Capital’s 2022 Business meets Gov’t conference: Highlights

Prime Minister Kiril Petkov slams Bulgaria’s ill-preparedness for war or emergencies during address to Capital Weekly and business sector guests

The week: Russian tanks steal our common future, stacking up on grain, some good ideas

K Insights 11/03: economy grows (pre-war), some unicorns

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria "not alone" in opposing ban on Russian gas imports: PM, 36,000 Covid deaths two years on, New records in gas, electricity prices

Bulgaria is looking for a unicorn

In 2022 or 2023 there will be at least one Bulgarian startup with valuation over 1 billion dollars

Sweden’s Ewellix chooses Sofia for center of European operations

The company preferred Bulgaria to Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania

Recycling Humanita’s business

The indebted company for processing of second-hand clothes has two options: rehabilitation or bankruptcy

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria quits two Comecon banks; Energy Minister sees risks to Bulgaria’s energy supply; Tourism municipalities hardest hit by the pandemic

The day in 3 news: More protests against green certificates; Transport Minister Sabev probed by anti-corruption organs; Bulgarians travel despite pandemic

The day in 3 news: PM Kiril Petkov condemns Putin’s decision to recognize Donetsk’s independence; Largest metallurgical companies increased turnover by 63% in 2020; Electricity production up

A house in Barcelona returns to haunt Boyko Borissov

For two years, the State Prosecution kept silent about the Spanish money laundering investigation linked to the former Prime Minister with the excuse that the Catalan police had not sent any intel to Bulgaria. Now two reports have suddenly emerged

The day in 3 news: No more green certificates from March; Bankruptcies increased by 13% in 2021 y-y; Bulgaria has not issued permits for weapons exports to Ukraine

The week: The end of golden passports, a new beginning for trains, and the best place in Europe for romance and wine

We’re not selling citizenship anymore, we’re buying: trains, batteries and a house in Barcelona?

If Only We Could Predict Inflation or Why there are no super-wealthy economists

Should the fixed income market turn out to be correct once again, and should recession loom, inflation talk will not only cease but we will yearn for a return to price growth once businesses collapse and unemployment soars

Bulgarian banks’ profit rises to 1.4 billion levs in 2021

Lower impairment costs, decreased contributions to guarantee funds and the credit moratorium boosted annual profit by 600 million levs

Day in 3 news: 9% inflation, Investigation into CoVID deaths, Plovid Airport has no ground transportation

F-16s delayed: What happened to the new fighters for the Bulgarian air force?

Supply chain issues and logistical problems have stalled the production of the Lockheed Martin jets, postponing deliveries by up to two years

Day in 3 news: Energy regulator to probe dubious gas deals, Covid death rate in hospitals was 18% in 2021, Optix launches 10 million R&D and production facility in Plovdiv

Why are Bulgarians (not) willing to come back from abroad?

A new study finds that - unsurprisingly - lack of career opportunities and lower quality of life compared to Western Europe stop emigres from returning

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

Between a rock and a hard place: Bulgaria and the Ukraine crisis

Stuck in the middle of its allegiance to the Euroatlantic Alliance and its volatile domestic politics, Sofia is choosing to keep a low profile amidst rising NATO-Kremlin tensions