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The week: A map of industrial brilliance

The week: A map of industrial brilliance

Factory of the Year is Solvay, Bulgaria loses some European money, How to destroy a 2000-year-old Basilica





Drinking water in reservoirs is at critically low levels. Are there solutions?

Drinking water in reservoirs is at critically low levels. Are there solutions?

Nine of our drinking water supply dams are at their lowest levels in decades


Germany's struggles reveal an uncomfortable truth about Bulgaria's economy

Germany's struggles reveal an uncomfortable truth about Bulgaria's economy

Structural problems affecting Bulgaria’s largest trading partner will affect local industries that fail to adapt and diversify their clients


Rising Wages, Lagging Productivity: The End of Bulgaria’s Cheap Labor Advantage

Rising Wages, Lagging Productivity: The End of Bulgaria’s Cheap Labor Advantage

Income growth in Bulgaria outpaces labor productivity by far, signaling the end of the low-cost labor model


The week: Why Nations Fail in football and elections

The week: Why Nations Fail in football and elections

One night in Belfast, What is wrong with the Air Force, Varna ex-mayor is sinking


The week: The Romanian way

The week: The Romanian way

The boom on the other side of the Danube, Where did 4 billion leva go, the biggest Renter in Sofia


Russia’s floating petrol stations near the Bulgarian coast

Russia’s floating petrol stations near the Bulgarian coast

Moscow’s "ghost fleet" of tankers undercuts marine fuel prices just off Bulgarian territorial waters and might be circumventing EU sanctions


From political to constitutional: Bulgarian caretaker gov’t crisis deepens

From political to constitutional: Bulgarian caretaker gov’t crisis deepens

President Radev refuses to appoint the Kozhareva cabinet over her insistence on reappointing controversial internal minister Kalin Stoyanov, creating further political turmoil


Putting out fire after fire, or why Bulgaria has a hard time dealing with natural disasters

Putting out fire after fire, or why Bulgaria has a hard time dealing with natural disasters

The country needs an aerial system for firefighting, but it has failed to buy even a single helicopter in the past three decades


Polish company Renters buys the Bulgarian leader in short-term rentals Flat Manager

Polish company Renters buys the Bulgarian leader in short-term rentals Flat Manager

This is Bulgaria's first deal with a real estate startup



10 Years After the Collapse of CCB: Where Are the Key Figures Now?

10 Years After the Collapse of CCB: Where Are the Key Figures Now?

A decade after the closure of Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), there are still no convictions, and the mega-trial for draining its accounts is going nowhere


BrightCap launches second venture capital fund with 60 million euros

BrightCap launches second venture capital fund with 60 million euros

The team will look for young software companies in which to invest between 400 thousand and 3 million euros in exchange for shares


Three stories of making anti-corruption work - and last

Three stories of making anti-corruption work - and last

From the New Orleans police department to the port of Lagos, several key principles can create a culture of integrity, Oxford professor Christopher Stone argues


Who is Evelin Banev-Brendo, the narcotrafficker who handed himself in last week?

Who is Evelin Banev-Brendo, the narcotrafficker who handed himself in last week?

The mafioso with over 30 years of accumulated sentences abroad goes to prison, but his high-level protectors won’t


Programmatic’s paperless contracts

Programmatic’s paperless contracts

The Bulgarian-founded company develops fully digital contracts with a focus on what happens after they are signed


The largest hybrid project in the region is in the Bulgarian town of Razlog

The largest hybrid project in the region is in the Bulgarian town of Razlog

The batteries were installed at a 33-megawatt solar park near Razlog, owned by Investo Partners, the ultimate owner of which is the Austria based Renalfa IPP