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The week: Are parties going to agree on anything, the Azeri gas gambit and BNB cools down crediting
Coalition with GERB? Don’t look at what he says, look at what they do

The week: Borissov is back, The Yellow brick road of sorrow and the electoral queen from Varna
K Insights newsletter 07/04

Parties gear up for another inconclusive vote
The main factions have saved their energy and funds on campaigning in anticipation of the cornerstone autumn municipal vote

What happened to Bulgaria’s largest builder?
Veliko Zhelev, the boss of infrastructure giant Hirdrostroy, was briefly arrested last week for harassing an employee. Is there more to this story than meets the eye?

The week: A tragedy worth uniting for, Plovdiv mayor announces independence and the US ambassador leaves
The better angels of our nature

The week: Borissov’s EU accomplices, Energy woes and 2.25 billion euro in state bonds
EPP’s selective vision of graft in Bulgaria, Deadly police corruption and some good business news

The week: The best place to start fighting the corruption, Don’t count a coalition before it’s hatched, Crypto collapse
A fatal crash exposes depth of state capture, No gov’t + crypto layoffs and M&As

How a small plane flew over 7 countries and landed in Bulgaria without permission
The mystery of the phantom aircraft is a stress test for Bulgarian national security - which the state is so far failing

The week: Sofia emerges on Hi-Tech map, road cartels still hold sway and Bulgarians don’t like Putin anymore
K Insights 21/4: The two roads ahead for Bulgaria and strike season is upon us

What next for Justice reform?
The besieged cabinet has entered an inter-institutional war with the Prosecution, which has the backing of SJC and the parliamentary opposition

The week: 100 days of hell, the missing half a billion and a mysterious crash at a large dam
A baptism of fire, a new port on the Aegean and an ambassador worth throwing out

100 Days in Power: Where is the coalition heading to?
Three months into its mandate, the ruling coalition is splintered and facing a myriad of crises and inter-institutional wars

Borissov’s arrest: What we know so far
The Internal Ministry’s surprise operation against the former PM and high level GERB cadres came just a few hours after the head of the EU Prosecution visited Sofia