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The week: The public shaming of Sofia continues, Record wage growth, A slap from across the Danube
K Insights Weekly Newsletter 17/02

Kaufland remains largest Bulgarian retailer for 12th consecutive year
The sector grew by 13% on average in 2021, with total sales reaching 10.7 billion levs

The largest metal producers: Aurubis remains on top, steel producers grow the most
Appreciation of metals prices increased company earnings by 33% in 2021, but forecasts for 2022 are less optimistic

Single-bid tenders: how Bulgarian municipalities distribute money
58% of local government tenders and almost 65% of the money, or nearly half a billion levs, are distributed through controversial auctions

VIPs in the energy sector - who to watch out for in Bulgaria
Valentin Zlatev, Ahmed Dogan and Hristo Kovachki - three of the obscure, but key faces of Bulgarian energy

The week: The closed sea, the doubling of the toll system and the end of the pandemic
K insights: we look for good city ideas to finance and we have a special report on the Tech sector

The biggest companies in metallurgy: on the crest of a price wave
Last year was strong for gold and copper yields, but the output of other metal producers fell. Despite the pandemic-induced crisis net sales of the sector’s leading firms are up

The week: No EU money and other risks for Bulgaria, No new head of BNB (for now), and a whole new fascist to worry about
K Insights 27/08: Bulgaria’s risky autumn, where do we invest and Sofia is great in tech

Bankruptcies on the rise. That's not as bad as it sounds
The number of companies that ceased operations in the first four months of 2021 rose by 15% year-on-year. Meanwhile, newly registered firms are also increasing.

What’s next for Boyko Borissov, the ultimate political survivor?
While his opponents predict the end of his political career, the Prime minister seems poised to win the April 4 Parliamentary elections

Retail Chains: Tasty Growth of 10%
All top 20 companies achieved a revenue growth' it is above average for nine of them

Forgotten scandals
An update to the list of transgressions of the powerful that remained buried in the news of protests and pandemics.

Trends from Bulgaria’s regions
Changes at large local employers drive 2018 growth in several Bulgarian districts