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Bulgaria: No Territorial transition plans, no EU billions for coal transition
The caretaker government’s decision to link territorial plans submission with Recovery Plan negotiation puts at risk 1.2 billion in funding for three regions transitioning away from coal

Devnya Cement: double revenues, splendid profits
Company strongly improves its results in 2021 thanks to stronger demand and cost optimization

Radev’s energy strategy for the next 30 years: 120 billion for dubious megaprojects
The caretaker cabinet’s grand vision for Bulgarian energy is full of questionable choices

What’s to come: key developments to anticipate in Bulgaria this year
Dates and events to follow in 2023

Growth in housing prices in Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas
In the two seaside cities deals increased at the beginning of 2022, but in Plovdiv their number decreased slightly

Schengen is shut, Bulgaria needs brain surgeon and which are the country’s biggest businesses
Gov’t mandate roulette kicks off, Boyko is the (old) Messi, K100 business ranking now in English

Petar Andronov, KBC Group: The main prognosis is for a "soft recession"
Belgian KBC Group expects 0.7% GDP growth in Bulgaria for 2023

KInsights Special Report: The K100 ranking of Bulgaria’s largest firms
Giants grow even bigger, with profit margins and revenues expanding at unprecedented rates

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%

Nikola Stoyanov, Luximmo: Bulgarians are buying real estate abroad, especially in Greece, Dubai and Spain
The richest are attracted to the French Riviera and more recently the alpine resorts, the founder and manager of a high-end real estate agency tells "Capital"

The housing market: the top is near
High demand and low supply drive prices up. War, weakening economies and rising mortgage rates may cool down the market

The week: Borissov’s EU accomplices, Energy woes and 2.25 billion euro in state bonds
EPP’s selective vision of graft in Bulgaria, Deadly police corruption and some good business news

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

Co-working spaces: Rising from the ashes of the pandemic
Alternatives to "normal" office spaces have emerged from the last two years stronger than ever and are popping up all over Bulgaria

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

KInsights' Energy Report: Dashboard
Four graphs that show the long-term trends in the Bulgarian energy sector

Year 1 of the new age of power generation in Bulgaria
In 2022, the country’s energy sector will begin a process of massive transformation, which promises to be dictated by business rather than politicians

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