Bulgarian economy: the start of a slowdown

The main growth drivers reached an inflection point in Q1 2023

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

How Romania overtook Bulgaria

The biggest difference between the two countries is the degree of success in their fight against corruption

The week: The hidden economy, The man who built Bulgaria, Don't call them by their name, Save the Tomatoes

Thousand shades of gray

How did Bulgaria get so expensive?

Record costs of essential foods have been driven by uncertainty in the supply chain, speculation, rising wages and inelastic demand

Rents going up more slowly than housing prices

Home rents increase, following the rise in mortgage payments, incomes and inflation.

The day in 3 news: Parliament agrees to buy fighter jets; Lidl is top contributor to economy; Trifonov criticizes North Macedonia

Dangerous games with state money

The caretaker cabinet unveiled shocking expectations for high deficit and debt bills in the 2023 budget

The day in 3 news: Nationwide search for lost child; Solar panels to be installed on Presidency building; Most students choose Economics majors

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The week: A few remarks before the new Parliament begins, how not to build highways, and an economist to follow

Penny (or kopeika) for your thoughts

The risks in front of Bulgaria’s 2023 budget

With or without a regular government in place, the new parliament can vote on Budget 2023 but probably it will not have the will to cut spending

Christophe Leclercq: Medias are an army of dwarfs, facing a world duopoly: Meta (Facebook) and Alphabet (Google)

The founder of the EURACTIV Media Network & Chair of Europe’s MediaLab spoke with Capital on the new European Media Freedom Act

The day in 3 news: Inflation up to 17.7% in August; Bulgaria to issue a 2 billion euro debt; Export growth up 41.7% in July

Energy minister Rossen Hristov: There is a political decision in Moscow preventing Gazprom to work with us

Day in 3 news: Radev’s cabinet loses support; Bulgarians get quick but expensive care; BG taps Lukoil as EU embargo on Russian fuel nears

Budget 2023: red lights everywhere

The next government will have several options: raising taxes, increasing the deficit and debt, or reforming spending

Day in 3 news: New management at the "Agriculture" fund; Revival’s election ticket dominated by men; Innovation minister launches audit of major Fund

Canada’s Trillion Energy to resume exploration for natural gas near Dobrich

The project was shelved a few years ago but rising prices have revived the interest in it

Bulgaria’s anti-inflation measures: chaos and populism

The government will spend 2 billion levs on populist measures without targeting the most vulnerable groups in society