Dangerous games with state money

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

Day in 3 news: Revival could recognize Russian referendums; Weak interest in gov’t securities; Spas Rusev buys Bulsatcom

The week: Elections 2022: Pretend nothing’s happening; FDI down, caretaker Gov’t goes LNG

Parties lying low on big issues before vote, Energy Minister shifts stance on LNG and why do people from the "Yellow Cobblestones" cry?

Bulgaria’s political crisis puts RRP funding at risk

Without Parliament failing to adopt the relevant legislation, funds under the Recovery Plan will remain blocked.

The week: Petkov’s tough choice, 70 (more or less) Russian diplomats & budget debacle

Bulgaria’s Top 10 Banks in 2021

Capital Weekly ranks financial institutions in terms of stability, profitability and dynamics

WCC nominee Andrei Gyurov exits race for BNB governor; BNB cuts 2022 GDP forecast to 2.1%; Bulgaria sold 250 mln euro of T-bonds

Houston, we have a (coalition and inflation) problem - but also a Resilience plan, at last

Ceaseless troubles for the ruling majority; more, yet pricier F-16s on the way & downgraded GDP forecast

The day in 3 news: US offers Bulgaria a new deal for 8 more F-16s, Inflation to hit 10.4%, State plans new gov’t bonds auction after last one fails

The week: 100 days of hell, the missing half a billion and a mysterious crash at a large dam

A baptism of fire, a new port on the Aegean and an ambassador worth throwing out

The week: Borissov arrested, Central Bank chairmanship tears the coalition, Resilience Plan still not ok

Former PM Borissov arrested, Guerilla war over BNB shakes the coalition and the Plan is still NOT alright

The day in 3 news: PM: Bulgaria ill-prepared for fallout from Ukraine conflict; Inflation up 10% in February; Another 500 million levs in T-bonds next week

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria enters Russian "unfriendly" list, National Bank auctions 500 mln BGN in securities on 14 March, State imposes informal ban on wheat exports amidst plans to stock up

Bulgarian banks’ profit rises to 1.4 billion levs in 2021

Lower impairment costs, decreased contributions to guarantee funds and the credit moratorium boosted annual profit by 600 million levs

Bulgarian banks’ Jan-Nov profit rises 53% y/y, still below 2019 level

The last 8 billion levs of loans under credit repayment moratorium return to regular servicing

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria’s GDP rises 4.6% y-y in the third quarter; Polluted air due to home heating; 5 bln euro in T-bonds for 2022

Tragedy on the wings of negligence, a cabinet is brewing, Radev wins in underwhelming style

A bitter-sweet victory, growth slows, how much does a supercomputer cost

The new wave is here, a Presidential battle looms, air traffic is up

The risky gambit with government debt

The Bulgarian caretaker cabinet’s decision to not issue government bonds on the international market hasn’t worked well

The Week: The inevitable fifth wave, the surf-master Radev and the boom of online retail

K Insights 22/10: grocery stores flourish while clothes shops go under