The week: A coalition is (still) born, a mobster is killed, and a Booker is won

K Insights newsletter 26/05

Last-minute rotation: GERB and WCC-DB agree on a government

It will be formed with the second mandate of Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov and will have Mariya Gabriel as his deputy. They will then swap positions after nine months.

The day in 3 news: Goodbye Geshev; New Schengen visa restrictions; Wage growth surpasses inflation

The week: A prosecutor-general heads out, an EUcommissioner comes in, and an American president drops by

How Romania overtook Bulgaria

The biggest difference between the two countries is the degree of success in their fight against corruption

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

The day in 3 news: Geshev survives bomb attack; Borissov dislikes cabinet proposed by WCC-DB; Gas price falls

The day in 3 news: New Magnitsky sanctions for Bulgarian officials; Radev meets Zelensky; Imports and exports grow in 2022

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria helps Turkey’s victims; Consumers face up to 30% mark-up on food prices; Electricity prices up

The week: Some good vibes for Christmas; Lukoil suddenly is very cooperative; The curious case of Bulsatcom

Last K Insights newsletter for 2022

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria needs reforms for EU money; Denkov not sure about cabinet’s positions; Kozloduy NPP back at full capacity

The day in 3 news: Recovery Plan money arrives; Dairy products soar in price; Rooftop solar systems on the rise

Schengen is shut, Bulgaria needs brain surgeon and which are the country’s biggest businesses

Gov’t mandate roulette kicks off, Boyko is the (old) Messi, K100 business ranking now in English

Russian-owned Lukoil will pay tax in Bulgaria - but with conditions

Lukoil's future in Bulgaria is uncertain, however, Bulgaria's oil dependence on Russia cannot be escaped easily

The day in 3 news: President Radev to sit on 3rd mandate until 2023; Lukoil to start paying taxes; Gemcorp memorandum is terminated

The week: The land of the wanna-bes, illegal migration makes a bloody comeback, an ex-mayor goes to prison and a singer squats

Dreams and realities, fences and guns, boxers and singers

The day in 3 news: Radev to hold talks with Rutte over Schengen; Parliament votes to diversify nuclear fuel away from Russia; Bulgaria lost a court case for 329 million leva against Vassil Bozhkov

Bulgaria in crisis: 5 risks caused by the political chaos

The post-election deadlock might consign the country to EU backwater status

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

Bulgaria faces first obstacles in absorbing EU Recovery funds

The debacle over the implementation of the TETRA communication equipment project threatens the allocation of 2.6 billion euro worth of EU money for Sofia