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The week: The hottest destination - the Black Sea
The best municipality in Bulgaria, Local authorities are on the verge of disaster, A bike plant turns into a concrete one

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

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

Cycling by the Danube: a Bulgarian adventure for the fit
At the end of every summer, the Danube Ultra cyclocross brings together hundreds of adventure lovers who cross Bulgaria's northern border by bike

Ruse truck parking scheme: Taki’s shadow at the Bulgarian-Romanian border
The private truck parking facility was launched by the municipality of Ruse and is linked to the same entities controlling the Kapitan Andreevo crossing at Bulgaria's border with Turkey

Is a GERB and MRF coalition brewing?
The governing formula that will come out of the 9 June elections is unclear, but one possibility looms large

The week: A second private border?
A private Schengen, Elections loom again, How hard is it to buy trains

A smuggler for a day: how migrants pass through Bulgaria
The story of a driver who transported refugees via the black market in Telegram

Gas tax for Schengen freedom? A last-ditch attempt to break the Austrian deadlock
The leaders of the parliamentary majority drop the controversial fee in exchange for last-minute entry into the free travel zone, but full membership is unlikely

The biggest construction companies: boom in real estate, slump in road building
The top 40 companies have an average revenue growth of just 4%, unlike all other thriving sectors

The week: The mystery of the Bulgarian housing market
The (very) strange Bulgarian housing market, a not so strange election and a bag of coke

How 400 million levs in uncollected fines contribute to Bulgaria’s road carnage
The lack of control and sanctions to enforce the right-of-way for pedestrians at crosswalks lead to less revenue for the state - and more casualties

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: How to revive the cities, 3 trends to follow, Varna’s polluted beaches
K Insights newsletter 01/09

The week: First red flags for the new majority, Geshev’s last stand and a dead man crossing borders
Is the second "historic compromise" going to end up like the first?

The week: No, Bulgaria is not bankrupt - just dangerously populist
Money, guns and bloody populism (+ a really good book)