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How GERB built Putin a pipeline, part I: the Roadmap to circumvent the law (and Ukraine)
A new data leak exposes how the Borissov-3 gov’t facilitated the construction of the TurkStream pipeline across Bulgaria against the country’s own interests and EU procurement rules
Solar Strife: Property Battles Raging Beneath PV Park in Bulgaria
Residents of the villages of Sbor and Apriltsi in the Pazardzhik region claim that their lands have been expropriated by a company owned by Ginka Varbakova. There are also more than 20 complaints filed with the prosecution.
The biggest software companies in Bulgaria
The top 50 tech companies by revenue experienced significant growth, more suited to startups
Leaks: How Bulgarian gas mafia and Boyko Borissov made a deal with Putin for Turkstream
The documents depict secret arrangements violating public procurement procedures and obeying Russian corporate interests
Is Constitutional reform still-born?
WCC-DB successfully involved their non-coalition partners from GERB and MRF in their bid to mend the judiciary, but the process has barely started - and can be torpedoed at any point
What happened to Bulgaria’s largest builder?
Veliko Zhelev, the boss of infrastructure giant Hirdrostroy, was briefly arrested last week for harassing an employee. Is there more to this story than meets the eye?
Schengen is shut, Bulgaria needs brain surgeon and which are the country’s biggest businesses
Gov’t mandate roulette kicks off, Boyko is the (old) Messi, K100 business ranking now in English
The silent gas war Russia is winning
After decades of dictating the natural gas imports in Bulgaria, the Russians are intent on entering the internal market and reshaping the sector
Is Sofia about to lose some of its air connections
Shortly before the start of its concession contract, state-owned Sofia Airport unveiled a plan to drastically raise its fees. Complaints from the biggest airlines using the airport put the plan on hold until after the general election expected in March.
Sofia is putting too many eggs in Gazprom’s basket
The construction of TurkStream’s extension via Bulgaria will make the country too reliant on Russia again
Export growth slows, yet value added grows
Bulgarian exports rose at a nominally disappointing annual rate in 2018 but goods sold abroad have become more specialized
A Martyr of (Anti)corruption
Desislava Ivancheva, the ex-mayor of Sofia’s Mladost district, received the heaviest graft sentence in recent Bulgarian history but the authorities’ handling of the case stirred public outrage and sympathy for her.