The week: Two questions about the Real Estate market, A big battery boost is coming, Casino economy

Newsletter 25/04: Everyone is either building or buying

Nip-Tuck RRP investments: which projects remain and which are dropped

Plumbing for small settlements, the new train system and the 112 emergency number are among the projects dropped. Other investments worth BGN 2 billion remain in the "risk group"

The week: EU funds: the rise of the cities

A quiet financial revolution, An ex-minister indictment gone wrong, Paying for your religion

The day in 3 news: MECH could be restored to parliament; Business demands police reforms; Massive cocaine haul on banana shipment in Burgas

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

K Insights newsletter 07/03

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

Bulgaria's 2025 Budget Draft: Eurozone Aspirations vs. Fiscal Realities

Huge increases in projected expenditures face unclear sources of revenues.

Day in 3 news: United Group exits non-EU markets; Sofia’s waste collection contracts up for grabs; Bulgarian Minister under fire for attending Russian event

NEK’s new batteries

The state energy company will upgrade its portfolio with energy storage systems for several hydropower plants, and part of the financing has been secured

Day in 3 news: Deputy PM sceptical about Recovery Plan payment; BSP seeks cap on hikes of staple foods; Healthy Bars to build new factory worth 40 m

2024: Bulgaria collapses as electricity exporter

The country has produced record amounts of solar electricity, but is losing market share and is increasingly less competitive due to sluggish reforms in the sector.

The day in 3 news: Hydropower plants fitted with energy storage systems; Lukoil’s Bulgarian assets up for sale; Zero tolerance for train accidents in safety overhaul

The week: Borissov returns, Euro is around the corner, And Trakia highway is the deadliest in Europe

K insights newsletter 17/01

Draft Budget 2025 Stuck in Limbo

For now, there is no parliamentary majority to advance the controversial draft budget of the caretaker cabinet to a vote.

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

The economy - more of the same, but somehow different

Normalization of inflation to relatively low levels increases the country's chances of fulfilling the Maastricht criteria and entering the eurozone.

State bets on 2.8% economic growth and lower wage increases in 2025

Public spending will underpin higher growth rates, private consumption will slow down

The day in 3 news: 2025 Draft Budget: A risky path forward; Threat to halt gas transit for Gazprom over debt; Proposed VAT changes for property sales

The week: Drained to zero

Bulgaria loves a scam, Big trouble brews for TurkStream and a Romanian Tik-Tok warning

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