What will happen to Bulgaria’s oil market after derogation ends?

The debate is whether the derogation should end immediately or not

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 week: Varna’s promise, Sofia’s divide, WCC's suspicious Brussels move, BG Football's dictator moment

K insights newsletter: 10.11

The week: No country for new dogs

What Plovdiv teaches us about Bulgaria, 50 Shades of grey money, and some horror (thankfully, on the screen)

The week: Bulgaria's coal reckoning - this is not the 80's

Why Stara Zagora is no Yorkshire, what the hell is happening on the housing market and a Bright Mind

A Russian Oligarch’s Son and his Plovdiv Odyssey: Part II

Two years after the arrival of Russian oligarch’s son Anton Zingarevich, the finances of the leading Plovdiv football club in Plovdiv are a mystery

The day in 3 news: Former BTV news chief is GERB’s candidate for Sofia mayor; 2025 to be official Eurozone target; Covid cases up 7-fold

The week: The case of the missing investments, (G)rain of protests, renewables boom

How not to lose another decade

Bulgaria poised for bigger share of the digitalization department in the European Commission

EC Vice-President for Digitalization Margrethe Vestager is likely to become head of the EIB this autumn

The hidden Roma economy and what we lose by letting them go

We can't keep people from leaving - or data from leaking + a rock from the sky

The day in 3 news: Geshev’s "terror attack" account is challenged; New tax proposal riles business; Petkov says GERB has few choices

The day in 3 news: More tax collected than last year; Solar grid connection only at night; Consumer body to monitor food markups over 10%

What happened to Bulgaria’s largest builder?

Veliko Zhelev, the boss of infrastructure giant Hirdrostroy, was briefly arrested last week for harassing an employee. Is there more to this story than meets the eye?

How did Bulgaria get so expensive?

Record costs of essential foods have been driven by uncertainty in the supply chain, speculation, rising wages and inelastic demand

Prosecution launches an attack against a political party because of Gazprom deliveries

The indictments of ex-Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov and two of his associates for mismanagement of the gas crisis of April 2022 lie on shaky grounds

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria helps Turkey’s victims; Consumers face up to 30% mark-up on food prices; Electricity prices up

The week: A few Brussels sprouts, Election after April Fool’s Day, Malkovich’s (costly) sell-out show

Brussels wants to know who's investing, Fool's day elections, waiting for John Malkovich

Nexo co-founders and executives charged as an organized crime group in Bulgaria

Charges ignite political firestorm in the country, while the company continues to operate worldwide

Nexo’s troubles, Bulgaria refuses to close coal plants, Lukoil returns

Prosecution goes after cryptobank, no chance of gov’t and coal to stay until 2038