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Who is Evelin Banev-Brendo, the narcotrafficker who handed himself in last week?
The mafioso with over 30 years of accumulated sentences abroad goes to prison, but his high-level protectors won’t

The week: A vacuum spot on the EU map
We’re not the poorest in the EU anymore, yet we’re still mute, and a drug lord decides to go to prison

Bulgaria Economic Trends: Wage Growth Slowing Down
Wage increases are expected to decelerate this year, ranging between 5% and 14%

How 16 billion lev capitalization vanished from the Bulgarian Stock Exchange
The financial watchdog delisted Capital Concept for lack of reporting

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

Sofia expanding with two new residential and commercial areas opposite the Business Park
Owners of restituted land situated in green spaces in existing neigbourhoods will be able to construct residential and office buildings in specially designated new zones

The week: Gooood morning Vietnam!
Back in Vietnam, We are not harassing Austria, Why is Sofia lonely

Bulgaria’s Largest Textile Companies: Slight Recovery after Weak Years
In 2022, the combined revenue of the top 25 companies in the sector increased by 19%.

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’s Ideal Standard - Vidima to become part of Germany’s Villeroy & Boch
The transaction values Ideal Standard Group at 600 million euro and is expected to be completed in early 2024

The week: The mystery of the Bulgarian housing market
The (very) strange Bulgarian housing market, a not so strange election and a bag of coke

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

The 50 most dynamic companies: Another burst of energy
Revenues of the fastest-growing large companies jumped by an average of 139% in 2022

Why investment activity in Bulgaria is so slow
Low investment rates limit the country’s long-term potential for economic growth

The founder of the largest Bulgarian insurer has been shot in Sofia
Alexey Petrov - founder of Lev Ins, which insured the reconstruction of Camp Nou, was a visible remnant of the 90s and a key figure in business and politics

Build the damn roads. Build the damn railways. Do something, for Christ’s sake
Build the roads, search for gas in the sea, a Ukrainian hit-list and Lukoil is in for some trouble

E. Miroglio - the Italian leader in the Bulgarian textile sector
A moderate recovery, but without strong optimism among the major players in the sector

Hills of Rock in Plovdiv and Velingrad Arte feastival canceled this year
Francofolies is coming to the city under the hills, and the organizer Fest team is targeting family events and solo concerts