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Bulgaria has utilized only 4% of European funds since 2021
For the first time since joining the EU, Bulgaria has got along with almost no European funding for several years
The week: How hard is it to buy trains?
The train won't be coming, The free electricity market neither, And the new Constitution is a mess
Winter is coming: Bulgaria levies 10 euro per MWh tax on Russian gas transport and transit in Europe
Bulgaria adopts tariff on Russian gas that might see the price of Russian gas supplies soaring throughout Europe
The week: The case of the missing investments, (G)rain of protests, renewables boom
How not to lose another decade
Bulgaria: No Territorial transition plans, no EU billions for coal transition
The caretaker government’s decision to link territorial plans submission with Recovery Plan negotiation puts at risk 1.2 billion in funding for three regions transitioning away from coal
Is Bulgaria the weak link in Europe’s fight against Russian disinformation?
Pro-Kremlin propaganda has been flooding the country for years, fracturing the social fabric and offering a fruitful environment for the spread of disinformation
The real influence of Russia in Bulgaria, part 1: How it works and who is behind it
In this 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
Black Sea gas rush
Turkey and Romania are hoping for big production, while Bulgaria is still awaiting its golden chance
What a waste
A large-scale Bulgarian business with international reach comes under unexpected attack from the prosecution
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
Organized crime in Bulgaria: Five popular beliefs re-examined
Bulgaria, unfortunately, has built an image of a country deeply affected by organized crime
Racist at heart or racist on demand?
While international media reacted with surprise to the ugly hate gestures from a group of Bulgarian ultras during an October football game against England, it missed the key local context
Bulgaria's feckless fight against graft
Lack of public support, insufficient institutional capacity and political power plays prevent meaningful anti-corruption policy
To what extent is Bulgaria really corrupt?
Graft is chronic; the good news is that business-related corruption is on the decline