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Euphoria Fading on Bulgaria's Housing Market
After peaking in 2021-2022, transactions and, construction permits are now declining, and price growth is slowing down
K10: The best banks of 2022
Unicredit Bulbank ranks first in Capital’s ranking, displacing the other traditional champion DSK from the top
Where are the Ukrainian refugees heading to?
Bulgaria faces the uphill task of having to find accommodation for 60,000 refugees currently in seaside hotels whose owners want to kick off their summer holiday season. Integrating them in society and in the labor market are now pressing priorities
Manufacturing exports drive growth in Plovdiv province
Its employment rate stands below Bulgaria’s average
Bulgarian-owned Huvepharma halts Amsterdam IPO
The Domuschiev brothers planned to use the proceeds to step up investment and cut debt
The week: Kings of corruption named, Fresh start looms, 5 companies got 400 million euro from the budget
K insights 04/06: budget swings back to negative, Sin Cars get funding
Gifts to The Wolf from Borissov’s third cabinet
A concessionaire gets an allowance instead of a penalty, a hotel is speedily being constructed with no documents, and a firm with 150 mln levs in debt is sold for 100 levs
Bulgaria’s biggest fintech deals
Fintech companies’ strong growth draws interest from investors and VC funds
Why we love the EU and pretend not to like Moscow; the two most endangered sectors in Bulgaria
K Insights 26/03: A lot of love for Brussels, a fraught relationship with Moscow and a snub from Beijing
The deals of 2020: Few and far between
The pandemic practically froze the M&A market. Buyers are still mostly local faces
Budget revenues rise even during the pandemic
Bulgaria’s budget gap widened in 2020 but the worst forecasts failed to materialize
In focus: The smaller economies of northern Bulgaria
The economic indicators of the regions of Shumen and Targovishte lag behind national averages but population trends are optimistic
Bulgaria’s biggest companies post slower sales growth than regional peers in 2018
Oil refinery Lukoil Neftochim Burgas second biggest loser in Southeast Europe
Will Volkswagen Arrive in Kremikovtzi?
Bulgaria has an unprecedented opportunity to attract a major car maker
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.
Don’t panic: Investors are not leaving in droves
Foreign direct investment has been decreasing for several years, but it has been partly substituted by local investors. The worrying trend is the overall decline in investment.