Laundering Borissov, purging the secret services, coordinating with embassies: What froze cabinet talks?

A leaked discussion of WCC’s National Council has jeopardized government negotiations with GERB

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

The day in 3 news: Maria Gabriel set to be GERB’s PM-designate; Bulgaria in Eurozone by 2025; Tailor opens new BGN 1.4m site

The day in 3 news: Geshev’s "terror attack" account is challenged; New tax proposal riles business; Petkov says GERB has few choices

The week: A genuinely bold idea, cross-party ‘friendship’ fizzles out, a ‘superhero’ targeted by evildoers

Let’s dream big

The day in 3 news: Eurozone deadline is 2025; Nationalists seek moratorium on solar projects; Bulgaria sells record number of weapons

The day in 3 news: WCC-DB, GERB coalition is most favored; Bulgaria ascends media freedom table; State must compensate former PM Tsar Simeon

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

The week: Are parties going to agree on anything, the Azeri gas gambit and BNB cools down crediting

Coalition with GERB? Don’t look at what he says, look at what they do

The week: Some lessons from Romania, handshakes in Parliament, and a call to people who love cities

K Insights newsletter: 21/04

Bulgarian diesel exports to Ukraine slow down after initial flourish

The secrets behind the Bulgarian export lies in various local players

The day in 3 news: Serbia fails to detain Nexo founders; CNN: Bulgaria promised Ukraine free fighter jets; AI startup raises BGN 1.2 million

Who’s who in online gambling in Bulgaria

A total of 16 companies compete for a share of the sector’s 1 billion levs gross revenue per year

The day in 3 news: WCC, DB coalition in lead; School bomb hoax will not hit Sunday’s poll; BGN 20 million for new airport baggage system

Parties gear up for another inconclusive vote

The main factions have saved their energy and funds on campaigning in anticipation of the cornerstone autumn municipal vote

The day in 3 news: Bulgarian media less free; More than 100 countrywide bomb threat alerts; New recycling options available

The week: No, Bulgaria is not bankrupt - just dangerously populist

Money, guns and bloody populism (+ a really good book)

Bulsatcom deal shatters peace in Bulgarian telecom market

The competition authority must decide whether Vivacom is gaining too much control over the market after financing the purchase of the pay-TV operator