Bulgaria’s undertrained police struggle in the face of an influx of migrant smuggling

Three Internal Ministry officers have died and one is in critical condition after clashes with traffickers and inadequate training and equipment are to blame

The day in 3 news: Pension and minimum wage unchanged; WCC and DB will try to form minority gov’t; Elon Musk to visit Bulgaria

The top ten owners of office buildings in Sofia

They own 600 thousand square meters of offices in Sofia or half of the total available 1.24 million square meters of class A areas in the capital.

The day in 3 news: Exports forecast to slow; Salaries grew in summer by nearly 15%; Pet market grows rapidly

A new Data act regulation - a game changer for the digital industry

Businesses warn of a new regulation for data sharing that affects trade secrets of companies

Demand for housing in Burgas is greater than supply

New construction projects now expand the city towards the mainland - and some of them are quite large

How Bulgarian economy grew 3.4% more last year without national statistics noticing

GDP growth for 2021 was 7.6% and not 4.2%, the NSI acknowledges silently almost a year after

The day in 3 news: Police personnel fired after Semerdziev case; Bulgaria is bottom of EU’s media literacy league; Boom in Bulgarian exports to Ukraine

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria cited in Crimea bridge blast; Parliament to convene on October 19; Sofia Province businesses record a 2 billion leva rise in revenue

The week: Elections 2022: Pretend nothing’s happening; FDI down, caretaker Gov’t goes LNG

Parties lying low on big issues before vote, Energy Minister shifts stance on LNG and why do people from the "Yellow Cobblestones" cry?

Energy minister Rossen Hristov: There is a political decision in Moscow preventing Gazprom to work with us

The day in 3 news: Bulgargaz to try to buy LNG delivery slots,; Caretaker cabinet, election candidates trade fire; Bulgaria ensures 42 mln levs more for Ukrainian refugees

The private border of Bulgaria and the EU

Kiril Petkov’s government suddenly collapses when it delves into the issue of a shady business operating on the border with Turkey for over a decade.

Day in 3 news: Gazprom resupply inevitable, says caretaker gov’t; Ukraine taps more Bulgarian arms; Mitrofanova: Russian gas should be paid for in rubles

Postbank: mortgage loans rise in value, number of applications stable

The bank’s records show an average increase in property prices of 13% y/y in Q1 2022

Day in 3 news: Bulgarian MiGs might be replaced with Gripens, Mirage 2000s; Exports grow by 41% in H1 of 2022; Industrial production growth for June is 17.4%

Will the caretaker gov’t start a U-turn on Russia?

On its second day in office, the new Bulgarian cabinet announced a course towards "containment of the chaos and destruction" in the energy sector. This might well translate as a pivot to Moscow

Day in 3 news: PM Donev seeks Bulgargaz refooting and new tender for LNG; Cabinet slays former gov’t over roads; 4200 tons of weapons sent to Ukraine

VIPs in the energy sector - who to watch out for in Bulgaria

Valentin Zlatev, Ahmed Dogan and Hristo Kovachki - three of the obscure, but key faces of Bulgarian energy

The week: "Year Zero" for anti-corruption, new cabinet or new elections, the quick end of the Gemcorp memorandum

Captured state fights back, gas storage slowly fills up and a skyscraper that is not