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

RUBIN GLASS has established itself as a preferred and reliable European partner*

Nikolay Mochev, CEO of Rubin Trading, tells Capital Weekly

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

Bulgaria Edges Closer to Euro Adoption with Inflation Target within Reach

Bulgaria is on the verge of meeting the price stability criterion and can now request an extraordinary report from its European partners

Over 40% of businesses expect 2025 to be worse – BIA survey

Glavchev’s caretaker cabinet has the approval of 21% of respondents, the judiciary garners only 1%, trust in parliament stands at 0%

The year: 2025 is here with open borders, electricity cuts, gas shortages, and a hope for peace

K Insights: 03/01/25

Day in 3 news: GERB and DB step closer to coalition deal; Traffic jams likely on Hemus, American fuel in Kozloduy

Day in 3 news: Parliament in deadlock until Friday; Sofia mayor responds to Spasi Sofia; Ministry of Education proposes patriotism classes

The week: Less hate, more business, We're finally connected to Greece, And Ruse is a real-estate outlier

Day in 3 news: US backs Bulgarian energy project; Denkov hands back second mandate; Dogan’s MRF wing is ready for political talks

AI can help quality journalism be an even stronger growth business

Financial Times CEO on why quality journalism is here to stay in the age of AI and the key role of the FT Sofia product and development team in the company’s growth strategy

The week: Dispatches from the frontlines of the heat war

Bulgaria bakes, coal TPPs fire up and no Anti-Peevski front forms

Day in 3 news: Church chooses new Patriarch; Rosen Zhelyazkov nominated for PM, Natural gas price for July contracts by 2.43%

Ursula von der Leyen in Plovdiv, or "In Bulgaria, EPP is GERB"

The leading candidate of the largest European party visited Boyko Borissov at a GERB election event in Plovdiv

The week: Is CEE turning into Latin America, The return of GERB is (almost) complete, Sofia's got trouble

K Insights newsletter: 17/05

The week: Why we no longer need EU cash

Who needs Europe's money? Or a Foreign Minister? Kozloduy gets US nuclear fuel

Who is who in the Glavchev cabinet and what comes next

The caretaker gov’t is dominated by GERB and MRF cadres, which are bound to restore the status quo

The day in 3 news: Lower Interest Rates, Bank Activity High; Tagarev Sends Major Aid to Ukraine Amid Criticism; 6th Bulgarian Spy Charged In Britain

The rotation is coming: What’s next for the (non)coalition?

Despite shakeups, it appears that "the assemblage" of GERB and WCC-DB, backed by MRF, will soldier on after 6 March - with some slight recalibrations