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

K Insights newsletter 26/05

The day in 3 news: WCC-DB, GERB coalition is most favored; Bulgaria ascends media freedom table; State must compensate former PM Tsar Simeon

United Group sells TV towers in one of the biggest telecom tower deals worldwide

TAWAL is entering the EU market with a strong statement

The day in 3 news: WCC, DB coalition in lead; School bomb hoax will not hit Sunday’s poll; BGN 20 million for new airport baggage system

The week: The hidden economy, The man who built Bulgaria, Don't call them by their name, Save the Tomatoes

Thousand shades of gray

The day in 3 news: Building boss Veliko Zhelev is held; WCC-DB retains wafer-thin poll lead; DZI wants out of insurance business

Prosecution launches an attack against a political party because of Gazprom deliveries

The indictments of ex-Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov and two of his associates for mismanagement of the gas crisis of April 2022 lie on shaky grounds

The Cult of Nexo

How the Bulgarian company convinced itself, its employees and its customers that all accusations against it were a conspiracy - or FUD

The week: Some good vibes for Christmas; Lukoil suddenly is very cooperative; The curious case of Bulsatcom

Last K Insights newsletter for 2022

Day in 3 news: Revival could recognize Russian referendums; Weak interest in gov’t securities; Spas Rusev buys Bulsatcom

Day in 3 news: Radev’s cabinet loses support; Bulgarians get quick but expensive care; BG taps Lukoil as EU embargo on Russian fuel nears

What’s cooking before the 2 October snap vote?

The new political season kicks off with smear campaigns, corruption allegations and president’s interference that would likely result in yet another fragmented parliament unable to support a government coalition

Day in 3 news: Bulgargaz gets 800 million BGN state loan, Fewer parties in next parliament: Market Links poll, Cabinet announces next steps for OECD application

Radev to starts talks on third mandate Friday; Bulgaria is No 1 in Europe for industrial production in May; GERB and WCC vie for first spot: poll

The week: Petkov’s tough choice, 70 (more or less) Russian diplomats & budget debacle

Strange protests and even stranger anti-inflation measures, plus the new owner of the Maritza Iztok - 3 coal power plant

Protest for the sake of protesting, Italian soldiers are welcomed and a new owner for the second largest TPP in Bulgaria

Day in 3 news: Q1 2022 economic growth is 4.5%:NSI, Inflation reaches 14,4% in April, Sofia’s strike will not prove too disruptive, mayor promises

Is the coalition going to survive? Six obstacles ahead

The four-party coalition wants to bury the rising number of contentious topics confronting it - but this can only work for a while

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

The day in 3 news: US offers Bulgaria a new deal for 8 more F-16s, Inflation to hit 10.4%, State plans new gov’t bonds auction after last one fails