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Dangerous games with state money
The caretaker cabinet unveiled shocking expectations for high deficit and debt bills in the 2023 budget

The week: The land of the wanna-bes, illegal migration makes a bloody comeback, an ex-mayor goes to prison and a singer squats
Dreams and realities, fences and guns, boxers and singers

The risks in front of Bulgaria’s 2023 budget
With or without a regular government in place, the new parliament can vote on Budget 2023 but probably it will not have the will to cut spending

Bulgaria in crisis: 5 risks caused by the political chaos
The post-election deadlock might consign the country to EU backwater status

GERB wins vote, but unlikely to reign in another fractured Parliament
Seven parties crossed the 4% threshold in another inconsequential election with a low turnout

The week: Elections 2022: Pretend nothing’s happening; FDI down, caretaker Gov’t goes LNG
Parties lying low on big issues before vote, Energy Minister shifts stance on LNG and why do people from the "Yellow Cobblestones" cry?

Bulgaria faces first obstacles in absorbing EU Recovery funds
The debacle over the implementation of the TETRA communication equipment project threatens the allocation of 2.6 billion euro worth of EU money for Sofia

The week: water, migration, elections and a new King of Britain
K Insights 9/9: Bursting riverbeds, election apathy, and the Rolex priest warns of materialism

Radev’s revenge, the looming deficit and a frog
Reality is back with a vengeance, GDP keeps growing, and our Real Estate report is out

Budget 2023: red lights everywhere
The next government will have several options: raising taxes, increasing the deficit and debt, or reforming spending

The new euro-billions heading for Bulgaria just in time
Over the next 7 to 9 years, the country is set to receive up to 27 billion euros. The big question is their destination

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

The week: Bulgaria’s economy is (surprise, surprise) doing very well, the real estate market - not so much, and some dolphins get religious
Don’t do stupid shit and things are going to get better

October elections or a surprise with mandate #3: What’s next for Bulgarian politics?
After WCC failed to gain sufficient support to form a new cabinet, early elections are the most likely scenario