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Where are the Ukrainian refugees heading to?
Bulgaria faces the uphill task of having to find accommodation for 60,000 refugees currently in seaside hotels whose owners want to kick off their summer holiday season. Integrating them in society and in the labor market are now pressing priorities

The week: Russian tanks steal our common future, stacking up on grain, some good ideas
K Insights 11/03: economy grows (pre-war), some unicorns

The "City Lovers" of Bulgaria
Three stories of active citizens, who have a plan how to make life better for their communities - sponsored by Capital and the British Embassy

Textiles, clothing, footwear: Virus in the model
The garment industry has been hit hard by the Covid closures that affected over 100,000 workers in the sector in Bulgaria.

The Week: The inevitable fifth wave, the surf-master Radev and the boom of online retail
K Insights 22/10: grocery stores flourish while clothes shops go under

The Week: The biggest Bulgarian bank you’ve never heard of, Winter is coming, come and meet the government
K Insights 08/10: 6 questions for N.Macedonia, Peevski appears

Retail: a very good year 2020
The revenues of the 30 largest retailers are growing with the help of e-commerce.

Covid-19 strips 500m levs off Bulgaria’s clothing industry
Textile and apparel exports shrank to 4 billion levs in the pandemic year

Most Dynamic: Grain, Manufacturing, Road Construction
The revenues of the 50 fastest growing companies increased by an average of 56% in 2019, with the largest companies growing particularly fast.

Economic growth slips
Bulgaria’s economic growth slows to six-year low of 2.4% in the first quarter of 2020. Timid signs of recovery can already be seen but it is still too early for optimism


No water to clean the garbage
Many Bulgarian towns live on water rationing and next to piles of imported waste because of intentional neglect by the authorities.

IPS’s Arab breakthrough
Bulgarian family firm International Power Supply has finished a key project for Saudi Aramco and is now winning new contracts

Export growth slows, yet value added grows
Bulgarian exports rose at a nominally disappointing annual rate in 2018 but goods sold abroad have become more specialized

What should Bulgaria expect from the euro?
It is now clear that euro zone membership has improved the economic performance of new member states

Retail chains: Wave of new growth
On average, retail sales grew 10% for a second year in a row in 2017, while profits rose by 24%