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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: A tragedy worth uniting for, Plovdiv mayor announces independence and the US ambassador leaves
The better angels of our nature

The week: The two types of entrepreneurs, How Nexo affected politics, Bulgaria cashes in on the markets
What stories do we need to tell more

Will Lukoil continue dominating Bulgaria’s petrol market despite sanctions?
The war in Ukraine and the EU embargo on Russian oil won’t impact the giant’s hegemony

Schengen is shut, Bulgaria needs brain surgeon and which are the country’s biggest businesses
Gov’t mandate roulette kicks off, Boyko is the (old) Messi, K100 business ranking now in English

Russian-owned Lukoil will pay tax in Bulgaria - but with conditions
Lukoil's future in Bulgaria is uncertain, however, Bulgaria's oil dependence on Russia cannot be escaped easily

Germany’s Eberspächer to build plant for automotive electrical heaters in Ruse
Production will start in an interim facility from January 2023, the new building will be completed by September

Bulgaria’s green transition can be accelerated by the energy crisis in Europe
The net zero goals of bulgarian companies were the focal point of the Net Zero Economy Forum

Solar systems for self-consumption
Many Bulgarian businesses want to add photovoltaic systems to reduce their own electricity bills – what are their options?

Beating plowshares back into swords
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might finally prompt the rearmament of Bulgaria’s military which has all but stalled in the past three decades

KInsights' Energy Report: Dashboard
Four graphs that show the long-term trends in the Bulgarian energy sector

Bulgaria’s anti-inflation measures: chaos and populism
The government will spend 2 billion levs on populist measures without targeting the most vulnerable groups in society

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

Bulgaria: More dependent on Russian oil
While diversifying gas supplies is difficult, but feasible task for the state, the same cannot be said about Bulgaria’s reliance on crude oil from Russia

What’s next for the Bulgarian army after the war in Ukraine?
More significant NATO presence in the country and further investments in key military equipment are likely in the aftermath of the Russian invasion

Five Bulgarian cities considering introduction of low-emission zones
Sofia plans to introduce low-emission zones in December 2022.

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