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TOP40 in machines and equipment: Happy rally
The biggest companies in the sector continued growing in 2018, with total revenue exceeding 8 billion levs
The biggest employers: People are needed, wages are rising
Exporters and retailers again hired most employees
The most profitable companies: Growth on all sides
The 50 most profitable companies of 2018 post record-high average profit margins of 25%.
Export growth slows, yet value added grows
Bulgarian exports rose at a nominally disappointing annual rate in 2018 but goods sold abroad have become more specialized
The hub of northern Bulgaria
Pleven has many advantages: existing ones such as aviation training and medical education, and untapped ones like logistics and manufacturing
Bulgaria’s new factories
Two-thirds of the largest investment projects are in Northern Bulgaria. The top investor is Germany
Hemus: a highway project rife with corruption opportunities
The Road Infrastructure Agency recently demonstrated how the authorities flagrantly flout public procurement procedures and transparency
What should Bulgaria expect from the euro?
It is now clear that euro zone membership has improved the economic performance of new member states
Sofia’s successful guerrilla warfare against Brussels
So, what made Bulgaria the European Commission's darling?
Machines and Equipment: Breaking New Records
Ideal Standard’s businesses in Sevlievo are focusing on growth after being acquired by Anchorage Capital earlier this year.
The decade when factories grew
The business of the 100 largest Bulgarian companies has expanded by a third in 10 years, the 2018 edition of Capital Top 100 ranking shows, with production facilities being the motors of growth.
Fast Reads
Summer of political scandals, CEZ and Nova Broadcasting Group, Crashed Company Register, Bus crash near Svoge
The most profitable in 2017: Weapons, gambling, medicines
The group of manufacturing companies with double-digit margins is the largest
The Bulgarian economy takes a pause
GDP kept up its 3.5% growth rate in the first quarter but Europe is slowing down. When will Bulgaria follow?
Made in Bulgaria: Auto parts, arms and copper
Bulgarian exports of capital goods are on the rise but without fresh investments the sector will soon reach its limits
When not failing is a great success
Bulgaria did not finish its presidency of the Council of EU with a new shiny image as many had hoped but it proved it can run the bloc’s day-to-day affairs
Fast reads
The end of the Council of EU Presidency, the cabinet is already shaking, Desislava Ivancheva, the Bulgarian judiciary
The Rapid Demise of Bulgartabac
Bulgartabac as a case-study in the effects of Bulgaria's politically entangled privatization process: How Delyan Peevski managed to transform the one-time tobacco giant into a midget despite massive state support.