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The ruling majority kick-starts shock changes in regulators
GERB, BSP, TISP and MRF-Dogan set in motion procedures to fill the boards of 16 key state bodies in Parliament

The week: Borissov returns, Euro is around the corner, And Trakia highway is the deadliest in Europe
K insights newsletter 17/01

The week: Water under the mountain
We destroyed the largest battery we had, Why Bulgaria is stuck, A tax amnesty on the horizon

A USD 370 million injection kickstarts new Kozloduy NPP units design
The process starts with a techno-economic analysis to be ready by the end of 2025, which ought to be followed by Parliament’s decision on actual construction

The Glavchev-2 cabinet - same same but different
Kalin Stoyanov is replaced by Atanas Ilkov as Minister of Interior before the 27 October vote, Ekaterina Zaharieva likely to become EU Commissioner

From political to constitutional: Bulgarian caretaker gov’t crisis deepens
President Radev refuses to appoint the Kozhareva cabinet over her insistence on reappointing controversial internal minister Kalin Stoyanov, creating further political turmoil

No gov’t with last mandate triggers seventh election in October
It is still uncertain whether President Radev will make an attempt to replace Dimitar Glavchev as PM

Putting out fire after fire, or why Bulgaria has a hard time dealing with natural disasters
The country needs an aerial system for firefighting, but it has failed to buy even a single helicopter in the past three decades

PM Glavchev’s Caretaker Cabinet Acts to Preserve Coal Power Plants Until 2038
Bulgaria is moving towards renegotiation of its Recovery and Resilience Plan, putting in jeopardy EU payments.

The week: Dispatches from the frontlines of the heat war
Bulgaria bakes, coal TPPs fire up and no Anti-Peevski front forms