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The week: The day of the Second Payment has arrived
One EU instrument which actually works, Wars bring the Balkans closer, The 6 centers of Bulgaria

The week: It’s GERB’s election to lose. Again.
Who’s going to run the cities, is there a Recovery Plan at all, what is a Russian-born oligarch doing in Plovdiv

The week: More than one storm brewing in the Black Sea, Brussels’ pressure and TurkStream revelations
Bulgaria, where natural catastrophes meet ungovernability

The week: No one wants to work in the government, Geshev is finally out, and tons of water are in
K Insights newsletter 16/06

Houston, we have a (coalition and inflation) problem - but also a Resilience plan, at last
Ceaseless troubles for the ruling majority; more, yet pricier F-16s on the way & downgraded GDP forecast

A reluctant NATO ally, OECD invitation 15 years in the waiting and a new name for Telenor
Sofia hopes for the best - and not much more - in NATO-Russia clash, Telenor turns into Yettel and changes coming to the Energy regulator

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

After seven months, Bulgaria gets a regular cabinet
Kiril Petkov will lead the coalition gov’t of four parties, promising judicial reform, zero corruption and untapping the country’s economic potential

The Week: The inevitable fifth wave, the surf-master Radev and the boom of online retail
K Insights 22/10: grocery stores flourish while clothes shops go under

The Week: A shipwreck of a state, record low interest rates and how to find friends in Bulgaria
COVID-19 mortality is still very high, a 30% rise in gas prices

No court oversight, no extradition
Why EU states ought not to execute European arrest warrants issued by Bulgaria - and how this is related to the lack of reform of the State Prosecution

Eyes wide shut (no more?)
The EU faces a conundrum: either get tough on Boyko Borissov or accept his "Orban lite" model

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

Witch hunter General
The selection of Ivan Geshev as the next Prosecutor General will likely go unopposed, triggering seven more wasted years on the anti-corruption front and even more blatant institutional abuse of power.

Players to watch: Borissov’s demoted lieutenant
Tsvetan Tsvetanov, the senior lieutenant of GERB leader Boyko Borissov and parliamentary whip, fell from grace in less than three months because of Apartmentgate