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2022 starts with a 100% increase in real estate deals in Nessebar and 9% in Sofia
Nessebar joins top 10

100 Days in Power: Where is the coalition heading to?
Three months into its mandate, the ruling coalition is splintered and facing a myriad of crises and inter-institutional wars

The week: Borissov arrested, Central Bank chairmanship tears the coalition, Resilience Plan still not ok
Former PM Borissov arrested, Guerilla war over BNB shakes the coalition and the Plan is still NOT alright

Capital’s 2022 Business meets Gov’t conference: Highlights
Prime Minister Kiril Petkov slams Bulgaria’s ill-preparedness for war or emergencies during address to Capital Weekly and business sector guests

Bulgaria to suffer weaker growth, higher inflation over war in Ukraine
Exports to Russia and Ukraine account for only 2.4% of Bulgaria’s total, but supply chains have been destroyed

Recovery plan 3.0: fresh restart with trains and batteries
The state authorities decided to revamp the EU funds plan, squeezing in some radical ideas before being submitted by the end of April

The long road to Kiev, still no budget and top 10 IT companies in Plovdiv
How Bulgaria and others helped Russia get to Kiev, still no budget and top 10 IT companies in Plovdiv

A house in Barcelona returns to haunt Boyko Borissov
For two years, the State Prosecution kept silent about the Spanish money laundering investigation linked to the former Prime Minister with the excuse that the Catalan police had not sent any intel to Bulgaria. Now two reports have suddenly emerged

Bulgarian banks’ profit rises to 1.4 billion levs in 2021
Lower impairment costs, decreased contributions to guarantee funds and the credit moratorium boosted annual profit by 600 million levs

F-16s delayed: What happened to the new fighters for the Bulgarian air force?
Supply chain issues and logistical problems have stalled the production of the Lockheed Martin jets, postponing deliveries by up to two years

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

Why are Bulgarians (not) willing to come back from abroad?
A new study finds that - unsurprisingly - lack of career opportunities and lower quality of life compared to Western Europe stop emigres from returning

A reluctant NATO ally, OECD invitation 15 years in the waiting and a new name for Telenor
Sofia hopes for the best - and not much more - in NATO-Russia clash, Telenor turns into Yettel and changes coming to the Energy regulator

Bulgarian banks’ Jan-Nov profit rises 53% y/y, still below 2019 level
The last 8 billion levs of loans under credit repayment moratorium return to regular servicing