Reports

Bulgaria completed its six month stint at the helm of the Council of the EU defying its worst critics

The end of the Council of EU Presidency, the cabinet is already shaking, Desislava Ivancheva, the Bulgarian judiciary

Desislava Ivancheva rose to fame as an anti-status quo mayor of a Sofia district and fell in the first publicity stunt of the newest institution supposed to fight high-level graft in Bulgaria

Friedrich Naumann Foundation director for SEE Daniel Kaddik

Graft is chronic; the good news is that business-related corruption is on the decline

Lack of public support, insufficient institutional capacity and political power plays prevent meaningful anti-corruption policy

The various splinters of the centre-right parties are attempting yet another unification

Valeri Simeonov has proven himself as the most racy and controversial member of the third Borissov cabinet

A film production company is set to buy half of the newspaper business of the Bulgarian media mogul

Bulgarian politicians helped create Delyan Peevski’s media empire, but now fall prey to its unrestrained influence and his demands

The new return to the abandoned project backed by Russia revives old concerns and stirs old controversies

Bulgaria did not finish its presidency of the Council of EU with a new shiny image as many had hoped but it proved it can run the bloc’s day-to-day affairs

Bulgaria is one of the few countries that will see increased allocation of funds in 2021-2027

Sofia frequently gets humiliated by Kremlin, because it can't formulate its strategic interests

Despite advice not to rush, the country will apply simultaneously to join the EU's Banking Union and the euro's waiting room – ERM 2

Aurubis Bulgaria's CEO Tim Kurth

Bulgarian exports of capital goods are on the rise but without fresh investments the sector will soon reach its limits

Eastern European EU members are slowly but steadily converging with the richer European states

GDP kept up its 3.5% growth rate in the first quarter but Europe is slowing down. When will Bulgaria follow?

Prices in Bulgaria have taken a turn and are on the rise after three years of deflation. Forecasts are betting on a slight acceleration in 2018 and 2019, but current inflation levels are still nothing to worry about

Big and established international companies are selling their Bulgarian assets to East European or local buyers.

Big Western companies are leaving their media assets in Bulgaria mainly because of the turn in their global strategies and their disillusionment with the profit rates in the country

Narrowing margins, a result of negative interest rates and stringent regulations, make smaller banks less and less profitable

The number of Western European and American buyers in Bulgaria and the region is decreasing

The profit of the top 100 companies was 35% higher compared to 2016.

The business of the 50 fastest-growing companies expands by 47% on average in 2017.

Yet another year of economic growth facilitated investment in new production capacities

More than half of the rental deals in the first quarter are related to buildings under construction, to be completed by the end of the year

The Eastern European market turned too tight for Société Générale

DSK Bank returns to the top spot

After the sector shrunk by four banks in the last five years, at least two more sales and a merger are expected before year-end.

Investors hope that the IPO of Bulgarian egg and poultry producer could be a wake-up call for the somnolent domestic stock market

Increased competition, more choices for consumers

PM Borissov’s government resurrects two scrapped Russian-backed projects without clear idea about costs

Fandakovka. Golyam Shlem. Balgarshtina.

BOLSTERED BY A FLOW OF TOURISTS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, SOFIA’S CULINARY ENVIRONMENT KEEPS FLOURISHING