Bulgaria’s most profitable companies in 2020: a very good year for some

The country’s largest companies reached record-breaking profit margins in the pandemic year

Spain’s Eurostars opens first hotel in Sofia

Hotusa Group’s brand replaces Best Western by renting its former City Hotel Sofia

The Bulgarian courier going into digital currency

Econt courier service provider is investing 5 million levs in an e-portfolio project

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria No. 1 for EU deaths, National census to take place online 7-17 September, MPs propose 185 euro minimum pension

The biggest companies in 2020: New model, new champion

Bulgaria’s biggest companies were only mildly hit by the coronavirus. Total revenue of the top 100 firms decreased by just 7% in 2020.

US company replaces Gazprom as partner in Overgas Inc

Texas-based Linden Energy acquires 50% of the Bulgarian private natural gas supplier

Yambol’s furniture king

Videnov grows its business with 20-million-lev investment

The Bulgarian bicycle boom

Local producers enjoy double digit growth and demand for electric versions encourages investments in capacity expansion

Bulgaria enters final miles of road to euro area

A roadmap for transition to the single currency puts focus on consumer protection and transparency

Roses withering

Depressed global demand has put Bulgaria’s iconic rose oil industry to its knees

Construction business: the largest builder in Bulgaria

How Veliko Zhelev turned his Hidrostroy company into an empire

When long-time leaders refuse to leave; the shortest-lived Parliament in a 100 years; tourists are welcome

K Insights 30/04: What do football and politics have in common, dubious court about to be disbanded

Digital startups get funding, BDB acquires stake in baby-shoe maker, Automotive sector expands near Plovdiv

Short business stories from the past month

Fast Reads

Lidl expanding, a boom for metal producers, and a switch to e-bikes

Expressions of a captured state

Three stories of how rules are applied unevenly in Bulgaria

A post-COVID economy

What comes after the ups and downs of the Bulgarian pandemic cycle in 2020

Bulgaria’s bright side: When smart ideas turn into business

Dragomir winery's new home & Starting a business during a pandemic & The fashion of being green

Who owns Bulgaria’s beaches?

Beach concessions remain reserved territory for selected players - mainly people said to have been connected with mafia-style structures in the past and owners of big hotel chains

Bulgarian Stock Exchange: blue chips underperform broader market in H1

Investors find safe-haven in REITs

Bulgarian Development Bank’s New Leadership

A dubious loan stirred public uproar in April, leading to the quick dismissal of the bank’s management but the new team seems unlikely to fix the systemic problems at the state-owned lender