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The week: Who’s running the country?
Who is really in charge? Elections lurk on every corner and a pharmaceutical boom

The week: Rumors of Bulgarian extinction are greatly exaggerated
For once, good demographic news; gambling ban - better late than never and a big mining investment

E-commerce keeps Bulgaria’s courier service market buoyant in 2022
The revenues of the top 20 companies in the sector reached 1.175 billion levs

How GERB built Putin a pipeline, part 2: the laundering road of 3 billion leva through an Arab company
Turkstream used offshore companies and the financial capacity of Gazprombank

Online Gambling Business’ Revenue Tops One Billion Levs
Internet betting grew by 12% in 2023. Lower taxation of offline betting creates a new market niche.

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

DEMOBAZA: Bulgarian clothes for Hollywood artists
Teodora Alexandrova and Dimitar Sulev based their fashion brand in Bulgaria, but produce clothes for the biggest stars in Hollywood

DIY chains: another boom in sales
Bulgaria’s top five retailers project further revenue growth in 2023 after a strong 2022

The biggest pharmaceutical companies: a duo joins the billion-dollar club
Two drug distributors - Sopharma Trading and Phoenix Pharma - crossed the BGN 1 billion mark for the first time in 2022

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

Industrial Property Market in Bulgaria Faces Drop in Transactions Due to High Rental Prices
The industrial property market froze in the middle of the year, but forecasts suggest a revival is on the horizon.

Bulgaria’s new factories in 2023: Part II (The North)
Compared to previous years, projects are now equally distributed between southern and northern Bulgaria.