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The week: It's all going well if you are a bank, but not if you're a mayor, and a small village has a big waste problem
The honeymoon ends fast for the new government, economic optimism rises
Bulgaria’s heavy industry stays stable in pandemic-marred 2020
Most sectors improved their results in 2020 but a surge in energy prices poses a risk to 2021 results
The week: A smaller Bulgaria, the Macedonian hostages, and an MMA real estate tycoon
K Insights: Is small necessarily bad, how many tunnels can you dig for 12 bln. levs and what do e-buses and corruption have in common
A bitter-sweet victory, growth slows, how much does a supercomputer cost
The new wave is here, a Presidential battle looms, air traffic is up
The Week: Dirty photos from a dirty past, A certificate you can’t travel with, Burgas port is for sale
K Insights 12/11: elections are upon us, polluted air also
Bulgaria’s most profitable companies in 2020: a very good year for some
The country’s largest companies reached record-breaking profit margins in the pandemic year
The biggest companies in metallurgy: on the crest of a price wave
Last year was strong for gold and copper yields, but the output of other metal producers fell. Despite the pandemic-induced crisis net sales of the sector’s leading firms are up
The week: The cynicism of demographic mourners, final week of parliamentary dramas and GDP records
Politicians play deaf and blind on stagnant vaccinations, but mourn demographic collapse, pensions, GDP go up - and so could concession fees
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: Plovdiv wins clean air battle, no cabinet in sight and an Olympic gold
Can you clean Plovdiv in a year, why industry in Bulgaria shut down for a week and who jumped into the deep end of politics
The Week: Kicking the coal can down the road, the Blagoevgrad election test and getting closer to the Euro
Bulgaria says no to transition from coal, Peevski peeves MRF and Bulgarian high-tech startups on a roll
The lost decade of Bulgaria
The governments of Boyko Borissov promised reform, but instead created an apparatus for extortion and clientelism
Svetoslav Ilchovsky: These people steal from us relentlessly
The businessman who rocked Bulgaria’s parliament in its final days over allegations of high-level corruption speaks to Capital weekly
Why we love the EU and pretend not to like Moscow; the two most endangered sectors in Bulgaria
K Insights 26/03: A lot of love for Brussels, a fraught relationship with Moscow and a snub from Beijing
What’s the problem with Bulgarian media?
A combination of market trends and murky political interference has turned the media environment toxic, with only islands of professionalism remaining
Wealthier, spending less and slowly recovering: the Bulgarian economy at the end of 2020
Unsurprisingly, GDP shrank in the fourth quarter. Wages were up, exports made a surprising comeback in December, and deflation will return for a while
A big plan that bets on hydrogen and solar, 100 million euro losses per week and how to get Bulgarians to vaccinate
K Insights 12/02: April will be very busy, and coming up: new debt and a 5000 hp supercar
What’s next for Boyko Borissov, the ultimate political survivor?
While his opponents predict the end of his political career, the Prime minister seems poised to win the April 4 Parliamentary elections