The week: No country for the old

The young have made it through, The rotation is now a centrifuge, Bulgarian football goes for old

The day in 3 news: Denkov Dismisses Protesting Farmers; Bojanov's Life and Death Probed; Burgas Introduces Dog Patrol Project

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

K Insights newsletter 26/05

Houston, we have a (coalition and inflation) problem - but also a Resilience plan, at last

Ceaseless troubles for the ruling majority; more, yet pricier F-16s on the way & downgraded GDP forecast

Day in 3 news: Justice Minister to demand Geshev’s resignation, Bank deposits surpass 100 bln BGN in December, Bulgaria among leading sports goods exporters

A step away from OECD membership

Bulgaria has a real chance to become one of six new members of the "club of mostly rich countries" soon

The day in 3 news: Peevski rails at US sanctions, Ryanair adds routes from Sofia, Six startups join Visa’s fintech program

No court oversight, no extradition

Why EU states ought not to execute European arrest warrants issued by Bulgaria - and how this is related to the lack of reform of the State Prosecution

A slap from across the ocean, a 4.2% drop in GDP and are there really so many vandals around here

The gambling war

The attack on gambling tycoon Vasil Bozhkov is yet another example of how politics and business in Bulgaria are intertwined

Bulgaria gliding on the waves of the economic cycle

The local economy continues to move in sync with European trends, while opportunities for reforms slowly dwindle

Economic outlook for Bulgaria remains (relatively) rosy

The chances of an impending recession are slim, the country’s forecast looks good compared to rising pessimism in Europe

Budget misspending

Reform of public spending in a changing global environment

Brussels abandons push for reforms in Bulgaria’s justice system

The European Commission decided that 13 years of tutoring without progress are enough

Is Eurozone entry slipping away from Bulgaria?

Bulgaria may face fresh obstacles on its path towards the Eurozone and the Banking Union

Why doesn’t VW want to park in Bulgaria?

Europe’s largest automaker, Volkswagen, has yet to decide where to build its new production facility but Turkey seems favorite

Fast Reads

Bulgaria’s rocky path to the euro

Sofia received a formal promise to join the euro, but it will need to follow a longer procedure in comparison with earlier applicants

Five Years After

Bulgaria’s will to protest might seem exhausted in the years following the summer of 2013, but dissatisfaction with the country’s politics still simmers

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