Bulgaria’s Top 50 Retailers in 2022: Inflation spurs turnovers

Kaufland remains leader, while Lidl approaches the top with a turnover of nearly 2 billion levs

The week: Varna’s promise, Sofia’s divide, WCC's suspicious Brussels move, BG Football's dictator moment

K insights newsletter: 10.11

Bulgaria’s coal transition triggers massive protests and political tension: Miners say no, market says yes

The biggest coal transition in Bulgaria is set to begin but political tension is rising rapidly

A Russian Oligarch’s Son and his Plovdiv Odyssey: Part II

Two years after the arrival of Russian oligarch’s son Anton Zingarevich, the finances of the leading Plovdiv football club in Plovdiv are a mystery

Bulgaria’s 100 largest companies: record revenue and profits for 2022

The Ukraine war has pushed the turnover of the companies in the K100 ranking to BGN 132 billion, or 60% up on the year before

The week: How to revive the cities, 3 trends to follow, Varna’s polluted beaches

K Insights newsletter 01/09

Bulgaria's 2023 Budget: Salary Increases for Public Sector Workers

Following an 11-hour session, Parliament approved various new expenditures, focusing on salary hikes.

Marc Stockli, Entrepreneurs' Organization: A successful entrepreneur must be adaptable to change

The Global Chairman of the Entrepreneurs' Organization speaks of the challenges leaders face

The week: Military investment is knocking on the door, A budget is born, and a Bulgarian business boom

K Insights 28/07

The day in 3 news: Russia launches exercises in Bulgarian EEZ, Skepticism against LGBTI changes slowly, MPs oblige larger companies to pay salaries only via bank

The day in 3 news: Pro-inflation budget in the making; BNB governance split; DPS and GERB want mayors to rule forever

The hidden Roma economy and what we lose by letting them go

We can't keep people from leaving - or data from leaking + a rock from the sky

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.

The day in 3 news: Pathway to prosecute Geshev approved; No cabinet, no budget is Borissov’s new ultimatum; Unemployment falls below 5% in Q1

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

How Romania overtook Bulgaria

The biggest difference between the two countries is the degree of success in their fight against corruption

The day in 3 news: GERB, WCC-DB agree on Budget; Cheap electricity in April; NOTE buys ATM Electronics

The week: Borissov is back, The Yellow brick road of sorrow and the electoral queen from Varna

K Insights newsletter 07/04

The day in 3 news: 200 mln leva fine for Lukoil; Easter bonus for hard-up pensioners; Chelopech has top wages

The week: No, Bulgaria is not bankrupt - just dangerously populist

Money, guns and bloody populism (+ a really good book)