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The week: Poles apart
The ungovernable state, a Bulgarian link in the explosive pagers story and Nole’s favorite chalga tune

Sofia Airport’s Terminal 3: Ready by 2031 and worth 500 million levs
The new facility will extend over 65,000 sq. m., will be connected to Terminal 2 and able to accommodate 20 million passengers per year

The Largest Transportation Companies in Bulgaria: Challenges and Growth
Top 20 companies post over 30% increase in revenue

Black Sea tourism to suffer from the war in Ukraine
Bulgarian seaside tourism is already reeling from the tensions in the region, while raising prices by 30%

Transport companies Top 20: coronavirus weighs heavily
Transport is among the top 3 sectors of Bulgaria’s economy affected by Covid-19, with the aviation sector suffering the most

The new owners of Sofia Airport: We have a 100 days plan to change the service
Meridiam fund talks about the fees, the low-cost plans and what will happen with the airport in 10 years time

Journalists SLAPPed, threatened and pressured; cabinet purges "kalinki", while Left and Right gear up for elections
The troubles of being a journalist in Bulgaria, every final decision is penultimate and who are the ladybirds of the administration

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

An era is about to end, a TV showman rises and TurkStream has some dirty secrets
K Insights 09/04 : An earthquake in Bulgarian politics, the economy fares surprisingly well and a Wolf to beware of

The golden passports of Bulgaria; the new lockdown and the elections; how to get a year of free rent
K Insights 19/03: the dirty campaign begins and what is cyberethics

Sofia Airport concessionaire seeks to skip paying fees for the next 10 years
Meridiam has requested the Bulgarian government to defer the payment of the agreed annual concession fee of at least 24.5 million euro until the last decade of its 35-year contract

K Insights: A new must-meet friend in Sofia, pandemic politics, where the road-money goes and a few really big tenders
Weekly newsletter 25-29 January

Is Sofia about to lose some of its air connections
Shortly before the start of its concession contract, state-owned Sofia Airport unveiled a plan to drastically raise its fees. Complaints from the biggest airlines using the airport put the plan on hold until after the general election expected in March.

Meet the cities: The northern island
In spite of its infrastructure woes and the lack of large new investments, Varna remains a point of interest and a city full of subdued energy. It’s time to release that energy and support it.

Landing in Bulgaria: a difficult mission
The country has only three properly functioning civilian airports