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Half a billion under the rocks, or what happened to landslide fortification procurements
How the state forked out 240 million levs for the completion of just three out of 84 projects

The week: Belgrade, Budapest and the perils of short-memory
Fires and revolutions in the Balkans; A 3 bln leva road, and VMware sheds a thousand workers

The week: Why cities need problem-solving capabilities
The capability gap, Euro (still) on the horizon, More state aid for business

The week: The Romanian way
The boom on the other side of the Danube, Where did 4 billion leva go, the biggest Renter in Sofia

The week: The trick with the migrant scare
Don’t let the news fool you, How flat should a tax be, and a Bishop dreams of heading the Church

The week: 3 focal points to watch out for post-Schengen
Bulgaria gets a half-Schengen, Peevski gets a half party, and something awful is going on in the police

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

The blockade of the Danube Bridge
The estimated value of the repairs is BGN 21 million and will take 2 years to finish. Meanwhile, there is no alternative route

The week: "Year Zero" for anti-corruption, new cabinet or new elections, the quick end of the Gemcorp memorandum
Captured state fights back, gas storage slowly fills up and a skyscraper that is not

The week: The closed sea, the doubling of the toll system and the end of the pandemic
K insights: we look for good city ideas to finance and we have a special report on the Tech sector

The abandoned roads of Bulgaria
The Struma tragedy is unique in scale, but follows years of negligence and poor oversight

The week: Is Bulgaria the limp pig of EU regulation, coal is (still) here, minimum wage surpasses Montenegro
Also: New Parliament is up, as well as the new 12 bn. Leva Plan

The Black Wednesday: Taking its Toll
The first of a series of publications about the corruption that has plagued Bulgaria. How the state allowed gaps in the Road Toll system that cost taxpayers millions

The week: Kings of corruption named, Fresh start looms, 5 companies got 400 million euro from the budget
K insights 04/06: budget swings back to negative, Sin Cars get funding

Russia is back, Parliament is stuck, universities and politics don't mix well, and Sofia Airport is now private
K Insights 23/04: Some problems in the budget and a hope for sunshine in North Macedonia