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The week: It’s GERB’s election to lose. Again.
Who’s going to run the cities, is there a Recovery Plan at all, what is a Russian-born oligarch doing in Plovdiv

The "Skull" is back: What’s next for fugitive gambling oligarch Vassil Bozhkov
The shady businessman’s self-imposed exile in Dubai ended abruptly - and surprisingly - last Friday

Bulgaria's 2023 Budget: Salary Increases for Public Sector Workers
Following an 11-hour session, Parliament approved various new expenditures, focusing on salary hikes.

The week: Bulgarian politics in meltdown, corruption scandals revived and budget troubles
The unenviable task of trying to explain all this

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

Oliva leads the food and beverage sector
In 2021 food and beverage manufacturers reached their pre-Covid business levels. This year, it’s inflation that is upsetting the market

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

The week: The worst-case post-election scenario, a sock company leaves, Bulgarian football rulers refuse to
K Insights newsletter 30/04

The week: The two types of entrepreneurs, How Nexo affected politics, Bulgaria cashes in on the markets
What stories do we need to tell more

Bulgaria’s undertrained police struggle in the face of an influx of migrant smuggling
Three Internal Ministry officers have died and one is in critical condition after clashes with traffickers and inadequate training and equipment are to blame

The week: The land of the wanna-bes, illegal migration makes a bloody comeback, an ex-mayor goes to prison and a singer squats
Dreams and realities, fences and guns, boxers and singers

The week: Weapons promises, foreign agents and budget in the red
Guns for Ukraine - it’s official, sort of; Still no government in sight, a nuclear reactor is shut off

The decisive month for Bulgaria’s entry into Schengen begins
Bulgaria inches towards becoming the only continental country outside the free travel zone, but there is still a chance for a last-minute realignment

Sofia is becoming software development center for global automotive giants
Visteon, Bosch and Mercedes already have engineering units in Sofia, Volkswagen is exploring the market

Postbank: mortgage loans rise in value, number of applications stable
The bank’s records show an average increase in property prices of 13% y/y in Q1 2022

Monbat sells German lithium-ion battery maker EAS to Britishvolt for 36 million euro
The Bulgarian group will remain indirectly involved with the technology, as part of the payment will be in shares of the British buyer

Four risks for the Bulgarian economy after the collapse of the ruling coalition
Bulgaria shifting away from the eurozone and EU funds, strong regulators and energy reform