipated

Bulgaria enters third pandemic wave, no new measures for now
Mass vaccination postponed until beginning of March, Sofia has ordered 460,000 more dozes of the Moderna vaccine

No land of vaccines: COVID-19 and Bulgaria
Even though the British strain reaches the country, malls and gyms open and the vaccination schedule lags far behind


Forgotten scandals
An update to the list of transgressions of the powerful that remained buried in the news of protests and pandemics.