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The week: Some good vibes for Christmas; Lukoil suddenly is very cooperative; The curious case of Bulsatcom
Last K Insights newsletter for 2022

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

The week: The hypocrisy of the Dutch, The Paper coalition and you can speed for free here
K Insights look at what's going on for the week

The week: Weapons promises, foreign agents and budget in the red
Guns for Ukraine - it’s official, sort of; Still no government in sight, a nuclear reactor is shut off

Another stalemate looms for Bulgaria
The next parliament will likely bring no resolution to the ongoing political crisis with 6-8 parties engaging in doomed horsetrading

Single-bid tenders: how Bulgarian municipalities distribute money
58% of local government tenders and almost 65% of the money, or nearly half a billion levs, are distributed through controversial auctions

Budget 2023: red lights everywhere
The next government will have several options: raising taxes, increasing the deficit and debt, or reforming spending

Co-working spaces: Rising from the ashes of the pandemic
Alternatives to "normal" office spaces have emerged from the last two years stronger than ever and are popping up all over Bulgaria

Kadri Simson: Replacing all Russian gas immediately is impossible, cutting consumption must be part of our strategy
The EU Energy Policy Commissioner talks to Capital weekly about the risk of a complete cut-off from Russian gas - and what the EU plans to do about it

The week: "Year Zero" for anti-corruption, new cabinet or new elections, the quick end of the Gemcorp memorandum
Captured state fights back, gas storage slowly fills up and a skyscraper that is not

October elections or a surprise with mandate #3: What’s next for Bulgarian politics?
After WCC failed to gain sufficient support to form a new cabinet, early elections are the most likely scenario

The week: The best place to start fighting the corruption, Don’t count a coalition before it’s hatched, Crypto collapse
A fatal crash exposes depth of state capture, No gov’t + crypto layoffs and M&As

Business in Bulgaria can start using solar energy a lot easier
A new bill allows photovoltaic installations up to 5 megawatts for one’s own use

How a small plane flew over 7 countries and landed in Bulgaria without permission
The mystery of the phantom aircraft is a stress test for Bulgarian national security - which the state is so far failing

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