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The week: The black-hole constellation
New mayors are in - money is out, who owns the Interior Minister and more chess champions

IT entrepreneur Vasil Terziev is the new Sofia mayor. What does he propose?
His program suggests reforms geared towards transformation of Sofia's governance and infrastructure

What if your business data was stored in an American cloud instead of a European one?
A new EU rule that aims to strengthen digital sovereignty may put smaller European companies relying on the US tech giants at risk

The week: Varna’s promise, Sofia’s divide, WCC's suspicious Brussels move, BG Football's dictator moment
K insights newsletter: 10.11

The week: Bulgaria's coal reckoning - this is not the 80's
Why Stara Zagora is no Yorkshire, what the hell is happening on the housing market and a Bright Mind

The new anti-corruption law in Bulgaria: what you have to know and will it work this time around
The newly established anti-graft institution was approved by Parliament last Thursday, but it is already signposted with red flags

The week: The case of the missing investments, (G)rain of protests, renewables boom
How not to lose another decade

100 days of the Denkov-Gabriel gov’t: what was (not) done?
Beyond its pro-Ukrainian tilt, the cabinet has so far only been noted for its appointment scandals, its dependency on MRF and the absence of promised key reforms

Gov’t rushes through long-delayed modernization projects
Both the purchase of anti-ship rockets and armored vehicles might happen via direct negotiations with sellers instead of bids, which brings risks

The week: More than one storm brewing in the Black Sea, Brussels’ pressure and TurkStream revelations
Bulgaria, where natural catastrophes meet ungovernability

Leaks: How Bulgarian gas mafia and Boyko Borissov made a deal with Putin for Turkstream
The documents depict secret arrangements violating public procurement procedures and obeying Russian corporate interests

N. Macedonia on the rocky road to European integration
The inclusion of Bulgarians in the Basic Law faces a plethora of obstacles

The week: How to revive the cities, 3 trends to follow, Varna’s polluted beaches
K Insights newsletter 01/09

Bulgaria calls new tender for oil and gas exploration in the Black Sea
Black sea is turning into a much wanted gas exploration site, but Bulgaria lacks behind Turkey and Romania

Bulgaria’s backdoor route to reintroduce Russian gas to the EU via Erdogan
A leaked agreement from months ago between Bulgargaz and Botas sparks debates

Czech PPF in talks to sell stake in Yettel Bulgaria to Etisalat
The negotiations are in an early stage and include three more operators in the region but not Bulgaria’s bTV

What’s next for Bulgaria’s coal power plans?
The government is preparing a final recovery plan proposal and is now planning to close 800 MW of coal-fired capacity and limit the capacity of Maritsa East TPPS by 30%

Build the damn roads. Build the damn railways. Do something, for Christ’s sake
Build the roads, search for gas in the sea, a Ukrainian hit-list and Lukoil is in for some trouble