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The week: Finally, some money for the cities
Money for the regions, Mud for political enemies, Solar for our neighbors

Who will be the next Patriarch and why it matters
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church controls a vast number of properties and hundreds of millions of levs, but most importantly - exerts influence over millions of laymen

Solar Strife: Property Battles Raging Beneath PV Park in Bulgaria
Residents of the villages of Sbor and Apriltsi in the Pazardzhik region claim that their lands have been expropriated by a company owned by Ginka Varbakova. There are also more than 20 complaints filed with the prosecution.

The week: Beware the Greeks
Bulgaria and the Greek energy miracle, UK nukes and US nuclear power, Bansko's future

The week: Going nuclear (again)
The new Bulgarian mega-dream, eurozone delayed, Nexo comes back with a vengeance

The week: What a pyrolysis installation in Plovdiv teaches us about trust and business
Corruption is bad for business, Tony Blair is here to help and NATO steps in for the infrastructure

Louis Vuitton bags, millions of euro and no sign of corruption: the Bozhkov lottery story
The full text of the decree terminating the case for extortion of the mogul by Boyko Borissov and Vladislav Goranov gives a detailed chronology of the affair, but won’t reach court

Local elections, round 1: GERB loses Sofia, keeps Burgas and draws in Plovdiv and Varna
The ballot was marred by a fabricated scandal that eliminated machine voting

The end of Barcelonagate? Borissov’s whitewashing continues as planned
Despite the change of leadership, the State Prosecution has buried one more high-profile case against a top brass politician

The week: A very sudden twist
Slapping Russia in the face, Borissov is not corrupt, Open-air teaching gets a boost

The week: More than one storm brewing in the Black Sea, Brussels’ pressure and TurkStream revelations
Bulgaria, where natural catastrophes meet ungovernability

Leaks: How Bulgarian gas mafia and Boyko Borissov made a deal with Putin for Turkstream
The documents depict secret arrangements violating public procurement procedures and obeying Russian corporate interests

The week: Ursula to the rescue, charging stations are coming, Schengen and other pipe dreams
The dangers of indecision

The week: No one wants to work in the government, Geshev is finally out, and tons of water are in
K Insights newsletter 16/06

The week: Bulgarian politics in meltdown, corruption scandals revived and budget troubles
The unenviable task of trying to explain all this

Laundering Borissov, purging the secret services, coordinating with embassies: What froze cabinet talks?
A leaked discussion of WCC’s National Council has jeopardized government negotiations with GERB