K10: The best banks of 2024

UniCredit Bulbank tops Capital Weekly’s ranking for the third time in a row

Rapeseed imports rescue Oliva, Astra Bioplant

Factories buy huge quantities from Canada and Australia due to a shortage of local raw materials and high prices

Advent International Fund to buy TBI Bank for over 300 million euro

The deal is expected to be finalised at the end of the year

Mortgage lending boosts Bulgarian banks’ 2024 profit to 3.7 bln levs

DSK, Unicredit Bulbank lead the ranking with nearly a billion levs in profit each

Day in 3 news: PM pledges budget with 3% deficit; Bank profits boom in 2024; Extension to Hemus approved

The day in 3 news: Joint Governance Council mulls 2025 Budget; Fertilizers struggle amid agricultural woes; Burgas vies to be European Capital of Culture 2032

The day in 3 news: Tax amnesty plan with BDB raises questions; Full Schengen entry for Bulgaria and Romania; Metal sector revenue falls but profit margins nudge up

The week: A map of industrial brilliance

Factory of the Year is Solvay, Bulgaria loses some European money, How to destroy a 2000-year-old Basilica

Payhawk doubles revenues, but also reports significant loss

Revenues for 2023 have grown to 12.6 million euros, but the negative financial result swells to almost 35 million euro

Bulgarian Banks Post-Peak: Shrinking Margins and Slowing Profit Growth

Shrinking margins have effectively reduced the sector's annual profit growth rate to nearly zero

The day in 3 news: GERB cites speaker as precondition for talks; Bank profits slow; Deal signed for Kozloduy Units 7 and 8

K10: The Best Banks of 2023

UniCredit Bulbank again leads the Capital Weekly’s ranking of banks in Bulgaria, UBB is now the largest bank, DSK reports record profit

Austrian paper trader intends to buy a Plovdiv-based company for advertising materials

Europapier’s Bulgarian subsidiary is awaiting anti-trust approval to acquire Micro Asu

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 biggest fuel companies: Business thrives on Ukraine war, price hikes

Revenues of the top 30 companies in the K100 sector ranking rose from BGN 17.7 billion in 2021 to BGN 32.4 billion last year.

What will happen to Bulgaria’s oil market after derogation ends?

The debate is whether the derogation should end immediately or not

The week: A coalition is (still) born, a mobster is killed, and a Booker is won

K Insights newsletter 26/05

K10: The best banks of 2022

Unicredit Bulbank ranks first in Capital’s ranking, displacing the other traditional champion DSK from the top

Oliva leads the food and beverage sector

In 2021 food and beverage manufacturers reached their pre-Covid business levels. This year, it’s inflation that is upsetting the market

Bulgarian diesel exports to Ukraine slow down after initial flourish

The secrets behind the Bulgarian export lies in various local players