The day in 3 news: Scholz: Bulgaria meets the Schengen area entry requirements; Waiting for an answer from Gazprom; Record deficit of 11.3 bln levs in 2023 budget

The week: "Year Zero" for anti-corruption, new cabinet or new elections, the quick end of the Gemcorp memorandum

Captured state fights back, gas storage slowly fills up and a skyscraper that is not

The week: The best place to start fighting the corruption, Don’t count a coalition before it’s hatched, Crypto collapse

A fatal crash exposes depth of state capture, No gov’t + crypto layoffs and M&As

Revising the budget: everyone gets what they want

The first revision of this year’s budget has become a money grab amidst economic and political uncertainty

Petkov’s gov’t falls after no-confidence vote

The motion was passed with 123 MPs from GERB, MRF, TISP and Vazrazhdane

The day in 3 news: No-confidence vote due next Wednesday, Skopje veto talks at "dead end":Varhelyi, Trade deficit reaches 1.3 billion euro for first 4 months of 2022

Bulgaria slowing down on its way to the eurozone

The country does not meet the criterion of inflation but the political differences in the ruling coalition pose a bigger problem

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria blocked airspace for Lavrov, Bulgaria’s budget revision draws fire, Bulgarian Football Federation in new match fixing probe

The week: Reform process stalled, EU warns of rising gov’t expenses, and a great week for business

Can the coalition live up to its promises, DIY photovoltaics and good news for "Made in BG" cargo drones

Day in 3 news: Cabinet offers wide measures to combat price hikes, Trade deficit shrinks by 21% in March, Q1 of 2022 sees a fourfold increase of FDI

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria can only send protective gear to Ukraine, Free healthcare for refugees, Foreign debt goes up nominally, down as % of GDP: BNB

The war for sunflower oil and Bulgaria’s role in the market

In Bulgaria, the sunflower oil business was worth close to 1.5 bln levs (767 million euro) last year

Bulgarian government’s decision to buy 1.1 mln tons of cereals provoked market chaos

Representatives of the sector believe that the offered price is half the international market price and complain of illegal suspension of exports

All plans for inflation and growth will be reconsidered: Finance minister Assen Vassilev

We have no signals that 2024 is not an achievable target date for the adoption of the euro, says the Deputy Prime Minister

Bulgaria’s budget 2022: too generous and risky

The finance ministry proposed a draft budget for 2022 with a deficit equivalent to 4.1% of planned GDP and significant debt growth

The day in 3 news: 480.6 mln euro state budget surplus at end-Jan; Bulgaria to have a ministry of Digitalization and e-governance; BNSF calls for independent experts

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria has contingency plans in case of Russia-Ukraine conflict; State budget to be 4.1% of GDP in 2022; Brussels sees progress between Sofia and Skopje

The day in 3 news: Covid measures tightened in Sofia; Finance Minister Assen Vassilev expects 5% average inflation for 2022; Mortality rate very high in 2021

Bulgaria's economy in 2022: slow recovery

High inflation and coronavirus-fueled uncertainty weigh down on businesses

The week: A smaller Bulgaria, the Macedonian hostages, and an MMA real estate tycoon

K Insights: Is small necessarily bad, how many tunnels can you dig for 12 bln. levs and what do e-buses and corruption have in common