The week: Goodbye to the euro, see you again sometimes?

Is the euro coming at all, the Russian assets in Bulgaria are in for a freeze, trouble at the European prosecution

The day in 3 news: Suspect sought after migrants’ deaths; Pekanov: Steep penalties outside Eurozone; O’Brien doubles down on Magnitsky list

No Euro in 2024: Why did Bulgaria give up trying to join the eurozone next year?

Parliament’s failure to adopt 4 key pieces of legislation, a purposeful abstention from the amendment of the Insurance code and high inflation will delay currency union entry

The week: The public shaming of Sofia continues, Record wage growth, A slap from across the Danube

K Insights Weekly Newsletter 17/02

The new Magnitsky sanctions for Bulgaria: Who has been named and why

The US continues its anti-corruption pressure in tandem with the UK, by adding two former ministers, two former MPs and an energy official to the list

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

The week: A tragedy worth uniting for, Plovdiv mayor announces independence and the US ambassador leaves

The better angels of our nature

The day in 3 news: Nexo’s owner to seek damages from Bulgaria; Sofia recalls its ambassador from Skopje; Mustafa condemns oligarchs

Nexo’s troubles, Bulgaria refuses to close coal plants, Lukoil returns

Prosecution goes after cryptobank, no chance of gov’t and coal to stay until 2038

The week: 3 examples to guide you in 2023, we are still on track for the eurozone, new car sales pick-up

Top 5 Bulgarian hotel investments in Greece

Three five-star complexes, a campsite with villas and smaller hotels

GERB wins vote, but unlikely to reign in another fractured Parliament

Seven parties crossed the 4% threshold in another inconsequential election with a low turnout

The week: Borissov’s EU accomplices, Energy woes and 2.25 billion euro in state bonds

EPP’s selective vision of graft in Bulgaria, Deadly police corruption and some good business news

Day in 3 news: Peevski attacks Magnitsky act sanctions in the US, Energy regulator confirms 60% gas price hike for August, Average salary surpasses 1,700 BGN in June

The week: A bridge worth paying for, Aurubis is at the top again and out with the hawks, in with the doves

Day in 3 news: BSP to return third mandate unfulfilled; Bulgargaz proposes 54% hike in natgas price for August, Specialized Prosecution closes probe of MP Peevski under the Magnitsky Act

The week: "Year Zero" for anti-corruption, new cabinet or new elections, the quick end of the Gemcorp memorandum

Captured state fights back, gas storage slowly fills up and a skyscraper that is not

Petkov’s gov’t falls after no-confidence vote

The motion was passed with 123 MPs from GERB, MRF, TISP and Vazrazhdane

The week: The ruling coalition finally collapses, three scenarios for a government, and the economy grows despite everything

How Renew Europe’s enticement of WCC got MRF nervous

The movement feels threatened from the combined prospects of the new party challenging its place in the European liberal family and new sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act