Euphoria Fading on Bulgaria's Housing Market

After peaking in 2021-2022, transactions and, construction permits are now declining, and price growth is slowing down

Bulgaria's Euro Ambitions: Tackling Inflation for Eurozone Entry

Bulgaria's government is targeting January 1, 2025, as the date for adopting the euro. A potential stumbling block could be the price stability criterion

The day in 3 news: Inflation forecast to be 4.8% next year; Gas price up due to European volatility; Loans still robust, interest rates static

The day in 3 news: BNB governor gets 2nd term; Biodit wins new customers; Dronamics raises more money

The week: Should you trust the Bulgarian public, Zelensky wins a face-off with Radev, and gets some nuclear reactors

Last-minute rotation: GERB and WCC-DB agree on a government

It will be formed with the second mandate of Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov and will have Mariya Gabriel as his deputy. They will then swap positions after nine months.

The week: A prosecutor-general heads out, an EUcommissioner comes in, and an American president drops by

The day in 3 news: Building boss Veliko Zhelev is held; WCC-DB retains wafer-thin poll lead; DZI wants out of insurance business

The day in 3 news: Suspect sought after migrants’ deaths; Pekanov: Steep penalties outside Eurozone; O’Brien doubles down on Magnitsky list

No Euro in 2024: Why did Bulgaria give up trying to join the eurozone next year?

Parliament’s failure to adopt 4 key pieces of legislation, a purposeful abstention from the amendment of the Insurance code and high inflation will delay currency union entry

Nexo’s troubles, Bulgaria refuses to close coal plants, Lukoil returns

Prosecution goes after cryptobank, no chance of gov’t and coal to stay until 2038

Bulgaria: a step closer to the euro’s door

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria to sign deal with Turkey for natgas deliveries; Ivo Prokopiev wins lawsuit against Prosecutor’s Office; Majority of Bulgarian businesses support Eurozone entry

The week: the train problem, the Austrian surprise and the Russian oil

Trains, cities, and Elon Musk in the Northwest

A hidden fight "for" and "against" euro adoption dogs Bulgaria

Vazrazhdane turned a draft analysis about the impact of Eurozone entry by the National Bank into an attack on Bulgaria's renewed efforts to adopt the common currency from 2024

Day in 3 News: New children’s hospital for Sofia; Parliament in preliminary approval of military aid for Ukraine; Personal bankruptcy law passes crucial vote

Day in 3 News: Govt to house Ukraine refugees on state properties; Caretaker cabinet to extend 2022 budget to 2023; Value of exports jumps 30%

The week: Catching-up with the neighbors and looking for a lost highway

The decisive month for Bulgaria, how we lost tens of millions on a highway, and whom did Stoichkov meet?

Bulgaria in crisis: 5 risks caused by the political chaos

The post-election deadlock might consign the country to EU backwater status

The day in 3 news: Help for Semerdziev was "not coordinated"; Almost half of Bulgarians oppose the euro; Defence Minister denies caretaker gov’t is pro-Russian