Online Gambling Business’ Revenue Tops One Billion Levs

Internet betting grew by 12% in 2023. Lower taxation of offline betting creates a new market niche.

The week: What a Big Mac can tell us about the future of Sofia

Sofia gets really expensive, Peevski gets a post, and Real Estate keeps booming

The "Skull" is back: What’s next for fugitive gambling oligarch Vassil Bozhkov

The shady businessman’s self-imposed exile in Dubai ended abruptly - and surprisingly - last Friday

The week: The captured state unravels, Mariya Gabriel gets a bad deal, while arms producers had a very good year

The country didn’t break. It was already broken

The week: A genuinely bold idea, cross-party ‘friendship’ fizzles out, a ‘superhero’ targeted by evildoers

Let’s dream big

Who’s who in online gambling in Bulgaria

A total of 16 companies compete for a share of the sector’s 1 billion levs gross revenue per year

The new Magnitsky sanctions for Bulgaria: Who has been named and why

The US continues its anti-corruption pressure in tandem with the UK, by adding two former ministers, two former MPs and an energy official to the list

The week: The land of the wanna-bes, illegal migration makes a bloody comeback, an ex-mayor goes to prison and a singer squats

Dreams and realities, fences and guns, boxers and singers

The day in 3 news: Radev to hold talks with Rutte over Schengen; Parliament votes to diversify nuclear fuel away from Russia; Bulgaria lost a court case for 329 million leva against Vassil Bozhkov

Day in 3 news: BSP to return third mandate unfulfilled; Bulgargaz proposes 54% hike in natgas price for August, Specialized Prosecution closes probe of MP Peevski under the Magnitsky Act

The week: 100 days of hell, the missing half a billion and a mysterious crash at a large dam

A baptism of fire, a new port on the Aegean and an ambassador worth throwing out

Borissov’s arrest: What we know so far

The Internal Ministry’s surprise operation against the former PM and high level GERB cadres came just a few hours after the head of the EU Prosecution visited Sofia

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

The day in 3 news: Unknown economist is TISP candidate for PM, Skopje expects breakthrough with Sofia in Fall, Vassilev: 350 mln euro in unpaid lottery taxes

This week: Bulgaria finally sets foot on three seas, Elections are here (again) and how to lose 550 million on gambling

An e-car maker might land in Lovetch, you can fly to Varna

The day in 3 news: Unicredit sees 4,4% GDP growth, Lottery mogul evaded 275 mln euro in tax, Natura 2000 expands its Black Sea area

The lost decade of Bulgaria

The governments of Boyko Borissov promised reform, but instead created an apparatus for extortion and clientelism

Svetoslav Ilchovsky: These people steal from us relentlessly

The businessman who rocked Bulgaria’s parliament in its final days over allegations of high-level corruption speaks to Capital weekly

The economic future of Central and Eastern Europe: From smart followership to bold leadership

How can countries like Bulgaria avoid the "middle-income" trap

Decisions for the next decade, vaccines for the next week and a small city you should put on your maps

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