Day in 3 News: Borissov no longer wants to be PM; Court reviews calls for election annulment; Housing loan growth surges

Bulgarian Banks Post-Peak: Shrinking Margins and Slowing Profit Growth

Shrinking margins have effectively reduced the sector's annual profit growth rate to nearly zero

The day in 3 news: Minimum wage gets huge hike; BNB to curb mortgage lending; 100 million euro for rural areas

National Bank and FSC to sheriff crypto’s Wild West

A new law on crypto-assets introduces regulation of the sector in the country, which will require the licensing of service providers

The week: Time to escape the German economic embrace

The German curse of the industry, Peevski wins, BNB tries to curb house lending

The day in 3 news: Mortgage lending rules tightened; Chaira Plant repairs delayed; Chinese e-commerce giants disrupt Bulgarian market

From political to constitutional: Bulgarian caretaker gov’t crisis deepens

President Radev refuses to appoint the Kozhareva cabinet over her insistence on reappointing controversial internal minister Kalin Stoyanov, creating further political turmoil

Day in 3 news: Bank profits grow but at slower rate; Nat gas spikes in August; A scorching summer so far

Parliament Begins Debates on the Euro Introduction Law. The New Target is July 1, 2025

Deputies will require institutions to finalize technical preparations by March 2025 and approve all regulations by December 2024

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

K Insights 26/07

Day in 3 news: Credit market grows by 500 mln levs in June; Stadler Polska quits train deal; EU Commission takes Bulgaria to court over 3 directives

Day in 3 news: Expats send record sums home; Bulgaria offers Hungary help with oil after Ukraine fallout; Controversial tabloid deal linked to Peevski

The week: Dispatches from the frontlines of the heat war

Bulgaria bakes, coal TPPs fire up and no Anti-Peevski front forms

10 Years After the Collapse of CCB: Where Are the Key Figures Now?

A decade after the closure of Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), there are still no convictions, and the mega-trial for draining its accounts is going nowhere

Day in 3 news: BNB says sub-governor’s removal "legitimate", but up to Parliament; Heatwave ignites coal TPPs; Bulgarian state-owned firms expensive, inefficient: IMF

The week: A vacuum spot on the EU map

We’re not the poorest in the EU anymore, yet we’re still mute, and a drug lord decides to go to prison

The week: The Accountant and Srebrenica

Glavchev The Sudden Diplomat, Long work hours and a belated Tsar’s burial

The day in 3 news: 11% increase in minimum pensions; Paysera will seek 2 million levs on BEAM; Securities auction averages yield of 3.21%

First Investment Bank up for sale - sources

UniCredit Bulbank and Postbank vie to acquire Bulgaria’s fifth largest lender

The week: Lessons in change from Philadelphia, Dirty deeds done dirt cheap, Fibank is for sale

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