Will the European Commission ban rose oil? Not really

A planned regulation on essential oils in the EU revived unjustified fears of yet another "European conspiracy" against a sensitive Bulgarian product

Another parliament bites the dust. What did it accomplish?

The 48th National Assembly will be remembered for the laws it failed to pass rather than for any meaningful breakthroughs

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria to issue 1.5 billion debt; 2022 sees slight rise in entrepreneurs; euShipments acquires Croatian startup

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

Destination "Silicon Valley"

Bulgaria Innovation Hub helps Bulgarian companies enter the US market

The day in 3 news: OECD invites Sofia to start membership negotiations, Bulgaria to bolster NATO forward presence with a national battlegroup, Omicron now dominant Covid variant

New investment values Bulgaria’s Payhawk at 570 million dollars

San Francisco-based Greenoaks provides half of the fresh funding of 112 million dollars

The day in 3 news: Cabinet this Monday; Bulgaria has two more months for its Recovery Plan; 83% of Bulgarians have Internet at home

The day in 3 news: Parliament with five deputy PMs; Record carbon emission quotas price; Tourist numbers set to double this winter

Day in 3 news: Bus crash leaves 46 dead on Struma highway, cabinet negotiations finish in 4 out of 18 groups, Bulgarian fin-tech goes ballistic

Smart Organic goes public: everything you need to know

The company will use the funds to acquire a German competitor and build a new production facility

Is State Capitalism Marching On?

Within a brief period, Bulgaria’s government has aggressively injected billions of levs into key sectors, and has effectively started nationalizing businesses

Derailing fair play

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog turns away foreign investors yet again

The Hospitable Sporting Nation

Still living off its faded sports glory, Bulgaria now dreams of hosting European and World Cup football championships, instead of investing in the development of sports

GPGate – a matrix for winning public tenders

A network of connected companies and individuals compiles, evaluates, and implements EU-funded projects

Bulgaria’s rocky path to the euro

Sofia received a formal promise to join the euro, but it will need to follow a longer procedure in comparison with earlier applicants

Democracy: the only game in town

There is a sharp drop in the number of Bulgarians who consider democracy to be a bad form of government

Trust in public institutions moderately increases

People have moved from extreme opinions to more pragmatic assessment of the public authority

Social bonds disintegrating further

Bulgarians prefer the comfort of their immediate family to the pubcil activism

The unhappiest nation becomes happier

More Bulgarians are coping better with their lives which reflects a new general attitude