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The week: GERB makes a comeback
The return of Borissov, Saudis eye a telecom & TV channel and the Missing Cryptoqueen’s drug lord

The week: Entering the euro - what's love got to do with it
Trust and the Euro, How to make money disappear, Customs in disarray

How GERB built Putin a pipeline, part 2: the laundering road of 3 billion leva through an Arab company
Turkstream used offshore companies and the financial capacity of Gazprombank

Interview | Paschal Donohoe: It is still possible for Bulgaria to join the euro in 2025
Political stability and inflation are the two main challenges, says the President of the Eurogroup

An (un)holy audit
A rare financial inspection by the Revenue agency created consternation within the Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Economic Trends That Will Impact Bulgaria in 2024
Four leading Bulgarian economists highlight the most significant trends of 2023.

The week: To leave or not to leave, that’s Lukoil’s question
Russian oil derogation shenanigans, Bulgarian PISA tower crumbles, good times for bankers and farmers

Bulgaria posts 780 mln levs budget gap at end-September
Lower imports dent VAT revenues, extra spending is allocated to agriculture

The week: Bulgaria's coal reckoning - this is not the 80's
Why Stara Zagora is no Yorkshire, what the hell is happening on the housing market and a Bright Mind

A Russian Oligarch’s Son and his Plovdiv Odyssey: Part II
Two years after the arrival of Russian oligarch’s son Anton Zingarevich, the finances of the leading Plovdiv football club in Plovdiv are a mystery

A Russian Oligarch’s Son and his Plovdiv Odyssey: Part I
Anton Zingarevich, the son of a Russian billionaire, has reduced several sports clubs worldwide to ruin. Now Botev Plovdiv is on the line.

From BGN 1.6 billion to BGN 307 million - how Kozloduy NPP's profits collapsed
The average selling price of nuclear electricity falls by 51% to BGN 163.86/MWh in the first half of 2023.

Higher expenses erode Bulgaria’s budget surplus in August
After two months of being in surplus, state finances swung to deficit

The hidden Roma economy and what we lose by letting them go
We can't keep people from leaving - or data from leaking + a rock from the sky

Bulgaria to sell Belene NPP equipment to Ukraine
Ukraine can use it in the Khmelnitskyi NPP or as a backup for various other plants

Budget plan 2023: More VAT revenue, less capital spending to contain budget deficit at 3%
Finance Minister Assen Vassilev presented the framework of his plan for the state finances, which should be ready at the beginning of July

The week: First red flags for the new majority, Geshev’s last stand and a dead man crossing borders
Is the second "historic compromise" going to end up like the first?

The week: Bulgarian politics in meltdown, corruption scandals revived and budget troubles
The unenviable task of trying to explain all this