The day in 3 news: Bulgarian Posts leans heavily on state support; Battery storage projects set to transform the energy system; Sofia’s 2025 budget is unambitious, says Terziev

DIY chains: Real estate boom drives rise in revenue

Praktiker leads with over 18% growth, followed by Mr. Bricolage

AI wants electricity, water and land. Bulgaria has them all

Bulgaria can attract AI gigafactories with free energy capacity and suitable land, but a unified national offer to the tech giants is needed

Nestlé invests 44.2 million euro in KitKat chocolate bar production

The new line at the factory in Sofia produces 3 million pieces a day

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria’s shadow economy is EU’s highest; North Macedonian families grateful for Sofia care; Non-alcoholic beer consumption soars

Nip-Tuck RRP investments: which projects remain and which are dropped

Plumbing for small settlements, the new train system and the 112 emergency number are among the projects dropped. Other investments worth BGN 2 billion remain in the "risk group"

Ruling majority passes a record budget for 2025 with Peevski’s backing

VAT registration threshold drops to 100,000 levs. The government plans to draw 18.9 billion levs of debt this year

The day in 3 news: Alpha Bank seals property sales in Bulgaria; Staff protest at military factory Terem-Khan Krum; MECH dissolution is disputed

BRAIN++ and Bulgaria’s bid for AI relevancy

With funding from the state and the EU, INSAIT Sofia Tech Park will build a center that will give access to local businesses and administration for great computational power

Bulgarian Stock Exchange launches new crowdfunding platform

SpaceCrowd will allow fundraising of up to 5 million euro

Bulgarian EnduroSat raises 20M euros to accelerate its growth

The company expects serious revenue growth in 2024, says its founder Raycho Raychev

The day in 3 news: Constitutional Court annuls election of 16 MPs; Elatsite Med secures mine concession until 2041; Bulgaria to host one of the EU's AI Factories

Economic growth surpasses expectations with 2.8% growth

Household consumption remains a driver, government spending also contributes

RUBIN GLASS has established itself as a preferred and reliable European partner*

Nikolay Mochev, CEO of Rubin Trading, tells Capital Weekly

Day in 3 news: Cabinet rocked by bust-up with Dogan; PM wants EU recovery money to go to military; Education Ministry allots 1.5m levs to teacher training

The Zhelyazkov cabinet program: familiar intentions but nothing reformist

Among the novelties is that the government now aims to increase military spending to 2.5% of GDP

Cheaper energy boosts Zlatna Panega Cement’s profit in 2023

The company invested 9.3 million euro, including in a solar power plant covering 10% of its consumption

Will Bulgaria get an AI factory?

A large data center can be a huge drain on a country’s energy grid

The day in 3 news: Inflation nudges above Maastricht inflation criteria; Moldova’s energy crisis hands Sofia opportunity; Data center powering AI ambitions

Berlin-based AirHelp acquires Bulgaria's ClaimCompass

The deal's value remains confidential; ClaimCompass is now transitioning its clients to AirHelp's platform