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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

What’s next for the Constitutional changes?
Judicial reform via the basic law has been one of the six priorities of the ruling majority - see where it is heading

Largest employers: IT and arms industry booming despite workforce shortage
With a staff of more than 230,000 in total, the 100 biggest companies employ one in ten workers in Bulgaria

The week: It’s GERB’s election to lose. Again.
Who’s going to run the cities, is there a Recovery Plan at all, what is a Russian-born oligarch doing in Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s fintech sector grows in H1 2023
Companies report increase in assets and consumers, expand product offerings

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

100 days of the Denkov-Gabriel gov’t: what was (not) done?
Beyond its pro-Ukrainian tilt, the cabinet has so far only been noted for its appointment scandals, its dependency on MRF and the absence of promised key reforms

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

Bulgaria’s 100 largest companies: record revenue and profits for 2022
The Ukraine war has pushed the turnover of the companies in the K100 ranking to BGN 132 billion, or 60% up on the year before

Bulgarian economy losing steam
GDP growth stands at 1.8% y/y in the second quarter, with consumption remaining the primary driver

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

Telco war enters new phase, as anti-trust body clears acquisitions by Vivacom
A1 and Yettel have alerted the European regulators about "excessive concentration" of market share and power in the hands of their competitor

Bulgaria's 2023 Budget: Salary Increases for Public Sector Workers
Following an 11-hour session, Parliament approved various new expenditures, focusing on salary hikes.

Immigration instead of integration: where are the Roma and why it matters (part II)
Between 40 and 50% of the country's Roma community now work abroad, bringing money into the country - but the state does not care

Immigration instead of integration: how the Roma left Bulgaria (part I)
Between 40 and 50% of the country's Roma community now work abroad, bringing money into the country - but the state does not care

Czech PPF in talks to sell stake in Yettel Bulgaria to Etisalat
The negotiations are in an early stage and include three more operators in the region but not Bulgaria’s bTV