The week: The budget debacle, BETL sink, Schengen opens, GNR to play in Sofia

K Insights 13/12

Day in 3 News: Borissov declines dialogue with WCC-DB; Nationwide protests against violence towards women; Sofia’s air quality worsens

From political to constitutional: Bulgarian caretaker gov’t crisis deepens

President Radev refuses to appoint the Kozhareva cabinet over her insistence on reappointing controversial internal minister Kalin Stoyanov, creating further political turmoil

The day in 3 news: Borissov proposes ‘expert’ government; Electricity price increase of 1.39%; SP withdraws ratings of Plovdiv

How the Half-Baked Constitutional Changes Brought Back GERB

And Other Problems with the Upcoming Early Vote

The day in 3 news: GERB to announce cabinet decision by noon tomorrow, Georgi Ivanov-Gonzo heads BFU, Seven Bulgarian sailors captured by pirates rescued

The week: The Roadmap to Russian energy serfdom

How GERB sold out to Putin (before the war), Rotation stuck and who designs Beyonce’s clothes in BG

The week: What a Big Mac can tell us about the future of Sofia

Sofia gets really expensive, Peevski gets a post, and Real Estate keeps booming

The week: Brace, the rotation is coming

The Suddenly-important Ministry, More Russian spies pop up, and Meta buys a company

Schengen by Air and Sea: What does it mean?

All EU member states approved Bulgaria’s and Romania’s partial entry into the free travel zone from 1 April, but are still to agree on full-blown membership

Rose oil is on its way to becoming a medicinal ingredient

This will open up a new niche and market for the sector, which is currently feeling insecure and still risks damage from controversial European regulations

What will happen to Bulgaria’s oil market after derogation ends?

The debate is whether the derogation should end immediately or not

The week: Bulgaria's coal reckoning - this is not the 80's

Why Stara Zagora is no Yorkshire, what the hell is happening on the housing market and a Bright Mind

What’s next for the Constitutional changes?

Judicial reform via the basic law has been one of the six priorities of the ruling majority - see where it is heading

The week: Did Peevski switch sides, or did the others, Ukrainian grain to flow, Russian oil to stop, NATO comes to Yambol

Our weekly overview

N. Macedonia on the rocky road to European integration

The inclusion of Bulgarians in the Basic Law faces a plethora of obstacles

Eli Skorcheva and Stephan Komandarev’s "Blaga’s Lessons" triumphs at Karlovy Vary

A social thriller about a phone scam dominates the Czech festival

The week: Prigozhin and the fake revival, the new man for Sofia, how to lose a billion

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?

Despite hiccups, Bulgaria is poised to get its first "rotational cabinet"

WCC-DB and GERB managed to broker a compromise after some limited concessions from the reformists