The week: Lose your illusions about the euro

The real issue with the euro, Sofia at a standstill, The State enters the retail business

Radev asks for a euro referendum, but parliament likely to stop it

The President notably chose Europe Day for the announcement, which comes a month before the convergence report

Day in 3 news: President’s referendum bid gets scant support; Executive salaries level off; Kapitan Andreevo border crossing will be renovated for 100 million levs

The week: The fall of Dogan

The end of an Emperor, The return of Belene, Nexo invites Donald Trump Jr

Day in 3 news: Bulgarian housing prices skyrocket, Neterra becomes Starlink distributor, Record number of eMag orders in March

Can Bulgaria become a regional battery hub?

The country has the potential to become a regional leader in energy storage - if it doesn't blow its own chances

Day in 3 news: First no-confidence vote against Zhelyazkov’s government fails; Market Links: MRF-Peevski rises to third place in polls; Sofia Tech Park presents upgraded supercomputer

Day in 3 news: MRF-Dogan will continue backing gov’t, First F-16 arrives, Budget deficit doubles in March

Ruling majority passes a record budget for 2025 with Peevski’s backing

VAT registration threshold drops to 100,000 levs. The government plans to draw 18.9 billion levs of debt this year

The week: Belgrade, Budapest and the perils of short-memory

Fires and revolutions in the Balkans; A 3 bln leva road, and VMware sheds a thousand workers

Bulgaria bets on Israelis to expedite Black Sea gas exploration

OMV Petrom and Israel's NewMed Energy to jointly prospect for gas in the Khan Asparuh block

The week: And justice for all?

The democratic facade comes crumbling down, an AI factory is coming, and hopefully, some trains at last

Constitutional Court declares that state institutions sabotaged election recounting case

The Prosecution has seized all election materials on the case, barring the Court from accessing the data that would allow it to make a final ruling

The day in 3 news: Bureaucratic filibuster to stall budget; Corruption concerns over missing 500 mln. levs; Vote recount result alters Parliament make-up

The week: The subtle art of outsourcing, wasting water and behaving badly

K Insights newsletter 07/03

The Zhelyazkov cabinet program: familiar intentions but nothing reformist

Among the novelties is that the government now aims to increase military spending to 2.5% of GDP

The day in 3 news: Violent protest in Sofia over Eurozone; Bulgaria still on money-laundering watchlist; Setting bad records for inflation

The week: Bulgarian politicians "flip the pancake"

Sofia cozies up to the new US administration, F-16 bill swells further and Energy Exchange gets a new boss

The ruling majority kick-starts shock changes in regulators

GERB, BSP, TISP and MRF-Dogan set in motion procedures to fill the boards of 16 key state bodies in Parliament

The week: The next star on the Bulgarian map

Burgas’ time to shine, politicians vs media&NGOs and Bulgargaz’ troubles deepen