Jun Young-Jun, CEO of Hyundai E&C: We Will Engage 10,000 Workers for the New Reactors at the Kozloduy NPP

"Securing competitive financing will be crucial for the success of the project," says the CEO of the Korean company in an interview

DEMOBAZA: Bulgarian clothes for Hollywood artists

Teodora Alexandrova and Dimitar Sulev based their fashion brand in Bulgaria, but produce clothes for the biggest stars in Hollywood

Fruit and vegetables: Top firms’ incomes rise, yet problems remain

In 2022, the total revenues of the 10 largest companies in the sector exceeded 95 million levs

The week: What a Big Mac can tell us about the future of Sofia

Sofia gets really expensive, Peevski gets a post, and Real Estate keeps booming

Industrial cooldown, slower business growth and less VAT collected: 2023 at a glance

Global events hit the financial performance of public companies, shrink factory production and effectively cut down state revenue

The biggest pharmaceutical companies: a duo joins the billion-dollar club

Two drug distributors - Sopharma Trading and Phoenix Pharma - crossed the BGN 1 billion mark for the first time in 2022

Largest food and beverage producers in Bulgaria: Sunflower stars emerge

Loads of different players from the beer, meat, sunflower and sweets sectors make up the top 50 ranking

Bulgaria’s new factories in 2023: Part II (The North)

Compared to previous years, projects are now equally distributed between southern and northern Bulgaria.

The day in 3 news: Bozhkov quizzed over Petrov’s murder; Parliament appoints constitutional judges; , Nasekomo grabs an 8 million euro investment

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

Bulgaria’s Largest Textile Companies: Slight Recovery after Weak Years

In 2022, the combined revenue of the top 25 companies in the sector increased by 19%.

Packaging giant Smurfit Kappa to acquire third plant in Bulgaria

The Irish company will buy a part of the business of Shumen-based Artemis

Latecoere’s Bulgarian plant to become European hub for Airbus A320 door assembly

The output of the Plovdiv-based facility will double, now that the entire program has been transferred from the Czech Republic

Biggest companies in Bulgaria: state-owned energy giants are forever

The revenue of the 100 largest companies in Bulgaria has increased more than 5 times in two decades

The week: The case of the missing investments, (G)rain of protests, renewables boom

How not to lose another decade

Why investment activity in Bulgaria is so slow

Low investment rates limit the country’s long-term potential for economic growth

The week: Did Peevski switch sides, or did the others, Ukrainian grain to flow, Russian oil to stop, NATO comes to Yambol

Our weekly overview

The week: How to revive the cities, 3 trends to follow, Varna’s polluted beaches

K Insights newsletter 01/09

Тhe week in news: Post-communist kingpin shot in Sofia, Three Bulgarian spies arrested in UK, GDP grows by minimum margin

The Bulgarian protein bar industry: an overview

Factories and brands are multiplying, the local market is about BGN 60 million, and most of the production gets exported