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A step away from Russia’s energy grip, Bulgaria-Greece gas interconnector finally launches
On the 1 October the long-awaited gas connection started functioning, meaning that Bulgaria has physical access to alternative gas supplies for the first time
Christophe Leclercq: Medias are an army of dwarfs, facing a world duopoly: Meta (Facebook) and Alphabet (Google)
The founder of the EURACTIV Media Network & Chair of Europe’s MediaLab spoke with Capital on the new European Media Freedom Act
Radev’s revenge, the looming deficit and a frog
Reality is back with a vengeance, GDP keeps growing, and our Real Estate report is out
What’s cooking before the 2 October snap vote?
The new political season kicks off with smear campaigns, corruption allegations and president’s interference that would likely result in yet another fragmented parliament unable to support a government coalition
The week: The best place to start fighting the corruption, Don’t count a coalition before it’s hatched, Crypto collapse
A fatal crash exposes depth of state capture, No gov’t + crypto layoffs and M&As
Four risks for the Bulgarian economy after the collapse of the ruling coalition
Bulgaria shifting away from the eurozone and EU funds, strong regulators and energy reform
The IGB project: A game-changer on the Eastern European gas market
The link with Greece is the first project that will really reduce Bulgaria’s dependence on Russian gas
The real influence of Russia in Bulgaria, part 2: The real players
In the second article of a two-part series, KInsights explores how Putin’s war in Ukraine exposed that Bulgarian politics remains hostage to a powerful pro-Kremlin network holding key positions in the state
Is the coalition going to survive? Six obstacles ahead
The four-party coalition wants to bury the rising number of contentious topics confronting it - but this can only work for a while
Houston, we have a (coalition and inflation) problem - but also a Resilience plan, at last
Ceaseless troubles for the ruling majority; more, yet pricier F-16s on the way & downgraded GDP forecast
The Coalition duel for the National Bank
In an attempt to thwart the election of TISP’s Lyubomir Karimanski for governor of BNB with the votes of the opposition, WCC nominated their parliamentary head Andrei Gyurov for the post
The week: It's all going well if you are a bank, but not if you're a mayor, and a small village has a big waste problem
The honeymoon ends fast for the new government, economic optimism rises
After seven months, Bulgaria gets a regular cabinet
Kiril Petkov will lead the coalition gov’t of four parties, promising judicial reform, zero corruption and untapping the country’s economic potential
Inside Nexo: one of the biggest crypto-banks in the world
The Bulgarian company claims to run 10 billion dollars in assets. Such growth comes with challenges
What the caretaker gov’t did - and where it faltered
Stefan Yanev’s first cabinet exposed many of the previous administration’s flawed practices but failed to fix many of them
The biggest companies in 2020: New model, new champion
Bulgaria’s biggest companies were only mildly hit by the coronavirus. Total revenue of the top 100 firms decreased by just 7% in 2020.
The week: The Belarus summer of Bulgaria, a minister’s Canadian link and a coming new lockdown
K insights 20/08: Inflation quickens; COVID cases rise