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What stands behind the arcane $1 billion investment memorandum with Gemcorp and IP3 funds?
Kapital Insights sheds light on the main points of the controversial memorandum signed by the two investment funds and the government

Gov’t teeters on brink after six stormy months
With TISP pledging to support GERB’s vote of no-confidence next week and the ruling coalition at least six MPs short of keeping its majority, Petkov’s cabinet looks terminal

The week: The private border of Bulgaria and the EU, are we still on track for the euro and a stellar year for banks (so far)
K Insights 03/06: what happened with the refugees

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

The real influence of Russia in Bulgaria, part 2: The real players
In the second article of a two-part series, KInsights explores how Putin’s war in Ukraine exposed that Bulgarian politics remains hostage to a powerful pro-Kremlin network holding key positions in the state

The real influence of Russia in Bulgaria, part 1: How it works and who is behind it
In this two-part series, KInsights explores how Putin’s war in Ukraine exposed that Bulgarian politics remains hostage to a powerful pro-Kremlin network holding key positions in the state

Tanks, refugees and unicorns - last week was one to remember
The Russian counterattack in the EU and Bulgaria is just starting. We have a unicorn startup, though

The week: Call them by their names, planes to Skopje and Bangkok, and the Recovery plan is back
F-16 are not on the horizon, while trains are

Getting rid of Geshev, Tsatsarov and the specialized courts: What’s up with the judicial reform
The new authorities appear committed to oust the acting Prosecutor General, repair the anti-corruption organs and eliminate specialized magistracy

The year in politics - and what to expect in 2022
Bulgaria underwent its most turbulent year in the new century - and more upheavals seem sure to come next year

After seven months, Bulgaria gets a regular cabinet
Kiril Petkov will lead the coalition gov’t of four parties, promising judicial reform, zero corruption and untapping the country’s economic potential

Yanis Varoufakis: Bulgaria's entry into the eurozone would be a mistake
The thinker, writer and ex-Greek finance minister talks to K Insights on the EU and why the Recovery and Resilience package was a mistake

What the caretaker gov’t did - and where it faltered
Stefan Yanev’s first cabinet exposed many of the previous administration’s flawed practices but failed to fix many of them

The week: Is Bulgaria the limp pig of EU regulation, coal is (still) here, minimum wage surpasses Montenegro
Also: New Parliament is up, as well as the new 12 bn. Leva Plan

A month without Borissov: something is rotten in the state of Bulgaria
State bank funding oligarchs, state firms funnelling billions into cartels and secret services loyal to the party rather than the state - these are just part of GERB’s corrupt legacy

A slap from across the ocean: US sanctions Delyan Peevski, Vasil Bozhkov, and Ilko Zhelyazkov
These actions represent the largest single act of sanctions in the history of the Magnitsky Act, targeting these three individuals and their networks encompassing 64 enterprises for "significant corruption"

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