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How Bulgaria’s internet slowed down
Network speed in the country was the fourth fastest in the world in 2009, yet now it ranks 53rd. Why?


Investors oversubscribe cargo drone manufacturer Dronamics’ IPO 4.5 times
The company raises the maximum planned capital of 5.86 million levs

ING Bank, Sofia: Our clients are very open to doing business more sustainably
Grzegorz Konieczny, Country Head, ING Bank Sofia and Marina Kobakova, Head of Sector Coverage, ING Bank, Sofia

The week: Top100 of the biggest Bulgarian companies, Top Court deals with sex and Canadians, Skopje dislikes Bulgarians
K Insights 29/10: Green certificates probably won't be enough

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

The week: A very expensive winter is coming, the "disrupters" enter the political center and new cars sales grow fast
GERB, salaries and energy bills all head north

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 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.


The week: Is Bulgaria the limp pig of EU regulation, coal is (still) here, minimum wage surpasses Montenegro
Also: New Parliament is up, as well as the new 12 bn. Leva Plan

The week: Kings of corruption named, Fresh start looms, 5 companies got 400 million euro from the budget
K insights 04/06: budget swings back to negative, Sin Cars get funding

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.

US-based TrillerNet acquires Bulgarian streaming platform Fite
The deal is the biggest exit of LAUNCHub Ventures fund

Who is in Radev’s caretaker gov’t and what are their key tasks?
The primary job of the cabinet led by ex-General Stefan Yanev will be to organize fair elections in July - but it might have a more political role than anticipated

Bulgarian machine-maker acquires Italian supplier
The sunflower dehulling machine manufacturer ELICA is now owner of Bologna-based ASM