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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

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

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: 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

The week: The Accountant and Srebrenica
Glavchev The Sudden Diplomat, Long work hours and a belated Tsar’s burial

The week: Lessons in change from Philadelphia, Dirty deeds done dirt cheap, Fibank is for sale
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As wage hikes drive economic growth in Bulgaria, inflation fails to meet euro adoption criterion
GDP grows by 1.7% in the first quarter, an increase of between 2% and 3% is forecast for this year

The week: How hard is it to buy trains?
The train won't be coming, The free electricity market neither, And the new Constitution is a mess

The week: Entering the euro - what's love got to do with it
Trust and the Euro, How to make money disappear, Customs in disarray

DSK, UniCredit Bulbank Plan to Distribute Over 1 Billion Levs in Dividends
Most of the 3.4 billion levs (1.7 billion euro) profit reported by the banking sector for 2023 will be reinvested

The week: What a Big Mac can tell us about the future of Sofia
Sofia gets really expensive, Peevski gets a post, and Real Estate keeps booming

Why investment activity in Bulgaria is so slow
Low investment rates limit the country’s long-term potential for economic growth