Metals, Munitions, and Rice: A Look Inside Bulgaria's Exports

Bulgaria's primary exports are copper and its products, with sales reaching a record 4.2 billion euro in 2024.

The week: The new enemy of Borissov

The battle for Sofia, Opening the gates to foreign workers, A huge battery plant is unveiled

Rapeseed imports rescue Oliva, Astra Bioplant

Factories buy huge quantities from Canada and Australia due to a shortage of local raw materials and high prices

The week: Two questions about the Real Estate market, A big battery boost is coming, Casino economy

Newsletter 25/04: Everyone is either building or buying

The flight of the Bulgarian aerobusiness

The boom in global travel has led to a surge in carriers, repair bases and parts factories based in the country

The week: An eagle has finally landed. Is it too late?

Defense modernization in slow motion, GDP crawls up towards EU average and a Discoverer+ supercomputer

The week: EU funds: the rise of the cities

A quiet financial revolution, An ex-minister indictment gone wrong, Paying for your religion

Day in 3 news: Religions get higher subsidies; New bypass for Danube town of Oryahovo; LAUNCHub Ventures invests 7m euro in AI security startup SplxAI

The week: Belgrade, Budapest and the perils of short-memory

Fires and revolutions in the Balkans; A 3 bln leva road, and VMware sheds a thousand workers

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

The week: And justice for all?

The democratic facade comes crumbling down, an AI factory is coming, and hopefully, some trains at last

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

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria aims to be Europe's leading energy storage hub; Bulgarian Energy Management startup AIoTCloud gets 1M euro; New routes from Sofia to Kraków and Sardinia

Day in 3 news: Benefits freeze in draft budget; Bulgaria joins NATO troop exercise; Zhelyazkov takes part in Ukraine meeting

Bulgarian furniture output falls to 556 million dollars in 2023

Volume decreased 5% year on year and over 7% on 2021 amid contraction in consumption

Paying the Trump military tax: What weapons systems could Bulgaria buy from the US?

Borissov's tripartite coalition will probably try to please the US once again with new defense deals

The day in 3 news: Russian influence spurs young to vote; Nick Cave set for Plovdiv in August; Bulgarian real estate BLD enters Poland

The week: Why cities need problem-solving capabilities

The capability gap, Euro (still) on the horizon, More state aid for business

Bulgaria's new factories for 2024: How has the industrial landscape changed

Amongst a sharp dip in investments during 2024 there have been a few that have also withdrawn entirely from the country