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Deals of 2018: Weak Season with Mostly Local Buyers
Ginka Varbakova, Ahmed Dogan, Brendo were the most active Bulgarians in the deals, as easterners replaced westerners
Don’t panic: Investors are not leaving in droves
Foreign direct investment has been decreasing for several years, but it has been partly substituted by local investors. The worrying trend is the overall decline in investment.
When it walks like corruption, when it quacks like corruption
While the Bulgarian authorities appear to be cracking down on some allegedly corrupt officials and businessmen, oligarchic interests favored by those in power receive a significant economic boost
New billion-lev deal in Bulgaria’s banking sector
DSK Bank is set to buy Societe Generale Expressbank for close to 1.0 billion levs, or 1.3 times its capital, vying for the top spot in the sector in terms of assets.
Expect no fair play here
Bulgaria’s political establishment has demonstrated yet again that no business can be run in Bulgaria without their blessing
Fast Reads
Summer of political scandals, CEZ and Nova Broadcasting Group, Crashed Company Register, Bus crash near Svoge
Why Are Western Investors Leaving Bulgaria?
Big and established international companies are selling their Bulgarian assets to East European or local buyers.
CEZ case confirms the doubts about Bulgaria's institutions
Friedrich Naumann Foundation director for SEE Daniel Kaddik
Fast reads
The end of the Council of EU Presidency, the cabinet is already shaking, Desislava Ivancheva, the Bulgarian judiciary
Five Years After
Bulgaria’s will to protest might seem exhausted in the years following the summer of 2013, but dissatisfaction with the country’s politics still simmers
What's the matter with Bulgaria?
Why eleven years of EU membership have not brought about the positive changes that most Bulgarians expected