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The biggest companies in 2020: New model, new champion
Bulgaria’s biggest companies were only mildly hit by the coronavirus. Total revenue of the top 100 firms decreased by just 7% in 2020.
This week: Bulgaria finally sets foot on three seas, Elections are here (again) and how to lose 550 million on gambling
An e-car maker might land in Lovetch, you can fly to Varna
Bulgaria’s tax agency goes after big firms
Caretaker Finance Minister Assen Vassilev has said his team will look into the dealings of all firms that benefited significantly from public procurement and subsidies from the previous government
Journalists SLAPPed, threatened and pressured; cabinet purges "kalinki", while Left and Right gear up for elections
The troubles of being a journalist in Bulgaria, every final decision is penultimate and who are the ladybirds of the administration
The dismantling of Borissov’s state has begun
The caretaker gov’t of Stefan Yanev is wasting little time in changing key cogs in the machine created by the previous authorities
Gradus’ shares, the Sofia stock exchange, and pension funds
According to the Sofia-listed company’s prospectus for its 2018 IPO, revenues were much higher in 2017 than in any of the following three years. Seven pension funds are shareholders to this day.
Svetoslav Ilchovsky: These people steal from us relentlessly
The businessman who rocked Bulgaria’s parliament in its final days over allegations of high-level corruption speaks to Capital weekly
When long-time leaders refuse to leave; the shortest-lived Parliament in a 100 years; tourists are welcome
K Insights 30/04: What do football and politics have in common, dubious court about to be disbanded
Bulgaria revamps budget as coronavirus bites
The government has revised the 2020 budget to cope with the fiscal fallout from the coronavirus crisis
Taxing Trouble
The taxation Ordinance N-18 that affects almost every company in Bulgaria has introduced an extremely complex, unclear and expensive regulation, and will repel foreign investors
The gambling war
The attack on gambling tycoon Vasil Bozhkov is yet another example of how politics and business in Bulgaria are intertwined
Organized crime in Bulgaria: Five popular beliefs re-examined
Bulgaria, unfortunately, has built an image of a country deeply affected by organized crime
The state with the most open data
The July leak of National Revenue Agency data belonging to millions of taxpayers exposed the current state of Bulgaria’s cybersecurity and commitment to electronic governance
Bulgarian businesses grapple with ill-considered new tax regulations
In an effort to crack down on the shadow economy, the National Revenue Agency has introduced new regulations that are crippling the business of hundreds of thousands of companies