State bets on 2.8% economic growth and lower wage increases in 2025

Public spending will underpin higher growth rates, private consumption will slow down

The day in 3 news: 2025 Draft Budget: A risky path forward; Threat to halt gas transit for Gazprom over debt; Proposed VAT changes for property sales

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

Day in 3 News: No decision on Parliament speaker; IT company buys emblematic Sofia mansion; Factory prices are a mess

The week: Drained to zero

Bulgaria loves a scam, Big trouble brews for TurkStream and a Romanian Tik-Tok warning

Bulgaria’s Biomyc offering mushroom-based alternative to plastic

The company is developing mycelium composite materials and already has clients like Mercedes-Benz and KIA

Day in 3 News: No parliamentary speaker yet; 2nd bid to elect chair of Supreme Administrative Court; Cloud Office expands

Bulgaria’s 2025 Budget: We Have a Problem

Instead of voting for more populism-driven spending, parliament has to consider unpopular measures to tighten state finances

Day in 3 news: No new taxes, but a tax amnesty; Bulgaria ranks last for part-time work; Borissov wants talks with WCC-DB but is unhappy

The day in 3 news: Mob storms Malkovich’s Sofia play; Mondi Group quits Bulgaria after fire; Spending cuts needed to keep 3% deficit

Day in 3 news: "Only" 8 parties in parliament after Velichie miss threshold; Bulgartransgaz records 200% revenue growth; Changes to tax laws enter parliament in November

Air inferiority: The botched repair of the Graf Ignatievo airstrip

Due to the lack of an overall vision and the questionable capacity of the companies hired, the revamp of the airbase may not be completed when the F-16 fighters arrive

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

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

The day in 3 news: Danish firm is Sofia’s biggest private landlord; Era of cheap labor ends; Former Varna Mayor Portnih charged with fraud

Marek Prawda: The Russian aggression proved that the West lost the monopoly on always being right

The deputy foreign minister of Poland on the Visegrad four, the Eastern part of the EU and the Polish presidency

The week: Poles apart

The ungovernable state, a Bulgarian link in the explosive pagers story and Nole’s favorite chalga tune

The day in 3 news: Exports up, but still below par; Foreign agents law opposed by most parties again; Insurance companies reach record growth

European prosecutors search Bulgartransgaz office over project for expansion of Chiren gas storage facility

The gas storage expansion is estimated to cost 600 million levs and 25% will be financed through EU funds

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