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Peevski prepares to be second political force
This would mean increased pressure on local and central governments, as well as on large parts of the business community

Radev asks for a euro referendum, but parliament likely to stop it
The President notably chose Europe Day for the announcement, which comes a month before the convergence report

Household electricity prices will continue to depend on the state
Bulgaria can now delay electricity market liberalization for years after a deal with the EC

The week: An eagle has finally landed. Is it too late?
Defense modernization in slow motion, GDP crawls up towards EU average and a Discoverer+ supercomputer

Ruling majority passes a record budget for 2025 with Peevski’s backing
VAT registration threshold drops to 100,000 levs. The government plans to draw 18.9 billion levs of debt this year

The week: And justice for all?
The democratic facade comes crumbling down, an AI factory is coming, and hopefully, some trains at last

The week: Borissov returns, Euro is around the corner, And Trakia highway is the deadliest in Europe
K insights newsletter 17/01

Finally a regular cabinet: a strange GERB-led coalition
TISP and BSP join forces with their nominal top nemesis and, with the help of Dogan’s MRF, push through an ordinary government

Draft Budget 2025 Stuck in Limbo
For now, there is no parliamentary majority to advance the controversial draft budget of the caretaker cabinet to a vote.

The week: Drained to zero
Bulgaria loves a scam, Big trouble brews for TurkStream and a Romanian Tik-Tok warning

The week: Water under the mountain
We destroyed the largest battery we had, Why Bulgaria is stuck, A tax amnesty on the horizon

The Week: Has the "Peevski spell" been broken, Business climate turns sour, Sofia bans dirty cars
K Insights Newsletter 01/11

Seventh vote, eight* parties, little chance of a stable gov’t
The 27 October early national election produced few surprises and the most fragmented parliament in Bulgarian history, but is unlikely to herald a stable outcome

The week: The worst believers in the world, A historical debacle, John Malkovich enrages Bulgarian writers
K Insights Newsletter 25/10

Elections #7: The only campaign is the parallel state one
Parties are engaged in lackluster, almost absent electioneering, while the only real confrontation is between the two MRFs