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Elections 2024: GERB wins convincingly, but forming a majority might prove elusive
Extremely low turnout and the unexpected rise of a new radical party on TikTok expose the deepening representation crisis

How the Half-Baked Constitutional Changes Brought Back GERB
And Other Problems with the Upcoming Early Vote

How GERB built Putin a pipeline, part I: the Roadmap to circumvent the law (and Ukraine)
A new data leak exposes how the Borissov-3 gov’t facilitated the construction of the TurkStream pipeline across Bulgaria against the country’s own interests and EU procurement rules

The week: The Roadmap to Russian energy serfdom
How GERB sold out to Putin (before the war), Rotation stuck and who designs Beyonce’s clothes in BG

Sensata Technologies Bulgaria is Factory of the Year 2023
WITTE Automotive wins prize for most innovative project in Capital’s competition

Bulgaria-Serbia gas interconnection is ready to go. Why is it important?
The 10 year project is finally coming to an end and it can help only Bulgaria, but the whole region

Bulgarian agriculture sector posts hefty profits in 2022
The war in Ukraine propelled global prices higher and Bulgarian companies benefited from the rise

The week: Emperor Mihaylov lets Sofia burn
The 1989 of Bulgarian Football, Economy slows down, The ups&downs of Burgas

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

Visiting Neo, then Tar: the cinematic paintings of Boryana Ilieva
Ilieva, known for her Floor Plan Croissant project, creates watercolors based on film sets, which has made her a phenomenon in the film industry

Bulgaria calls new tender for oil and gas exploration in the Black Sea
Black sea is turning into a much wanted gas exploration site, but Bulgaria lacks behind Turkey and Romania

The Bulgarian protein bar industry: an overview
Factories and brands are multiplying, the local market is about BGN 60 million, and most of the production gets exported

Angela Rodel: "The past can become dangerous when it becomes collectivized, shallow and sold back as propaganda"
The translator of the award-winning novel by Georgi Gospodinov talks linguistics, the dangers lurking in the collective past and how Bulgaria has changed in the past 20 years

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

The board is set, the pieces are moving: will there be a cabinet?
Borissov seems to be dictating the pace of the negotiations, WCC is trying to outmaneuver him, but might end up playing into his hands

"Unconventional proposal." Are GERB and WCC-DB working towards a gov’t?
In a sign of goodwill, the leaders of the two factions met for the first time on Tuesday, but a breakthrough remains far off

The week: Some lessons from Romania, handshakes in Parliament, and a call to people who love cities
K Insights newsletter: 21/04