Bulgaria enters Schengen area by air and sea

What does this mean for the country?

The week: Fly, don't float - Bulgaria enters Schengen

Schengen entry is upon us, Who wants to be a Prime Minister, A very rich church

The day in 3 news: Record cocaine haul in Burgas port; Petkov: GERB barred crucial reforms; Winter saw slowdown in housing prices

The day in 3 news: GERB to announce cabinet decision by noon tomorrow, Georgi Ivanov-Gonzo heads BFU, Seven Bulgarian sailors captured by pirates rescued

The day in 3 news: Domuschiev’s cocaine ship released; Ministry of Education to investigate Shkolo sale; Vbox7 videos deleted

Bulgaria in 2023: The year in review

KInsights’ chronology of a turbulent year - and on what’s to come

The week: The year ends on a high with a Budget and a Constitution, A ship company in trouble, and Russia gets slapped twice

K Insights Newsletter 22/12

The day in 3 news: EC approves Sofia’s energy plans; 500kg cocaine found on Bulgarian ship; Bozhkov again accuses Borissov and Peevski

The day in 3 news: Bulgarian ship could be hijacked; Lucrative year for fuel exports; ‘Affordable’ scheme cuts prices

The day in 3 news: Lukoil and cabinet battle over oil derogation; Borissov supports minister over football riots; Two Bulgarians held after vessel is hijacked

The day in 3 news: Cabinet targets restaurants; Russian boat in Black Sea crash; Peevski to lead MRF in parliament

Gov’t rushes through long-delayed modernization projects

Both the purchase of anti-ship rockets and armored vehicles might happen via direct negotiations with sellers instead of bids, which brings risks

The week: More than one storm brewing in the Black Sea, Brussels’ pressure and TurkStream revelations

Bulgaria, where natural catastrophes meet ungovernability

BHTC plans further expansion in Bulgaria, 1 bln levs turnover in five years

The German manufacturer of automotive climate control systems will invest a further 10 to 20 million euro in its plant near Sofia

The day in 3 news: WCC-DB proposes constitutional reform; Military factories earn less; Arena Burgas to open after 8-year project

Fuel exports to Ukraine: neither secret, nor through Lukoil

Bulgaria sold a record volume of fuels to Ukraine in 2022

The Day in 3 News: Bulgaria starts buying American nuclear fuel, Road vignettes get cheaper, Vera Su sold

Day in 3 news: Caretaker cabinet ministers outline priorities, Regional Minister: Greece gas connection not halted, Low water level on Danube stalls shipping

Bulgaria: further away from Russia’s claws, but still close enough

An unprecedented diplomatic row between Russia and Bulgaria as the latter plunged into a political crisis

Beating plowshares back into swords

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might finally prompt the rearmament of Bulgaria’s military which has all but stalled in the past three decades