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Is Bulgaria the weak link in Europe’s fight against Russian disinformation?
Pro-Kremlin propaganda has been flooding the country for years, fracturing the social fabric and offering a fruitful environment for the spread of disinformation

An Indian tale about Bulgarian internet
Nikolay Gorchilov, Victor Frances and Plamen Petkov introduce the Bulgarian internet model to India through the provider Excitel, which already has over half a million subscribers

The unexpected digital champion of the state, how Zelensky saved Bulgaria’s government and flights to Skopje are in danger
Village life resuscitated, Zelensky finds fighting formula for our coalition and short-haul flights are in jeopardy

The end of the free press is the beginning of wars
Independent journalism in democratic societies is one of the most important barriers to autocracy

If you can’t silence them, SLAPP them: a new wave of judicial attacks hits Bulgarian media
Court cases targeting critical journalists and publications intensify

Bulgarian National Radio has something important to tell you
The radio is key in the fight for press freedom but two years of leadership crisis have distracted it from its purpose

The Week: The inevitable fifth wave, the surf-master Radev and the boom of online retail
K Insights 22/10: grocery stores flourish while clothes shops go under

How superstition proved stronger than vaccines in Bulgaria
Kapital Insights and Friedrich Naumann Foundation present the second installment of "The Chronicles of the Infodemic"

The week: The Belarus summer of Bulgaria, a minister’s Canadian link and a coming new lockdown
K insights 20/08: Inflation quickens; COVID cases rise

Vaccines, disinformation and Bulgaria
Kapital Insights and Friedrich Naumann Foundation present "The Chronicles of the Infodemic"

The Black Wednesday: Integrated Public Transport "Through The Looking Glass"
A 57-million euro project for better urban transport infrastructure that was due for completion in 2016, but still isn’t fully operational to this day

The lost decade of Bulgaria
The governments of Boyko Borissov promised reform, but instead created an apparatus for extortion and clientelism

Journalists SLAPPed, threatened and pressured; cabinet purges "kalinki", while Left and Right gear up for elections
The troubles of being a journalist in Bulgaria, every final decision is penultimate and who are the ladybirds of the administration

A tale from the (still) captured state, new elections and the Russians are coming... for now
K Insights 07/05: there are money for COVID-measures until June; who is the largest builder in Bulgaria

Silence of the masters
The refusal of those in power to talk to the media risks further eroding what little public trust both still enjoy

The elections are finally here, World Bank and the US criticize Bulgaria, tourism is down 70%
K Insights 02/04: the lockdown ends; how to buy something that doesn't have a price