Nexo’s troubles, Bulgaria refuses to close coal plants, Lukoil returns

Prosecution goes after cryptobank, no chance of gov’t and coal to stay until 2038

The week: To Qatar and back, brain surgeon fails to win minds, Schneider Electric is Factory of the Year

K Insights weekly overview

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

The week: The hypocrisy of the Dutch, The Paper coalition and you can speed for free here

K Insights look at what's going on for the week

Schneider Electric to expand Bulgarian smart factory with 60 mln euro investment

The project will increase the capacity of the production facility in Plovdiv by 30%

The week: From Ruse to Sofia, or why elections might not be all that important

Another election looms, Lukoil and Nexo lurch to fresh crisis and Ruse has some things going for it

The day in 3 news: Toplofikatsia Sofia must pay its debts; Stefan Yanev rules out negotiating with Vazrazhdane; Bulgargaz expects lower gas price for October

The day in 3 news: Bulgargaz opens the door to LNG; Former minister attacked over corruption in dams building; Toplofikatsia Sofia in dire condition

The day in 3 news: Energy Minister expects cheaper gas in November; Grain producers seek more subsidies; Radev pledges ongoing school heating

The day in 3 news: 40 gov't employees disciplined over Semerdziev, Sofia Heating Company is assured gas in 2023, Hotels received 386.6 million levs in July

Energy minister Rossen Hristov: There is a political decision in Moscow preventing Gazprom to work with us

Jens Rasmussen: We are starting a project for 250 mW of solar power for 150 million euros near Yambol

Eurowind Energy plans a total of 1 GW of new capacity in Bulgaria, the CEO of the Danish company told Capital

Day in 3 news: The state will buy out the main gas consumer; Petkov sues Borissov; Court rules GERB leader’s arrest was illegal

Day in 3 news: Bulgargaz gets 800 million BGN state loan, Fewer parties in next parliament: Market Links poll, Cabinet announces next steps for OECD application

Will the caretaker gov’t start a U-turn on Russia?

On its second day in office, the new Bulgarian cabinet announced a course towards "containment of the chaos and destruction" in the energy sector. This might well translate as a pivot to Moscow

Day in 3 news: PM Donev seeks Bulgargaz refooting and new tender for LNG; Cabinet slays former gov’t over roads; 4200 tons of weapons sent to Ukraine

How important is Russian gas to Bulgaria and what are the alternatives?

The country can ensure complete independence from Russian supplies within this year and it will not be that difficult

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

Recipient of 3rd mandate stlll in doubt; Inflation breaks 24-year record; ICGB to manage the interconnector with Greece

Winter is coming, but natural gas is not: what is going on in Bulgaria?

In July, the energy regulator adopted the highest natural gas price so far this year for the regulated market