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The week: Is Bulgaria the limp pig of EU regulation, coal is (still) here, minimum wage surpasses Montenegro
Also: New Parliament is up, as well as the new 12 bn. Leva Plan
The Black Wednesday: The multimillion pit in the heart of Varna
How Varna Municipality paid 21 million euro in state money for a parking lot belonging to BSP mogul Georgi Gergov
Better late than never: Bulgaria gets a Covid response plan
How would the state manage another surge in infections and what did it botch in the past year-and-a half
The week: Bulgaria's pirate bay, a teenager investigates a minister, Trifonov breaks silence ...to say nothing
K Insights 18/06: Zaev comes and goes, exports keep on rising
A month without Borissov: something is rotten in the state of Bulgaria
State bank funding oligarchs, state firms funnelling billions into cartels and secret services loyal to the party rather than the state - these are just part of GERB’s corrupt legacy
The week: Kings of corruption named, Fresh start looms, 5 companies got 400 million euro from the budget
K insights 04/06: budget swings back to negative, Sin Cars get funding
The lost decade of Bulgaria
The governments of Boyko Borissov promised reform, but instead created an apparatus for extortion and clientelism
Elections looming large, prosecutors denied and how Bulgaria remains at the end of the GDP tail in the EU
K Insights 5/03: Controversial changes to the media law were postponed, Eurohold wants to raise 100 mln euro on the stock exchange
What’s next for Boyko Borissov, the ultimate political survivor?
While his opponents predict the end of his political career, the Prime minister seems poised to win the April 4 Parliamentary elections
K Insights: A new must-meet friend in Sofia, pandemic politics, where the road-money goes and a few really big tenders
Weekly newsletter 25-29 January
How Bulgaria let Covid-19 loose
After an ineffective first lockdown, the government sleepwalked into the second pandemic wave - with deadly consequences
The Great Patriotic Rearmament
Despite the pandemic, Bulgaria went on a military spending spree in 2020 – and pledges to continue
No water to clean the garbage
Many Bulgarian towns live on water rationing and next to piles of imported waste because of intentional neglect by the authorities.
Geshev Unchained
The new Bulgarian Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev moved into first gear from the outset, picking fights with oligarchs, rural criminals and even the president himself. Is he aiming at something bigger than just crime busting?
