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Foreign Ministry launches a campaign to abolish US visas
The Viza Academy initiative includes advertising with actress Maria Bakalova and an online platform, which aims to reduce visa refusals for Bulgarians to under 3%

Air inferiority: The botched repair of the Graf Ignatievo airstrip
Due to the lack of an overall vision and the questionable capacity of the companies hired, the revamp of the airbase may not be completed when the F-16 fighters arrive

The week: The elusive recipe for anti-corruption
Anti-corruption is difficult everywhere, 79 regulatory seats for the taking (if we discount the Patriarch’s and the PM’s)

American EXIM Bank will finance new Bulgarian reactors at Kozloduy NPP
EXIM Bank can also finance up to 40% of the Bulgarian share

Schneider Electric to build second factory near Plovdiv
Investment in the project’s first phase costs 107 million levs, production to start in 2025

Louis Vuitton bags, millions of euro and no sign of corruption: the Bozhkov lottery story
The full text of the decree terminating the case for extortion of the mogul by Boyko Borissov and Vladislav Goranov gives a detailed chronology of the affair, but won’t reach court

Bulgaria’s Largest Textile Companies: Slight Recovery after Weak Years
In 2022, the combined revenue of the top 25 companies in the sector increased by 19%.

Why investment activity in Bulgaria is so slow
Low investment rates limit the country’s long-term potential for economic growth

Gov’t rushes through long-delayed modernization projects
Both the purchase of anti-ship rockets and armored vehicles might happen via direct negotiations with sellers instead of bids, which brings risks

The week: More than one storm brewing in the Black Sea, Brussels’ pressure and TurkStream revelations
Bulgaria, where natural catastrophes meet ungovernability

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

Federico Menna, EIT Digital: We are actively looking for companies in Eastern Europe
We are discussing opening an office in Sofia, says the new CEO of EIT Digital

Parties gear up for another inconclusive vote
The main factions have saved their energy and funds on campaigning in anticipation of the cornerstone autumn municipal vote

The week: The sheriff is in town, where does all the asphalt go, and Telus won’t tell on us anymore
A thunder in the sky of dust

The new Magnitsky sanctions for Bulgaria: Who has been named and why
The US continues its anti-corruption pressure in tandem with the UK, by adding two former ministers, two former MPs and an energy official to the list

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