The "Skull" is back: What’s next for fugitive gambling oligarch Vassil Bozhkov

The shady businessman’s self-imposed exile in Dubai ended abruptly - and surprisingly - last Friday

Sopharma to acquire Serbia’s Pharmanova

The deal will be carried out in stages within the next two years

The week in news: Mass rallies after vicious assault on woman; the big deals of the week; Bank profits and a 0.5 billion budget surplus

Czech PPF in talks to sell stake in Yettel Bulgaria to Etisalat

The negotiations are in an early stage and include three more operators in the region but not Bulgaria’s bTV

Bulgaria's housing prices soar ten times faster than the EU average

Low-interest mortgage loans and inflation are the main drivers

New acquisition to create second biggest dairy producer in Bulgaria

Joseph Jabra is buying the former Serdika plant in Sofia

Bulgarian banks' profit soars to 1 bln levs in the first four months of 2023

Expanding net interest income remains the main growth driver

The week: A coalition is (still) born, a mobster is killed, and a Booker is won

K Insights newsletter 26/05

K10: The best banks of 2022

Unicredit Bulbank ranks first in Capital’s ranking, displacing the other traditional champion DSK from the top

United Group sells TV towers in one of the biggest telecom tower deals worldwide

TAWAL is entering the EU market with a strong statement

The day in 3 news: 1bn telecom deal with Saudis; DPS ‘wins too big’ in some areas; Unicredit gets top banking spot

The day in 3 news: Borissov visits Radev; Mutual funds get more investments; ContourGlobal has new director

KBC Bank Bulgaria wraps up legal merger into United Bulgarian Bank

The two banks’ operational unification will take a year or so

Renalfa buys Bulgaria’s second largest wind farm

Bulgaria's unexplored wind potential remains appealing

The week: No, Bulgaria is not bankrupt - just dangerously populist

Money, guns and bloody populism (+ a really good book)

Bulsatcom deal shatters peace in Bulgarian telecom market

The competition authority must decide whether Vivacom is gaining too much control over the market after financing the purchase of the pay-TV operator

The day in 3 news: MoF to introduce Crypto asset legislation; Exports overtake imports; Grain producers protest over Ukraine imports

Mazars Bulgaria: New ESG standards will change big business in Bulgaria in 18 months

The audit and consulting company sheds light on the new ESG requirements, the future of business and how soon it should be ready to face the changes

The week: The sheriff is in town, where does all the asphalt go, and Telus won’t tell on us anymore

A thunder in the sky of dust

The week: Goodbye to the euro, see you again sometimes?

Is the euro coming at all, the Russian assets in Bulgaria are in for a freeze, trouble at the European prosecution