The week: And justice for all?

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

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

K Insights newsletter 07/03

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 day in 3 news: Russian influence spurs young to vote; Nick Cave set for Plovdiv in August; Bulgarian real estate BLD enters Poland

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

K insights newsletter 17/01

Finally a regular cabinet: a strange GERB-led coalition

TISP and BSP join forces with their nominal top nemesis and, with the help of Dogan’s MRF, push through an ordinary government

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.

The week: Schengen will transform Bulgaria, Business says it will die without state aid, What’s an Old Style Church?

The day in 3 news: Sarafov hearing set for 16 January; Parliament still gridlocked after another failed vote for speaker; University SLAPPs ex-teacher with 650,000 levs claim

Day in 3 News: Ninth attempt to select parliament speaker collapses; Prosecution lets Putinist investigate Gebrev poisoning; Faith in current political model eroding: Radev

The week: Drained to zero

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

Day in 3 News: Bulgaria inches closer to full Schengen membership; Still no parliament speaker; MFA protests ICC’s Netanyahu arrest warrant

The week: Water under the mountain

We destroyed the largest battery we had, Why Bulgaria is stuck, A tax amnesty on the horizon

Day in 3 News: 4th failure to elect parliament speaker; Mariya Gabriel to head Robert Schuman Foundation; Chaira repairs procurement fails again

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

The Week: Has the "Peevski spell" been broken, Business climate turns sour, Sofia bans dirty cars

K Insights Newsletter 01/11

Seventh vote, eight* parties, little chance of a stable gov’t

The 27 October early national election produced few surprises and the most fragmented parliament in Bulgarian history, but is unlikely to herald a stable outcome

The week: The worst believers in the world, A historical debacle, John Malkovich enrages Bulgarian writers

K Insights Newsletter 25/10

Elections #7: The only campaign is the parallel state one

Parties are engaged in lackluster, almost absent electioneering, while the only real confrontation is between the two MRFs

Bulgaria’s 2025 Budget Faces Challenges with a Significant Expenditure Overrun

Budget revenues are growing at a much slower pace than expenditures, while EU funds remain elusive for now