The day in 3 news: Peevski wants PM role; Sofia city introduces low emission zone; IKEA opens 6th local store

IT entrepreneur Vasil Terziev is the new Sofia mayor. What does he propose?

His program suggests reforms geared towards transformation of Sofia's governance and infrastructure

The day in 3 news: Still no chairman of Sofia Municipal Council; Population to shrink below 5 million; 50 million levs for heat pumps and aircons in capital

The day in 3 news: Deadlock in Sofia municipality; Outsourcing sector growth slows; Infosys expands to 500 people

The week: Varna’s promise, Sofia’s divide, WCC's suspicious Brussels move, BG Football's dictator moment

K insights newsletter: 10.11

The day in 3 news: Former BTV news chief is GERB’s candidate for Sofia mayor; 2025 to be official Eurozone target; Covid cases up 7-fold

The first Bulgarian unicorn

Payhawk, the fintech startup founded by Hristo Borissov and Boyko Karadzhov, was valued at 1 billion dollars after a new investment round led by US fund Lightspeed Venture Partners

Bulgarian-founded fintech startup valued at $80m

US-based QED Investors led the largest Series A funding round so far for a Bulgarian startup - 32m levs

Bulgaria’s biggest fintech deals

Fintech companies’ strong growth draws interest from investors and VC funds

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

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Two years after the biggest IT deal in Bulgaria’s corporate history - the acquisition of Telerik by the US Progress - high expectations meet not so rosy reality