Angela Rodel: "The past can become dangerous when it becomes collectivized, shallow and sold back as propaganda"

The translator of the award-winning novel by Georgi Gospodinov talks linguistics, the dangers lurking in the collective past and how Bulgaria has changed in the past 20 years

The week: A coalition is (still) born, a mobster is killed, and a Booker is won

K Insights newsletter 26/05

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

K Insights newsletter: 21/04

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

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

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria spends BGN 25 million on MiG-29 engines; BGN 4.3 million for guardrail repairs; Gospodinov enters Booker Prize longlist

The week: Bulgaria’s favorite decade, the euro-effort is shot in the leg, and banks are doing great

The past still has power over us

2021: Bulgaria in cultural highlights

How the year fared for local literature, cinema and contemporary art

Къде to learn Bulgarian?

A few recommendations on how to learn and know more about the language

Bristol writer Tom Phillips: Coming to Bulgaria? Don‘t worry, relax.

Travelling is the new rock n roll

The words you need to know this month

"Umni i Krasivi". Mercury Retrograde. Tsatsaratura.