K10: The best banks of 2022

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

The day in 3 news: GERB offers olive branch to WCC-DB; Property deals continue to fall; Ruse-Bucharest in 1 hour

The week: Some lessons from Romania, handshakes in Parliament, and a call to people who love cities

K Insights newsletter: 21/04

The week: The hidden economy, The man who built Bulgaria, Don't call them by their name, Save the Tomatoes

Thousand shades of gray

Bulgarian banks’ profit hits record 2 billion levs in 2022

The banking sector posts the strongest growth in all segments since the global crisis

Recap: VCs and startups in 2022

Bulgarian private equity firms and startups have continued to evolve in the past year, despite worldwide economic concerns

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria needs reforms for EU money; Denkov not sure about cabinet’s positions; Kozloduy NPP back at full capacity

Germany’s Eberspächer to build plant for automotive electrical heaters in Ruse

Production will start in an interim facility from January 2023, the new building will be completed by September

Schneider Electric to expand Bulgarian smart factory with 60 mln euro investment

The project will increase the capacity of the production facility in Plovdiv by 30%

The housing market: the top is near

High demand and low supply drive prices up. War, weakening economies and rising mortgage rates may cool down the market

The day in 3 news: EU finally passes first installment of funds; Russian hackers attack intelligence services; NPP again operates at full power

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria joins NATO ABM purchase; Interior Ministry staff reshuffled; Fewer hirings by firms over next 6 months

The increase in real estate deals is slowing down in the second quarter

Activity in Bulgaria’s real estate market is beginning to decline. In Sofia, the number of sales of real estate practically stopped going up in April-June 2022

Day in 3 news: More carnage on Bulgaria's roads, Caretaker gov’t in new attempt to expand Chiren gas storage, Municipal funding promised by Petkov on hold

Increase in real estate deals slows down in Q2 compared to first one

Sofia doesn’t see an increase in deals and other big cities also feel the cooling of the market

The office market’s explosive growth during the pandemic

Sofia office market added 100, 000 sqm in the second quarter of 2021 and the overall vacancy rate reached 14.3%

The sudden hype for hydrogen

Why are Bulgaria and the EU suddenly betting on the most common element in the Universe

IPS’s Arab breakthrough

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

Sofia market still hungry for new office buildings

Available space is expected to increase by 20% in the next three years