State bets on 2.8% economic growth and lower wage increases in 2025

Public spending will underpin higher growth rates, private consumption will slow down

Day in 3 News: Parliament breaks deadlock, elects Natalia Kiselova as speaker; State bets on 2.8% growth, lower wage increase in 2025; 10% planned rise in social security contribution

The week: A map of industrial brilliance

Factory of the Year is Solvay, Bulgaria loses some European money, How to destroy a 2000-year-old Basilica

Bulgaria’s 2025 Budget: We Have a Problem

Instead of voting for more populism-driven spending, parliament has to consider unpopular measures to tighten state finances

The week: Schengen on the horizon

Good news, at last, The regional divide grows bigger, Bulgargaz is bankrupt

The day in 3 news: TSP is election top spender; GDP growth in 2023 was underwhelming; Fantastico expands in Sofia

A Scandinavian company is Sofia’s largest landlord

SEE Residential has six buildings with more than 200 apartments in the city center and plans to have 1000 by 2030

The day in 3 news: Danish firm is Sofia’s biggest private landlord; Era of cheap labor ends; Former Varna Mayor Portnih charged with fraud

The day in 3 news: Ted Bed aims to boost 2% SK market share; Sopharma eyes international portfolio; Mauritius offers residency to Bulgarian buyers

The week: Less hate, more business, We're finally connected to Greece, And Ruse is a real-estate outlier

The week: Rocket men or how we are sabotaging ourselves

5 bln. euros down the drain, A Bulgarian military drone, and Peevski's list is out

The day in 3 news: GERB rejects foreign agents law; Q2 economic growth at 2%; French gas producer invests 100 million in factory

The week: The Bleak sea 🌊, Who's nominating the Bulgarian EU commissioner 🇧🇬💼, The train deal falls through 🚂❌

K Insights 26/07

As wage hikes drive economic growth in Bulgaria, inflation fails to meet euro adoption criterion

GDP grows by 1.7% in the first quarter, an increase of between 2% and 3% is forecast for this year

The day in 3 news: Deflation in April; District heating plants offer price cut; EC thinks Bulgaria will miss Eurozone targets

The week: Why we no longer need EU cash

Who needs Europe's money? Or a Foreign Minister? Kozloduy gets US nuclear fuel

The day in 3 news: Eurozone entry likely delayed; Bulgarian lending rises; Lidl launches outlet center

The week: How hard is it to buy trains?

The train won't be coming, The free electricity market neither, And the new Constitution is a mess

The week: Entering the euro - what's love got to do with it

Trust and the Euro, How to make money disappear, Customs in disarray

Bulgaria enters Schengen area by air and sea

What does this mean for the country?