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Bulgaria's Euro Switch: Myth vs Reality
No, the lev/euro rate isn't changing, the currency reserves won't be plundered, and prices won't double.

Is Bulgaria becoming a liability for the EU?
Corruption and the (mal)functioning of the judiciary are no longer national problems - they also concern Europe

Bulgaria’s 2025 Budget: We Have a Problem
Instead of voting for more populism-driven spending, parliament has to consider unpopular measures to tighten state finances

The week: The worst believers in the world, A historical debacle, John Malkovich enrages Bulgarian writers
K Insights Newsletter 25/10

The week: Rumors of Bulgarian extinction are greatly exaggerated
For once, good demographic news; gambling ban - better late than never and a big mining investment

The week: Why we no longer need EU cash
Who needs Europe's money? Or a Foreign Minister? Kozloduy gets US nuclear fuel

Who wants a free market? Bulgaria postpones wholesale electricity market liberalization
Meanwhile, households will have missed the optimum moment for liberalization because electricity prices are currently at their lowest

The week: How hard is it to buy trains?
The train won't be coming, The free electricity market neither, And the new Constitution is a mess

Top 25 agricultural machinery dealers increase revenue by a third in 2022
All the importers in the top 25 have registered a profitable year

100 to 0: How Bulgaria went from a historical net exporter of electricity to a net importer
The change in dynamics is evident and there is enough reasons to guess that Bulgaria made a big mistake

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%

The week: No, Bulgaria is not bankrupt - just dangerously populist
Money, guns and bloody populism (+ a really good book)

Another parliament bites the dust. What did it accomplish?
The 48th National Assembly will be remembered for the laws it failed to pass rather than for any meaningful breakthroughs

Dangerous games with state money
The caretaker cabinet unveiled shocking expectations for high deficit and debt bills in the 2023 budget

The risks in front of Bulgaria’s 2023 budget
With or without a regular government in place, the new parliament can vote on Budget 2023 but probably it will not have the will to cut spending

Bulgaria in crisis: 5 risks caused by the political chaos
The post-election deadlock might consign the country to EU backwater status

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