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The biggest pharmaceutical companies: a duo joins the billion-dollar club

The biggest pharmaceutical companies: a duo joins the billion-dollar club

Two drug distributors - Sopharma Trading and Phoenix Pharma - crossed the BGN 1 billion mark for the first time in 2022


Protests, corruption and hiding from fans: Bulgaria’s football reaches a boiling point

Protests, corruption and hiding from fans: Bulgaria’s football reaches a boiling point

Bulgarian football is going down for years, but the exclamation point is now


Local elections, round 2: Terziev in knife edge Sofia victory, GERB’s regional hegemony cracks

Local elections, round 2: Terziev in knife edge Sofia victory, GERB’s regional hegemony cracks

Record-low turnout, a very colorful picture across the country and a vengeful Borissov



The founder of the largest Bulgarian insurer has been shot in Sofia

The founder of the largest Bulgarian insurer has been shot in Sofia

Alexey Petrov - founder of Lev Ins, which insured the reconstruction of Camp Nou, was a visible remnant of the 90s and a key figure in business and politics


Kaufland remains largest Bulgarian retailer for 12th consecutive year

Kaufland remains largest Bulgarian retailer for 12th consecutive year

The sector grew by 13% on average in 2021, with total sales reaching 10.7 billion levs


The electronics company Addit.tech received an investment of 555,000 euros

The electronics company Addit.tech received an investment of 555,000 euros

The company basically offers a way for renting mobile phones and other consumer equipment


A gift for 25 million levs, a new financial overlord and a very wealthy referee

A gift for 25 million levs, a new financial overlord and a very wealthy referee

For-sale municipalities, a coalition is born, growth turns out to be 4%


Sofia’s hottest new contemporary art center

Sofia’s hottest new contemporary art center

The emergence of the Regional Centre for Contemporary Arts "Toplotsentrala" in South Park has the potential to fan the flames of Sofia's cultural scene


Locomotives of the future depart from Ruse

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


Startups in Bulgaria: March overview

Startups in Bulgaria: March overview

Halo Dx and MYX raise money for further expansion; SMSBump’s owner earns "unicorn" status


The deals of 2020: Few and far between

The deals of 2020: Few and far between

The pandemic practically froze the M&A market. Buyers are still mostly local faces


Digital startups get funding, BDB acquires stake in baby-shoe maker, Automotive sector expands near Plovdiv

Digital startups get funding, BDB acquires stake in baby-shoe maker, Automotive sector expands near Plovdiv

Short business stories from the past month


Expressions of a captured state

Expressions of a captured state

Three stories of how rules are applied unevenly in Bulgaria


Retail Chains: Tasty Growth of 10%

Retail Chains: Tasty Growth of 10%

All top 20 companies achieved a revenue growth' it is above average for nine of them


A toy war

A toy war

How one toy retailer got mixed-up in anti-government protests and received an uninvited buy-out offer


Pharmaceuticals: Double-digit growth once more

Pharmaceuticals: Double-digit growth once more

Drug sales are rising again, as are the revenues of the largest companies. Both indicators rise by 11%


Home appliance retailers feel the e-commerce heat

Home appliance retailers feel the e-commerce heat

TVs remain strongest sellers


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