Peevski prepares to be second political force

This would mean increased pressure on local and central governments, as well as on large parts of the business community

The week: TurkStream comes back to bite

The looming TurkStream disaster, Bulgaria is on par with Estonia and some (other) good news for digital nomads

The week: Lose your illusions about the euro

The real issue with the euro, Sofia at a standstill, The State enters the retail business

Household electricity prices will continue to depend on the state

Bulgaria can now delay electricity market liberalization for years after a deal with the EC

Day in 3 news: Peevski secures Borissov’s cabinet in no-confidence vote; Smart Organic acquires LoveRaw; Incomes more than household spending

The week: An eagle has finally landed. Is it too late?

Defense modernization in slow motion, GDP crawls up towards EU average and a Discoverer+ supercomputer

Day in 3 news: First no-confidence vote against Zhelyazkov’s government fails; Market Links: MRF-Peevski rises to third place in polls; Sofia Tech Park presents upgraded supercomputer

Ruling majority passes a record budget for 2025 with Peevski’s backing

VAT registration threshold drops to 100,000 levs. The government plans to draw 18.9 billion levs of debt this year

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