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

New residential buildings hit a 10-year record in Bulgaria
Four out of five newly constructed buildings are houses, with the average area of the dwelling rising to 110 sq.m in 2022

Inter Cars Bulgaria: The way to the top
The Polish company’s Bulgarian unit has become number one in the local auto parts market in ten years, reporting revenue growth of over 50% for 2021.

Top 5 furniture retailers’ turnover tops 0.5bn levs, online sales increase
Bulgarian producers’ output reached $600m in 2021

How did Bulgaria get so expensive?
Record costs of essential foods have been driven by uncertainty in the supply chain, speculation, rising wages and inelastic demand

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

Devnya Cement: double revenues, splendid profits
Company strongly improves its results in 2021 thanks to stronger demand and cost optimization

No Euro in 2024: Why did Bulgaria give up trying to join the eurozone next year?
Parliament’s failure to adopt 4 key pieces of legislation, a purposeful abstention from the amendment of the Insurance code and high inflation will delay currency union entry

The week: The public shaming of Sofia continues, Record wage growth, A slap from across the Danube
K Insights Weekly Newsletter 17/02

Bulgarian banks’ profit hits record 2 billion levs in 2022
The banking sector posts the strongest growth in all segments since the global crisis

Prosecution launches an attack against a political party because of Gazprom deliveries
The indictments of ex-Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov and two of his associates for mismanagement of the gas crisis of April 2022 lie on shaky grounds