The week: Drained to zero

Bulgaria loves a scam, Big trouble brews for TurkStream and a Romanian Tik-Tok warning

Day in 3 News: Borissov no longer wants to be PM; Court reviews calls for election annulment; Housing loan growth surges

Day in 3 News: No parliamentary speaker yet; 2nd bid to elect chair of Supreme Administrative Court; Cloud Office expands

Bulgaria’s 2025 Budget: We Have a Problem

Instead of voting for more populism-driven spending, parliament has to consider unpopular measures to tighten state finances

The week: Schengen on the horizon

Good news, at last, The regional divide grows bigger, Bulgargaz is bankrupt

Day in 3 news: Peevski’s supporters protest; Stoyan Mavrodiev faces arrest warrant; Exports decline

The day in 3 news: Lukoil selling, but not sold yet; Payhawk reports growth despite operating losses; Ex-Internal Minister Rashkov urges preemptive measures on vote-buying

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria reacts to Trump win; Water shortage possible over the next year; Lukoil Neftochim Burgas nears sale

The day in 3 news: GERB cites speaker as precondition for talks; Bank profits slow; Deal signed for Kozloduy Units 7 and 8

The Week: Has the "Peevski spell" been broken, Business climate turns sour, Sofia bans dirty cars

K Insights Newsletter 01/11

Day in 3 News: Sofia bans polluting cars from center; Amundi reports 1.08 billion euro in assets in Bulgaria; Peevski calls national council to expel Dogan from MRF

Day in 3 news: "Only" 8 parties in parliament after Velichie miss threshold; Bulgartransgaz records 200% revenue growth; Changes to tax laws enter parliament in November

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

The day in 3 news: GERB likely election winner but 2nd place is close; UBB offers investors new service; YouTube Vlogger quizzed by police

Rising Wages, Lagging Productivity: The End of Bulgaria’s Cheap Labor Advantage

Income growth in Bulgaria outpaces labor productivity by far, signaling the end of the low-cost labor model

The day in 3 news: TSP is election top spender; GDP growth in 2023 was underwhelming; Fantastico expands in Sofia

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

The week: The Romanian way

The boom on the other side of the Danube, Where did 4 billion leva go, the biggest Renter in Sofia

The day in 3 news: NAP reports dip in business revenues; Peevski, Dogan rift deepens; Location no longer pivotal for real estate