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Mining sector targeted with a new tax in an attempt to fill budget holes
The finance ministry has proposed changes to the law on underground resources to raise revenues by BGN 900 million a year

Oscar-El expands production facilities to handle new large projects
The Bulgarian company will invest 4 million levs to boost its capacity for electrical panels by 40%

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

Energy Summit 2024 will discuss the future of Bulgaria and the region
The conference will bring many speakers from Europe and the energy business

Bulgaria’s new factories in 2023: Part I (The South)
The value of the 15 biggest projects in the industrial sector reached BGN 4.4 bln in 2023

Largest metal producers: First signs of cool-down
The revenue growth of the top 30 companies in the sector slowed to 22% in 2022

The week: A 7.5 tremor in the non-coalition
Tremors in the coalition, Budget is in, Mihailov is out and Zakharova is pissed

Build the damn roads. Build the damn railways. Do something, for Christ’s sake
Build the roads, search for gas in the sea, a Ukrainian hit-list and Lukoil is in for some trouble

Frans Timmermans: Мiners are extremely valuable for the energy transition
The "father of the Green Deal" and Vice-President of the European Commission says that the earlier Bulgaria moves away from coal, the more successful it will be in its green transformation

Kadri Simson: Replacing all Russian gas immediately is impossible, cutting consumption must be part of our strategy
The EU Energy Policy Commissioner talks to Capital weekly about the risk of a complete cut-off from Russian gas - and what the EU plans to do about it

The week: The best place to start fighting the corruption, Don’t count a coalition before it’s hatched, Crypto collapse
A fatal crash exposes depth of state capture, No gov’t + crypto layoffs and M&As

The war for sunflower oil and Bulgaria’s role in the market
In Bulgaria, the sunflower oil business was worth close to 1.5 bln levs (767 million euro) last year

Borissov’s house of cards is shaking
The Bulgarian prime minister is facing a public storm, leaking of secrets and a rampant prosecution service. This promises turbulence ahead for him and the country.

TOP 30 in food and beverages: A little richer menu
Most producers had a strong year but reported no record jumps

Asset growth lags behind overall economic expansion
The assets of the 50 largest companies in Bulgaria grew by a meager 1.5% to 64.3 billion levs in 2018


Meet the cities: The northern island
In spite of its infrastructure woes and the lack of large new investments, Varna remains a point of interest and a city full of subdued energy. It’s time to release that energy and support it.