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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 week: The public shaming of Sofia continues, Record wage growth, A slap from across the Danube
K Insights Weekly Newsletter 17/02

The week: The two types of entrepreneurs, How Nexo affected politics, Bulgaria cashes in on the markets
What stories do we need to tell more

The largest machinery and equipment companies: Back on the growth track
The leading 45 companies in the sector recorded revenue growth of 23.5%, reaching 10.9 billion levs.

The week: the train problem, the Austrian surprise and the Russian oil
Trains, cities, and Elon Musk in the Northwest

The week: Elections 2022: Pretend nothing’s happening; FDI down, caretaker Gov’t goes LNG
Parties lying low on big issues before vote, Energy Minister shifts stance on LNG and why do people from the "Yellow Cobblestones" cry?

Winter is coming, but natural gas is not: what is going on in Bulgaria?
In July, the energy regulator adopted the highest natural gas price so far this year for the regulated market

The first Bulgarian unicorn
Payhawk, the fintech startup founded by Hristo Borissov and Boyko Karadzhov, was valued at 1 billion dollars after a new investment round led by US fund Lightspeed Venture Partners

The week: Borissov arrested, Central Bank chairmanship tears the coalition, Resilience Plan still not ok
Former PM Borissov arrested, Guerilla war over BNB shakes the coalition and the Plan is still NOT alright

Bulgaria is looking for a unicorn
In 2022 or 2023 there will be at least one Bulgarian startup with valuation over 1 billion dollars

F-16s delayed: What happened to the new fighters for the Bulgarian air force?
Supply chain issues and logistical problems have stalled the production of the Lockheed Martin jets, postponing deliveries by up to two years

That's a "No" Skopje, the storm of the vaccinated anti-vaxxers and lights are off at the end of the tunnel
Radev keeps the reigns of N. Macedonia policy, the rise of the (jabbed) anti-vaxers and bye-bye to Sotir Tsatsarov

Beyond population decline: 5 takeaways from the 2021 census
Fewer working people, decimation of the North, migration as important as death - those are some of the basic lessons from the preliminary results of the demographic study published last week

Businesses in Bulgaria see 2021 slightly better than 2020 but worries remain
Lack of liquidity remains the biggest problem for companies, according to the traditional BIA survey

The week: New cabinet gets 1 day’s tolerance; what to do with the Prosecutor-General; go ski!
K insights 17/12: How not to run a parliament, and why "Yes, Minister" is a must-see

The Change (does not) Continue for Sofia-Skopje relations
A new cabinet is unlikely to overturn Bulgaria’s position on N. Macedonia’s EU accession

Sofia: big potential, lack of political energy
Excluding the subway and the garbage plant, substantive improvements have been lacking, even though the city has received 3 billion euro from the EU