The day in 3 news: Building boss Veliko Zhelev is held; WCC-DB retains wafer-thin poll lead; DZI wants out of insurance business

Will the European Commission ban rose oil? Not really

A planned regulation on essential oils in the EU revived unjustified fears of yet another "European conspiracy" against a sensitive Bulgarian product

The day in 3 news: CoE criticizes political corruption; Electricity in Bulgaria among Europe’s cheapest; Air ambulances on hold

The week: Some good vibes for Christmas; Lukoil suddenly is very cooperative; The curious case of Bulsatcom

Last K Insights newsletter for 2022

Petar Andronov, KBC Group: The main prognosis is for a "soft recession"

Belgian KBC Group expects 0.7% GDP growth in Bulgaria for 2023

Belgian company buys Suite hotel in Sofia to make a hub for working nomads

The owner of Melexis Bulgaria, Duchatelet, and his trusted football manager Catherine Mer bought the Suite hotel, located in Sofia’s Studentski Grad district.

The Bulgarian unit of Belgium’s Televic to triple production of communications systems

The company will invest 10 million levs in a new plant and add circuit board assembly to its line of business

KBC Group Buys Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) in record 1 billion euro deal

KBC Group is also owner of United Bulgarian Bank (UBB) and the merger of the two banks will create a third local giant of the caliber of UniCredit Bulbank and DSK

The day in 3 news: Nova TV director to head largest telecom, Top 100 companies employ 26,000 people, Bulgaria’s social spending up 15 percent in 2020: Eurostat

The day in 3 news: Several party leaders quit after Sunday vote, KBC to buy Raiffeisenbank - Bulgaria, Cargo drone startup Dronamics goes public

Food and beverage Top 30: Sunflower Billions

The sector as a whole performs well, but the champion is sunflower oil production

The day in 3 news: GERB has small lead 3 weeks before election, Melexis to open new €75m chip plant, Varna plans light rail line

The deals of 2020: Few and far between

The pandemic practically froze the M&A market. Buyers are still mostly local faces

KBC expanding into Bulgaria’s pension insurance market

The Belgian group is acquiring Dutch-based NN’s Bulgarian businesses for 77.7 mln euro

A big plan that bets on hydrogen and solar, 100 million euro losses per week and how to get Bulgarians to vaccinate

K Insights 12/02: April will be very busy, and coming up: new debt and a 5000 hp supercar

The day in 3 news: Economic outlook brightens, KBC expands in Bulgaria, competition administration stays another 2 years

Bulgaria’s new factories

Investment projects worth less than 430 mln levs were announced in 2020 - a third of the amount in 2019

Bulgaria’s new factories

Investment projects worth 1.3 billion levs were announced last year, up 500 million levs on 2018

Fast Reads

TOP40 in machines and equipment: Happy rally

The biggest companies in the sector continued growing in 2018, with total revenue exceeding 8 billion levs