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First Investment Bank up for sale - sources
UniCredit Bulbank and Postbank vie to acquire Bulgaria’s fifth largest lender

Bulgaria has utilized only 4% of European funds since 2021
For the first time since joining the EU, Bulgaria has got along with almost no European funding for several years

The week: How hard is it to buy trains?
The train won't be coming, The free electricity market neither, And the new Constitution is a mess

Who is who in the Glavchev cabinet and what comes next
The caretaker gov’t is dominated by GERB and MRF cadres, which are bound to restore the status quo

A customs boss, a police chief and a "very expensive" watch: the first strike of the new anti-corruption agency
Two strange stories from last week converge into one

The week: No country for the old
The young have made it through, The rotation is now a centrifuge, Bulgarian football goes for old

How GERB built Putin a pipeline, part I: the Roadmap to circumvent the law (and Ukraine)
A new data leak exposes how the Borissov-3 gov’t facilitated the construction of the TurkStream pipeline across Bulgaria against the country’s own interests and EU procurement rules

Fertilizers remain vulnerable to the impact of the Ukraine war, trade restrictions
Prices fall from record highs but stay steadily elevated

The week: The Roadmap to Russian energy serfdom
How GERB sold out to Putin (before the war), Rotation stuck and who designs Beyonce’s clothes in BG

The week: Brace, the rotation is coming
The Suddenly-important Ministry, More Russian spies pop up, and Meta buys a company

Industrial cooldown, slower business growth and less VAT collected: 2023 at a glance
Global events hit the financial performance of public companies, shrink factory production and effectively cut down state revenue

The week: Going nuclear (again)
The new Bulgarian mega-dream, eurozone delayed, Nexo comes back with a vengeance

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

Schengen by Air and Sea: What does it mean?
All EU member states approved Bulgaria’s and Romania’s partial entry into the free travel zone from 1 April, but are still to agree on full-blown membership

The week: 3 focal points to watch out for post-Schengen
Bulgaria gets a half-Schengen, Peevski gets a half party, and something awful is going on in the police