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Bulgaria's CableNet Joins Intl WiMAX Forum

Bulgaria's CableNet Ltd, which will be providing services under the brand name of Max Telecom, became a member of the International WiMAX Forum, the company announced. WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to promote and certify c

Business | May 16, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1901

Bulgaria, EU to See Electronic Sports Coaching as Profession

Bulgaria and EU countries would introduce a new profession - electronic sports coach, media reported. The new vocation was suggested by the Bulgarian Electronic Sports Federation (BESF), as an alternative for young IT specialists and zealous gamers, priv

Business | May 16, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 734

Bulgarian Business Leaders Welcome New Colleagues

Sixteen of Bulgaria's largest and most successful companies marked the beginning of 2006 with the appointment of new management.

Business | May 16, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1165

Bulgaria Launches Charity Website

Bulgaria's first charity website was officially introduced in Sofia on Monday. Created by the Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation (WCIF), the site www.

Business | May 15, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 816

Boyana Film Head Denies Stalling Film Center Deal

Boyana Film head Evgeni Mihaylov said he had refused to finalize the deal for the film center sale as the papers for it hadn't been drawn up properly. Answering the accusations of Boyana's buyer, US movie making company Nu Image, that he had been intent

Business | May 15, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1133

Bread, Potatoes Top Bulgarian Culinary

Bread and other paste products as well as potatoes seem to be the most preferred food for Bulgarians, as shown in an official survey. The report by the National Statistic Institute showed Monday that a Bulgarian eats an average ten kilograms of bread eve

Business | May 15, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1023

New Bulgarian Factory to Make Ferre, Cerruti

Bulgaria has opened a new sewing factory that will work for Gianfranco Ferre, Cerruti, Calvin Klein and other fashion giants. Five million euros were invested into the Dimitrov Factory, rising in northern Pleven.

Business | May 15, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1425

Bulgaria Ranks 47th in World Competitiveness

A Swiss business school has ranked Bulgaria 47th in a survey of the world's most competitive nations. The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) ranked the United States first in its annual World Competitiveness Yearbook.

Business | May 14, 2006, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 935

Eco Skyscrapers Highlight Bulgarian Forum

The "Interarch" 2006 forum opened for the eleventh time in Sofia amid expectations of projects of eco skyscrapers that might rise in the near future in Bulgaria.

Business | May 14, 2006, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1745

EBRD to Lend EUR 15 M to Bulgaria's Boni Holding

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announced it is to finance Boni Holding AD, a leading meat-processing company in Bulgaria, with a EUR 15 M long-term loan. The proposed financing will help Boni Holding to refurbish and upgrade some of

Business | May 14, 2006, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 910

Jumbo Jet Lands at Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast

Jumbo Jet, one of the largest airliners currently in service, brought on its wings to Burgas airport nearly four hundred tourists from Israel. This is the first time that tourists, travelling to Bulgaria's Southern Black Sea coast this summer, have the o

Business | May 13, 2006, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3135

USA Today: Go to Bulgaria, It is Cheap

"If you're committed to a trip to the Continent, consider countries that are still emerging as tourist destinations such as Romania and Bulgaria instead of heavily in-demand France and Italy," USA Today advised American travellers.

Business | May 13, 2006, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2908

Bulgaria Picks Tobacco Monopoly Consultant

Consortium Subev &Co, teamed up with Euro-finance and Balkan Consultant Company was picked to be consultant of the sale procedure of Bulgaria's tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac. Three consortia submitted bids for consulting the sale procedure of Bulgaria's t

Business | May 12, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1445

King's Party Wants to Guarantee Bulgarian Business Interests

Simeon II National Movement (SIINM) is looking for mechanisms to guarantee the interests of the local business, it emerged Friday. The King's party opposed the joint responsibility regime concerning unpaid VAT and other taxes that could affect the busine

Business | May 12, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1057

Bulgarian Ports to Become Active Tourism, Business Centres

Bulgaria will turn its major ports into active tourism, entertainment and business centres. That has been stated in a National program for ports development presented by the Transport Minister Petar Mutafchiev.

Business | May 12, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1323

Nu Image: Bulgaria Still Stalling Film Center Deal

Bulgaria is stalling the finalization of the sale of the state film center Boyana, the buyer, US movie making company Nu Image, announced Friday. Culture Minister Stefan Danailov and the head of Boyana Film Evgeni Mihaylov are intentionally trying to slo

Business | May 12, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2985

Crowds Fill New Sofia Shopping Complex

Hundreds of curious Sofia residents packed the Sofia City Center to its capacity Friday, as the new shopping complex opened its first working day. People of all ages crammed into all several storeys of the place.

Business | May 12, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2453

Deutsche Bank to Open Sofia Desk

Deutsche Bank is getting ready for the opening of a new desk in Sofia in June, it emerged after an official visit of Regional Development Minister Assen Gagauzov to Germany.

Business | May 12, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1404

March-April Inflation Rate Down by 0.4%

Inflation in Bulgaria in April 2006 stood at 0.4% lower than the previous month, the National Statistics Institute (NSI) reported.

Business | May 12, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 869

Bulgaria's Beer Appetite Grows

Fine weather and football successes have driven Bulgarians to drink more beer this year, local producers say. In the first four months of 2006, sales were 16% up as compared to the same period last year.

Business | May 11, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 734

Piccadilly Supermarkets Open Doors in Sofia

Bulgaria's fast-developing Piccadilly chain of stores stepped in capital Sofia with the opening of its first supermarket in the new City Center Sofia. The store spreads at an area of 3 000 square meters and boasts 16 cash desks.

Business | May 11, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3085
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