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Bulgarian stock exchange in 2020: COVID-19 and other disasters
The SOFIX index suffers worst drop since 2008, blue-chip stocks underperform broader market
Corona-debt
Bulgaria raised 2.5 billion euro through the sale of Eurobonds under favorable conditions in September. The question is what the GERB-led government coalition will do with the money
How the government bought a bank
The government has cleared the last hurdle on the path to the Eurozone’s waiting room by purchasing a 20% stake in the private lender for 140 million levs
Bulgaria revamps budget as coronavirus bites
The government has revised the 2020 budget to cope with the fiscal fallout from the coronavirus crisis
Bulgaria finally enters the euro’s waiting room
The country will continue implementing reforms in the judiciary and in the fight against organized crime and corruption, according to the ECB
Bulgaria gliding on the waves of the economic cycle
The local economy continues to move in sync with European trends, while opportunities for reforms slowly dwindle
Fibank trying to pass ECB’s bar
Accrued loan impairment added up to over 65 million levs following the ECB's comprehensive assessment
The Venezuelan Connection
Bulgaria’s national security agency has launched a probe into potential laundering of money from Venezuela via local private lender Investbank
What should Bulgaria expect from the euro?
It is now clear that euro zone membership has improved the economic performance of new member states
Fast Reads
Summer of political scandals, CEZ and Nova Broadcasting Group, Crashed Company Register, Bus crash near Svoge
Bulgaria faces an additional challenge on the path to the euro zone
Despite advice not to rush, the country will apply simultaneously to join the EU's Banking Union and the euro's waiting room – ERM 2
Fast reads
The end of the Council of EU Presidency, the cabinet is already shaking, Desislava Ivancheva, the Bulgarian judiciary
Bulgaria runs into the eurozone's wall
The European Central Bank seems unenthusiastic about Sofia's intention to apply for admission into the eurozone's training grounds
What Bulgaria wants from its presidency of the Council of the EU
Sofia hopes to make a breakthrough on the country’s membership in the Schengen area and Eurozone. It also hopes to change its image as an underachiever.
There’s nothing better in store
PM Borissov’s third government is still fixated on stability, the momentum for crucial reforms seems to have stalled