The Week: Borissov is defeated, now what; an e-car maker (eventually) arrives and still no sign from Brussels

Fighter jets and politics, Bulgaria turning into Belgium, 8 billion leva in state gifts

The day in 3 news: Finance minister lays into corrupt spending, Delivery of F-16s might be postponed, Health Ministry issues pandemic action plan

Voltage runs high

The caretaker government sheds light on key problems in Bulgaria’s energy sector

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria finalizes euro adoption plan, Court blocks second attempt to remove BDB heads, Gov’t explains in-house procurement scheme

The week: The offices will stay empty, GERB is on the ropes, the Revenue agency raises its game

The day in 3 news: ESO unveils new mega-tender amid scandal, Persenk to invest 10m levs in plant, Eurohold gets €60m loan for CEZ

Gifts to The Wolf from Borissov’s third cabinet

A concessionaire gets an allowance instead of a penalty, a hotel is speedily being constructed with no documents, and a firm with 150 mln levs in debt is sold for 100 levs

Construction business: the largest builder in Bulgaria

How Veliko Zhelev turned his Hidrostroy company into an empire

When long-time leaders refuse to leave; the shortest-lived Parliament in a 100 years; tourists are welcome

K Insights 30/04: What do football and politics have in common, dubious court about to be disbanded

Russia is back, Parliament is stuck, universities and politics don't mix well, and Sofia Airport is now private

K Insights 23/04: Some problems in the budget and a hope for sunshine in North Macedonia

The day in 3 news: Parties start throwing campaign promises, Audit finds breaches in EU-funded tenders, Eurohold secures more funds for CEZ

The day in 3 news: Bad loans rise; Gov’t looks to herd immunity by end-summer; Upcoming rail tender for half a billion euro

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

France’s GeoPost acquiring a further 45% in Bulgaria’s Speedy

The new majority owner launches a buyout bid valuing the Bulgarian company at 161 mln euro

How Bulgaria feeds its road cartel

The government has poured upfront close to 4.6 billion levs (2.35 billion euro) of taxpayers' money into road construction - with no tenders and no transparency

The largest construction companies

In addition to paying, the state is now constructing as well

The loophole of in-house procurement

The in-house procurement procedures – the awarding of public contracts without tenders, has become a favorite way to allocate money in a non-transparent manner

Sofia is putting too many eggs in Gazprom’s basket

The construction of TurkStream’s extension via Bulgaria will make the country too reliant on Russia again

Sofia bourse closing another losing year

Doverie United Holding was the lonely bright star in the last quarter of 2019