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Bulgaria-Named "Yoghurt Dispute" Continues

South Korean Maeil Dairy Industry Co. has lost its latest attempt to regain the use of the name "Bulgaria" for its yoghurt, it emerged Monday.

Business | August 1, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1416

New Road to Borovets Resort Planned

The town of Samokov, located near the resort of Borovets in the Rila Mountain, is planning to build a 17-kilometer road, to be funded by European funds.

Business | July 31, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1296

Bulgarian Nuke Unit Shuts Down for Repairs

Unit four at Bulgaria's nuclear power plant Kozloduy, 200 kilometres north of Sofia, was switched off the energy grid Saturday morning for conducting regular annual repairs and refuelling.

Business | July 30, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1267

Bulgaria "Most Wanted" by Greeks

The major tourist flow to Bulgaria in the first six months of the year emerged to come from Greece, data of the National Statistics Institute shows.

Business | July 29, 2005, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2240

Kremikovtzi Launches New Equipment

Sofia-based metallurgical plant Kremikovtzi put into operations Thursday a system for continuous casting.

Business | July 28, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 738

Mall of Sofia Certified as First Class Investment

Mall of Sofia, the first multi-functional shopping and entertainment center in Bulgaria, has been certified by the InvestBulgaria Agency as a first class investment.

Business | July 28, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1719

Bulgarian Economy "Grows Steadily"

Bulgaria's economy is developing steadily with a GDP growth rate of 6.0% over the last three months, according to a report of the Central Bank.

Business | July 28, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1065

Austria's Uniqa Enters Bulgarian Insurer

Austria's leading insurer Uniqa Group has acquired 20% in Vitosha Insurance, Bulgaria's sixth largest company in this field. "Bulgaria, after Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovenia, is now the fourth new market that we are penetrating this year,"

Business | July 28, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 784

Bulgaria Buys Back Last Share of Brady Bond Debt

Bulgarian government bought back the country's final share of USD 607.64 M in Brady bonds on July 28.

Business | July 28, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1039

Bulgaria's Coastal Airport Hits Traffic Record

Bulgaria's coastal airport of Burgas hit Tuesday a record high number of flights, officials announced.

Business | July 26, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1408

Bulgaria, Romania Open Trade Fair

A trade fair featuring Bulgarian and Romanian companies will be opened in September. The event will be held in the Bulgarian city of Russe, under the motto "Producers from Bulgaria and Romania unite for Europe.

Business | July 26, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 959

Bulgaria's Average Deposit Level to Double by 2008

The average level of deposits per capita in Bulgaria in 2004 reached EUR 591, a survey of Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) revealed. The survey executed by BA-CA, the owner of Bulgaria's HVB Bank Biochim and Hebros Bank showed that Bulgaria occupies th

Business | July 25, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1192

Golden Sands Open World's Largest Kempinski

The world's largest Kempinski Hotel opened this weekend in Golden Sands, a posh Bulgarian resort on the Black Sea side. More than 600 high-profile persons enjoyed the opening party of the Kempinski Hotel Grand Hermitage.

Business | July 24, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 4341

EU Newcomers with Low Economic Growth

The ten countries that joined the European Union (EU) in 2004 are going through an economic "slow down" period that follows the initial investments boom, the World Bank reported. A report of the institution says that the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,

Business | July 23, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 996

Bulgaria Registers Lower Grain Crop

Bulgaria's grain harvest 2005 is considerably lower than the one gathered in 2004. In Razgrad the crop ended with a harvest that is 30% lower than the one collected over the last year.

Business | July 23, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 665

Bulgarian Hotels Head for Unified Tourism Register

Bulgaria is to introduce a unified tourism register by the end of 2006, Head of Tourism Agency Biser Yalamov announced Friday.

Business | July 22, 2005, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 813

Court Halts Bulgarian Film Center Sale

Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court has halted the deal for the sale of Bulgaria's state film center Boyana Film to US movie company Nu Image. In the middle of June Bulgaria's sale body selected US movie company Nu Image as the buyer of 95% stake in

Business | July 22, 2005, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 769

Tourist Flow to Bulgaria Goes Up

The number of tourists visiting Bulgaria has increased by 5.6% in the first six months of the year.

Business | July 21, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 844

State Injects BGN 6 M Into Economy Innovations

As many as 39 economy-boosting scientific projects will be funded by the National Innovation Fund, it became clear on Thursday.

Business | July 21, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 852

Paid Music Downloads Put Up in Bulgaria

Bulgarian music fans are getting used to paying for Internet downloads, data showed. The country has been pressing against illegal downloads and pirate CDs over the last few years.

Business | July 21, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 706

Bulgaria to Adopt New Career Catalogue

By the end of 2005 Bulgaria will have a new career cataloguing system, corresponding to the country's actual situation and the international career catalogue.

Business | July 21, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 813
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