Bulgaria explained: Why is the online banking so unpopular

Еvery Tuesday we look at the Eurostat regional yearbook statistics and explain some curious data on Bulgaria

The day in 3 news: Gov’t sends Recovery plan to Brussels, DemBG partially refused registration for November vote, Many Sofia districts will be without electricity on Friday

The day in 3 news: Incumbent Radev enjoys 42.6% of votes: Poll, Health Ministry mulls new Covid restrictions, Specialized Prosecution investigate Kiril Petkov’s citizenship

The day in 3 news: Delyan Peevski embroiled in Pandora leak, EBRD gets a share of Eurohold, EU pushes Bulgaria on N.Macedonia

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria to send Recovery Plan to Brussels, new heads of financial body, new emission of Treasury bonds for 250 mil.euro

The week: A very expensive winter is coming, the "disrupters" enter the political center and new cars sales grow fast

GERB, salaries and energy bills all head north

What the caretaker gov’t did - and where it faltered

Stefan Yanev’s first cabinet exposed many of the previous administration’s flawed practices but failed to fix many of them

The week: The problem with online banking, new players enter the political arena and 6 billion euros await

Dogan is nowhere to be found, trouble brews for Kristalina Georgieva

The day in 3 news: New gov’t and party, an energy-efficient factory in Plovdiv, a tool for citizen control over EU funds

Quite a day: New caretaker gov’t, new elections and a new challenger

The second cabinet appointed by President Radev this year is notable mostly for its absentees - Finance and Economy ministers Vassilev and Petkov, who will now be entering the political fray

The day in 3 news: Workers protest halted state payments, Supreme court nominates six magistrates for EU Prosecutors, 85% of Bulgarians want more scrutiny over EU funds

Locomotives of the future depart from Ruse

Express Service inherited 155 years of experience in train maintenance and construction and entered the XXI century with more powerful, greener machines

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.

The week: No EU money and other risks for Bulgaria, No new head of BNB (for now), and a whole new fascist to worry about

K Insights 27/08: Bulgaria’s risky autumn, where do we invest and Sofia is great in tech

Shaky business: Six risks Bulgaria faces over the coming months

Political instability aside, the country has to deal with a fourth Covid wave, inevitable refugee crisis, higher energy bills and more this autumn

The day in 3 news: GERB refuses to form gov’t, TISP calls anti-COVID measures ’discrimination‘, highway to Romania to be finished in 2027

Extreme weather: What’s Bulgaria’s plan to tackle its effects?

A summer of scorching heat and forest fires across the mountainous country put people and nature at risk, highlighting the need for the state to be better prepared

The day in 3 news: Refugee centers full, Highway workers’ protest closes main arteries, Radev postpones second mandate until Parliament revises budget

The day in 3 news: First Bulgarian Olympic gold medal in 13 years, Fund of Funds to get new management, GERB loses support to TISP: Market Links

The week: Is Bulgaria the limp pig of EU regulation, coal is (still) here, minimum wage surpasses Montenegro

Also: New Parliament is up, as well as the new 12 bn. Leva Plan