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Bulgaria Edges Closer to Euro Adoption with Inflation Target within Reach
Bulgaria is on the verge of meeting the price stability criterion and can now request an extraordinary report from its European partners

The Second Life of the Vidin Synagogue
The architectural gem of the city will reopen as a cultural center welcoming local young people and tourists alike after its restoration through EU funds

Three stories of making anti-corruption work - and last
From the New Orleans police department to the port of Lagos, several key principles can create a culture of integrity, Oxford professor Christopher Stone argues

The rotation is coming: What’s next for the (non)coalition?
Despite shakeups, it appears that "the assemblage" of GERB and WCC-DB, backed by MRF, will soldier on after 6 March - with some slight recalibrations

The week: What a pyrolysis installation in Plovdiv teaches us about trust and business
Corruption is bad for business, Tony Blair is here to help and NATO steps in for the infrastructure

Build the damn roads. Build the damn railways. Do something, for Christ’s sake
Build the roads, search for gas in the sea, a Ukrainian hit-list and Lukoil is in for some trouble

How Romania overtook Bulgaria
The biggest difference between the two countries is the degree of success in their fight against corruption

Rollplast completes 110 million levs window plant
The company invested 30 million levs in the last stage of the project in Kostinbrod

The week: The 14 billion-bet, the game the President plays, new telecoms are on their way
K insights newsletter on 24/03

The week: No, Bulgaria is not bankrupt - just dangerously populist
Money, guns and bloody populism (+ a really good book)

Bulgaria: No Territorial transition plans, no EU billions for coal transition
The caretaker government’s decision to link territorial plans submission with Recovery Plan negotiation puts at risk 1.2 billion in funding for three regions transitioning away from coal

The week: Goodbye to the euro, see you again sometimes?
Is the euro coming at all, the Russian assets in Bulgaria are in for a freeze, trouble at the European prosecution

How Bulgaria took a step back with the euro
The unvoted amendment to the Insurance Code blocks Bulgaria's entry into the eurozone

What is Bulgaria’s alternative to Russian nuclear fuel?
The Eastern European country is trying to diversify its supplies as others in the region have already done

The week: Catching-up with the neighbors and looking for a lost highway
The decisive month for Bulgaria, how we lost tens of millions on a highway, and whom did Stoichkov meet?

The history of a veto: How Bulgaria’s stance on Skopje evolved
Sofia has hardened its position vis-a-vis Skopje quietly, but consistently in the past three years, practically sabotaging Western Balkan EU integration