The week: A coalition is (still) born, a mobster is killed, and a Booker is won

K Insights newsletter 26/05

The day in 3 news: Geshev removal procedure begins; Krasimir Kamenov murdered in South Africa; Dronamics drone flies at last

The day in 3 news: Pathway to prosecute Geshev approved; No cabinet, no budget is Borissov’s new ultimatum; Unemployment falls below 5% in Q1

The week: The captured state unravels, Mariya Gabriel gets a bad deal, while arms producers had a very good year

The country didn’t break. It was already broken

Geshev throws down gauntlet to Borissov after resignation call

PM-nominee Mariya Gabriel’s proposal to oust the Prosecutor General plunges the institution into civil war

The week: A prosecutor-general heads out, an EUcommissioner comes in, and an American president drops by

The day in 3 news: Geshev bomb suspects known to MIA; GERB’s PM-designate fails to sway parties; Burgas introduces automated garbage

The day in 3 news: Geshev’s "terror attack" account is challenged; New tax proposal riles business; Petkov says GERB has few choices

Bulgarian diesel exports to Ukraine slow down after initial flourish

The secrets behind the Bulgarian export lies in various local players

The week: Borissov is back, The Yellow brick road of sorrow and the electoral queen from Varna

K Insights newsletter 07/04

The day in 3 news: Pollsters predict knife-edge result on Sunday; Kovesi probes BGN 1 billion worth of abuses; Changes in FMFIB management

The week: No, Bulgaria is not bankrupt - just dangerously populist

Money, guns and bloody populism (+ a really good book)

What happened to Bulgaria’s largest builder?

Veliko Zhelev, the boss of infrastructure giant Hirdrostroy, was briefly arrested last week for harassing an employee. Is there more to this story than meets the eye?

The day in 3 news: CoE backs Zarkov’s Prosecutor General’s oversight bill; Industrial production contracts in January; MRF, Vazrazhdane vie for 3rd spot: Gallup

The day in 3 news: Building boss Veliko Zhelev is held; WCC-DB retains wafer-thin poll lead; DZI wants out of insurance business

The week: The sheriff is in town, where does all the asphalt go, and Telus won’t tell on us anymore

A thunder in the sky of dust

EU prosecutors pursue Kovachki-linked coal plants

Coal-powered plants with connections to controversial "consultant" Hristo Kovachki are accused of reporting falsified EU carbon allowances

How did Bulgaria get so expensive?

Record costs of essential foods have been driven by uncertainty in the supply chain, speculation, rising wages and inelastic demand

Prosecution launches an attack against a political party because of Gazprom deliveries

The indictments of ex-Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov and two of his associates for mismanagement of the gas crisis of April 2022 lie on shaky grounds

The new Magnitsky sanctions for Bulgaria: Who has been named and why

The US continues its anti-corruption pressure in tandem with the UK, by adding two former ministers, two former MPs and an energy official to the list