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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: 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 slap from across the ocean: US sanctions Delyan Peevski, Vasil Bozhkov, and Ilko Zhelyazkov
These actions represent the largest single act of sanctions in the history of the Magnitsky Act, targeting these three individuals and their networks encompassing 64 enterprises for "significant corruption"
Bulgaria approves "start-up visa", yet questions remain
The new instrument for luring talent still has to be detailed by the Ministry of Economy
An era is about to end, a TV showman rises and TurkStream has some dirty secrets
K Insights 09/04 : An earthquake in Bulgarian politics, the economy fares surprisingly well and a Wolf to beware of
The golden passports of Bulgaria; the new lockdown and the elections; how to get a year of free rent
K Insights 19/03: the dirty campaign begins and what is cyberethics
What’s the problem with Bulgarian media?
A combination of market trends and murky political interference has turned the media environment toxic, with only islands of professionalism remaining
The golden passports are here to stay
In 2019, Bulgarian authorities proposed to abolish the scheme granting citizenship in exchange for investment in the country. A year later, they’ve decided to expand it
Bulgaria and Russia: a tale of two palaces
The Black Sea mansions of Vladimir Putin and Ahmed Dogan reveal a lot about the systems they created
How much has Dr. Ruja pocketed?
Until the fall of 2016 the OneCoin scheme earned 3.3 billion euro with a profit of 2 billion euro
Penalty mark for Bulgaria’s Green Card insurance
The European insurance regulator has probed the ongoing issue of compensations paid in Bulgaria in the event of road accidents abroad
Bulgaria’s residential market calms after years of growth
Prices have stopped growing, as supply and demand have started to equalize
Brexit: What if there is no deal?
Although highly unlikely, the risk of UK’s departure from the EU without a formal agreement is still looming
When it walks like corruption, when it quacks like corruption
While the Bulgarian authorities appear to be cracking down on some allegedly corrupt officials and businessmen, oligarchic interests favored by those in power receive a significant economic boost
Prosecutors dig into Bulgarian-operated OneCoin scheme
OneCoin offices were searched at the request of German investigators on suspicion of involvement in a pyramid fraud scheme and money laundering
Are emigration trends turning in Bulgaria?
The number of people moving out of the country after it joined the EU did not rise