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Nexo’s troubles, Bulgaria refuses to close coal plants, Lukoil returns
Prosecution goes after cryptobank, no chance of gov’t and coal to stay until 2038

SEE Startups - an overview of the ecosystem
Since 2012, SEE startups have grown 49.9x in combined enterprise value

What’s cooking before the 2 October snap vote?
The new political season kicks off with smear campaigns, corruption allegations and president’s interference that would likely result in yet another fragmented parliament unable to support a government coalition

Illegal road repairs worth billions
A cross-ministerial probe found that much of the money paid for roadworks and maintenance has been illegally allocated

The new Bulgarian radical party - how worried should we be about Vazrazhdane
The leader Kostadin Kostadinov uses very well the social media and jumps on the populist anti-establishment bandwagons but cannot propose a viable agenda for governing

Putting an end to this agony: Trifonov leaves the coalition, WCC promises minority gov’t
TISP leader claims he abdicates over N. Macedonia "treachery" and gov’t debt, WCC blames Trifonov’s party for backing off from corruption reforms and trying to feed the road cartel

KCM’s mining deal with Minstroy
The metallurgical group now fully controls Varba – Batantsi lead-and-zinc miner

The Coalition duel for the National Bank
In an attempt to thwart the election of TISP’s Lyubomir Karimanski for governor of BNB with the votes of the opposition, WCC nominated their parliamentary head Andrei Gyurov for the post

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

Bulgarian economy: an EU-boosted recovery
GDP growth will accelerate to 4.9% in 2022 mainly on the back of funding from the EU’s recovery plan, according to the finance ministry’s October 2021 macroeconomic forecast

Inside Nexo: one of the biggest crypto-banks in the world
The Bulgarian company claims to run 10 billion dollars in assets. Such growth comes with challenges

The Week: Russia’s silent move, Parliament in mayhem, Housing market booms
Old faces, new falls from grace and a BMW you can buy cheap

Another parliament (eventually) bites the dust
With all potential TISP allies withdrawing support for Plamen Nikolov’s cabinet - and the withdrawal of the Prime Minister-nominee himself, new elections are imminent