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K100 2024: Stagnation after the boom for Bulgaria’s largest firms

K100 2024: Stagnation after the boom for Bulgaria’s largest firms

The new annual edition of Capital 100 ranking shows that the revenues of the top 100 companies shrank by 14% last year after the boom in the energy sector in 2022. The star businesses of 2023 are arms, cars and solar


Drinking water in reservoirs is at critically low levels. Are there solutions?

Drinking water in reservoirs is at critically low levels. Are there solutions?

Nine of our drinking water supply dams are at their lowest levels in decades


The week: Schengen on the horizon

The week: Schengen on the horizon

Good news, at last, The regional divide grows bigger, Bulgargaz is bankrupt


Chinese platforms Shein and Temu hit Bulgarian traders

Chinese platforms Shein and Temu hit Bulgarian traders

Second-hand goods stores report 15% drop in sales, shut down outlets


Circumventing the "natural crossroad": Sofia is losing the fight for Corridor 8

Circumventing the "natural crossroad": Sofia is losing the fight for Corridor 8

Bulgaria’s abdication regarding its international affairs will soon make it obsolete and isolated


The Week: Has the "Peevski spell" been broken, Business climate turns sour, Sofia bans dirty cars

The Week: Has the "Peevski spell" been broken, Business climate turns sour, Sofia bans dirty cars

K Insights Newsletter 01/11


Germany's struggles reveal an uncomfortable truth about Bulgaria's economy

Germany's struggles reveal an uncomfortable truth about Bulgaria's economy

Structural problems affecting Bulgaria’s largest trading partner will affect local industries that fail to adapt and diversify their clients


Air inferiority: The botched repair of the Graf Ignatievo airstrip

Air inferiority: The botched repair of the Graf Ignatievo airstrip

Due to the lack of an overall vision and the questionable capacity of the companies hired, the revamp of the airbase may not be completed when the F-16 fighters arrive


The week: The Romanian way

The week: The Romanian way

The boom on the other side of the Danube, Where did 4 billion leva go, the biggest Renter in Sofia


Bulgaria’s 2025 Budget Faces Challenges with a Significant Expenditure Overrun

Bulgaria’s 2025 Budget Faces Challenges with a Significant Expenditure Overrun

Budget revenues are growing at a much slower pace than expenditures, while EU funds remain elusive for now


The LNG terminal in Alexandroupolis is operational: what’s next?

The LNG terminal in Alexandroupolis is operational: what’s next?

With the gas link from Komotini to Stara Zagora and the unloading facility now functioning, Bulgaria can import up to 5.5 bcm of gas each year


Heat and drought "dry" the wine casks

Heat and drought "dry" the wine casks

Fewer grapes and more questionable quality are the inevitably legacy of the scorching summer


BlackPeak Capital invests 8 million euros in Vratsa-based Intelligent Security Systems for a 42% stake

BlackPeak Capital invests 8 million euros in Vratsa-based Intelligent Security Systems for a 42% stake

The manufacturer of electromechanical components was founded 30 years ago and has 220 employees and 28 million levs in revenue


When Plovdiv was the capital

When Plovdiv was the capital

A decade ago, the city won the 2019 European Capital of Culture title. This triggered the peak of its development


A Wolf Battue

A Wolf Battue

The Prosecutor's Office and the Anti-Corruption Commission go after Rumen "the Wolf" Gaitansky, Stoyan Mavrodiev - and potentially, Ahmed Dogan himself


A perfect storm: why Pleven’s Leoni is closing

A perfect storm: why Pleven’s Leoni is closing

The German automotive cable supplier faces a volatile market, rising labor costs and a shortage of workers


General Toshevo: wind park for 800 million levs in no man’s land

General Toshevo: wind park for 800 million levs in no man’s land

Bureaucracy and politics have put major wind energy investment on hold for years - until now


A new solution for compensating business electricity bills - a price cap set at 180 levs per mWh

A new solution for compensating business electricity bills - a price cap set at 180 levs per mWh

The decision, however, brings a lot of controversy



10 Years After the Collapse of CCB: Where Are the Key Figures Now?

10 Years After the Collapse of CCB: Where Are the Key Figures Now?

A decade after the closure of Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), there are still no convictions, and the mega-trial for draining its accounts is going nowhere