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Machines and equipment: Growth in high gear
The revenue of the top 70 manufacturers rose by 26% to over 15 billion levs in 2022

The week: Emperor Mihaylov lets Sofia burn
The 1989 of Bulgarian Football, Economy slows down, The ups&downs of Burgas

Bulgaria’s Ideal Standard - Vidima to become part of Germany’s Villeroy & Boch
The transaction values Ideal Standard Group at 600 million euro and is expected to be completed in early 2024

Local elections, round 2: Terziev in knife edge Sofia victory, GERB’s regional hegemony cracks
Record-low turnout, a very colorful picture across the country and a vengeful Borissov

The week: No country for new dogs
What Plovdiv teaches us about Bulgaria, 50 Shades of grey money, and some horror (thankfully, on the screen)

Bulgaria is still a captured state. The machine voting debacle proved it
The last-minute alteration of the voting rules showed that Bulgaria remains governed by a corrupt Mafia

Local elections, round 1: GERB loses Sofia, keeps Burgas and draws in Plovdiv and Varna
The ballot was marred by a fabricated scandal that eliminated machine voting

The week: It’s GERB’s election to lose. Again.
Who’s going to run the cities, is there a Recovery Plan at all, what is a Russian-born oligarch doing in Plovdiv

100 days of the Denkov-Gabriel gov’t: what was (not) done?
Beyond its pro-Ukrainian tilt, the cabinet has so far only been noted for its appointment scandals, its dependency on MRF and the absence of promised key reforms

The week: More than one storm brewing in the Black Sea, Brussels’ pressure and TurkStream revelations
Bulgaria, where natural catastrophes meet ungovernability

Leaks: How Bulgarian gas mafia and Boyko Borissov made a deal with Putin for Turkstream
The documents depict secret arrangements violating public procurement procedures and obeying Russian corporate interests

BHTC plans further expansion in Bulgaria, 1 bln levs turnover in five years
The German manufacturer of automotive climate control systems will invest a further 10 to 20 million euro in its plant near Sofia

Cupffee's waffle coffee cups raise EUR 1.8 m
The Plovdiv-based manufacturer of edible cups works with global clients including Lavazza, Bosch and Lidl

The week: A coalition is (still) born, a mobster is killed, and a Booker is won
K Insights newsletter 26/05

Last-minute rotation: GERB and WCC-DB agree on a government
It will be formed with the second mandate of Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov and will have Mariya Gabriel as his deputy. They will then swap positions after nine months.

Need a windfall tax? Look at the Bulgarian nuclear money-making machine
Kozloduy NPP is one of the most profitable companies in South-East Europe