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.

Over 40% of businesses expect 2025 to be worse – BIA survey

Glavchev’s caretaker cabinet has the approval of 21% of respondents, the judiciary garners only 1%, trust in parliament stands at 0%

The week: Schengen will transform Bulgaria, Business says it will die without state aid, What’s an Old Style Church?

Is Bulgaria becoming a liability for the EU?

Corruption and the (mal)functioning of the judiciary are no longer national problems - they also concern Europe

The week: Bulgaria's population is going to grow in 2025, There might be a government soon, Trading babies for grain

K Insights 20/12

The day in 3 news: 10% domestic electricity price hike likely in New Year; Sarafov stirs tensions with political moves; Mining sector rails against tax change

The week: A map of industrial brilliance

Factory of the Year is Solvay, Bulgaria loses some European money, How to destroy a 2000-year-old Basilica

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

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

The week: Water under the mountain

We destroyed the largest battery we had, Why Bulgaria is stuck, A tax amnesty on the horizon

Lukoil: outbidding Bulgarian business is just starting

More than a dozen contestants, including KazMunayGas, Socar and MOLD, still vie for the future of the Russian group's assets in the country

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: WCC-DB would not back Borissov as PM; Negative business climate; Guaranteed loan for Chaira repairs

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: dm Bulgaria goes big in 2025; API’s secretive 2.5 billion tenders; Chiren repairs under threat