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Sock producer Delta Textile leaving Bulgaria, moves to Turkey
The Israeli company is closing its factory in Ruse over workforce shortage and high electricity costs

The most dynamic, the most profitable and the companies with the most employees in Bulgaria
Profitability of the largest companies in Bulgaria continues to improve in 2021, while revenues of the fastest-growing large firms jump to an unprecedented 144%

Not enough people: Bulgarian universities and firms struggle to recruit
Bulgarian companies from all sectors seek to hire 200,000 new employees - but workers are proving elusive

Budget 2023: red lights everywhere
The next government will have several options: raising taxes, increasing the deficit and debt, or reforming spending

Resolute Asset Management - global asset manager and advisor
The Director and Country Head for Bulgaria of the leading global asset management company talks to KInsights

Solar systems for self-consumption
Many Bulgarian businesses want to add photovoltaic systems to reduce their own electricity bills – what are their options?

The week: The best place to start fighting the corruption, Don’t count a coalition before it’s hatched, Crypto collapse
A fatal crash exposes depth of state capture, No gov’t + crypto layoffs and M&As

Revising the budget: everyone gets what they want
The first revision of this year’s budget has become a money grab amidst economic and political uncertainty

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

Strange protests and even stranger anti-inflation measures, plus the new owner of the Maritza Iztok - 3 coal power plant
Protest for the sake of protesting, Italian soldiers are welcomed and a new owner for the second largest TPP in Bulgaria

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 week: Call them by their names, planes to Skopje and Bangkok, and the Recovery plan is back
F-16 are not on the horizon, while trains are

Businesses in Bulgaria see 2021 slightly better than 2020 but worries remain
Lack of liquidity remains the biggest problem for companies, according to the traditional BIA survey

Why do Bulgarians refuse to get the Covid vaccine?
Poor communication and broken trust in institutions left much of the public prone to disinformation and unjustified fears about the effects of jabs

Inflation is here and it will stay
High prices of raw materials and energy for business have already hit consumers

The biggest companies in metallurgy: on the crest of a price wave
Last year was strong for gold and copper yields, but the output of other metal producers fell. Despite the pandemic-induced crisis net sales of the sector’s leading firms are up

Shaky business: Six risks Bulgaria faces over the coming months
Political instability aside, the country has to deal with a fourth Covid wave, inevitable refugee crisis, higher energy bills and more this autumn