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Radev asks for a euro referendum, but parliament likely to stop it
The President notably chose Europe Day for the announcement, which comes a month before the convergence report

Bulgaria's 2025 Budget Draft: Eurozone Aspirations vs. Fiscal Realities
Huge increases in projected expenditures face unclear sources of revenues.

The week: Bulgarian politicians "flip the pancake"
Sofia cozies up to the new US administration, F-16 bill swells further and Energy Exchange gets a new boss

You scream, I scream, but no ice cream: Unilever abandons Bulgarian production plant
The second biggest ice cream producer shuts doors

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

Finally a regular cabinet: a strange GERB-led coalition
TISP and BSP join forces with their nominal top nemesis and, with the help of Dogan’s MRF, push through an ordinary government

Is Bulgaria becoming a liability for the EU?
Corruption and the (mal)functioning of the judiciary are no longer national problems - they also concern Europe

The Schengen effect: What changes with full membership?
The borders will be open on 1 January 2025, but Bulgaria’s infrastructure will have a hard time absorbing all the traffic

The week: Drained to zero
Bulgaria loves a scam, Big trouble brews for TurkStream and a Romanian Tik-Tok warning

The week: Schengen on the horizon
Good news, at last, The regional divide grows bigger, Bulgargaz is bankrupt

Circumventing the "natural crossroad": Sofia is losing the fight for Corridor 8
Bulgaria’s abdication regarding its international affairs will soon make it obsolete and isolated

The Week: Has the "Peevski spell" been broken, Business climate turns sour, Sofia bans dirty cars
K Insights Newsletter 01/11

Parliament Begins Debates on the Euro Introduction Law. The New Target is July 1, 2025
Deputies will require institutions to finalize technical preparations by March 2025 and approve all regulations by December 2024

As wage hikes drive economic growth in Bulgaria, inflation fails to meet euro adoption criterion
GDP grows by 1.7% in the first quarter, an increase of between 2% and 3% is forecast for this year