Major Czech tour operators project a 2004 increase of 25 % of holidaymakers in Bulgaria, Dnevnik Daily informed on Monday citing data by Czech Alexandria travel agent. Alexandria, which ranks third in sales to Czech tourists, reportedly sold off Bulgaria
Bulgaria's Privatization Agency (PA) completed a total of 344 sale deals on majority shares held by state-owned companies over 2003, PA's head Iliya Vassilev announced on Monday. State-held minority shares were sold through 228 deals and another 28 piece
The first trial stage of introducing a new system for air traffic control was wrapped up on Monday amid hopes that Bulgaria will turn into a regional centre for air traffic control.
A tourism complex worth EUR 10 M is to be built near the popular Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Primorsko, Mayor Dimitar Dimitrov, cited by Dnevnik daily, said. In the compound, along the Ropotamo River, there will be a golf field stretching over some 800
The Second Programmatic Adjustment Loan (PAL 2) totalling at USD 150 M will be allocated to Bulgaria by the end of 2004. That was made clear at the meeting of Bulgaria's Economy Minister Lidia Shuleva and the World Bank vice president for Europe and Centr
Bulgaria's Roseximbank will issue another 13,800 debit cards in order to execute the entire errand of the State Agency for Social Aid. Bank officials announced that the cards will be ready within 10 days.
Some of US biggest car producing companies have declared their interest in Bulgaria's business, Bulgaria's Economy Minister Lidia Shuleva said. The Bulgarian economy minister has held talks with the vice presidents of Visteon Corporation and American Axl
The Irish businessmen who arrived in Bulgaria to examine the real estate market in Bulgaria's Black Sea towns of Burgas, Kiten, Primorsko and Lozenetz have been "shocked" by the high prices, Bulgarian 24 Hours daily reported. They were shocked because th
Bulgaria's Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov opened on Saturday a Bulgarian, Vietnamese business forum in Hanoi. The forum is a part of the official visit of a Bulgarian business delegation to Vietnam.
Over 190 Irish businessmen are expected to visit Bulgaria's Black Sea towns of Burgas, Kiten, Primorsko and Lozenetz next week. The foreigners have shown interest in the real estate market in these Bulgarian cities.
The last five years have been marked by a systematic revival of the luxury home market in the capital of Sofia and on the Black Sea Coast, Deyan Kavrakov, CEO of ADIS Real Estate, said in interview for Luxury Home Marketing Magazine.
The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEDB) and Raiffeisenbank-Bulgaria signed Friday a EUR 20 M framework agreement for financing small and medium-sized enterprises. The signing ceremony was attended by Finance Minister Milen Velchev.
The sale of 65% stake in Bulgaria's dominant telecom BTC increased the foreign investments in Bulgaria's high-tech sector to over USD 1 B for a period of 12 months, Pavel Ezekiev, Foreign Investments Agency Director (AFI) announced Friday.
Representatives of Vienna-based Viva Ventures, which recently acquired 65% stake in Bulgaria's dominant landline carrier BTC, visited the headquarters of local analogue mobile carrier Mobikom on Thursday in a bid to gather information on the state of the
Bulgaria will support Vietnam's membership in the World Trade Organization, Parliamentary Speaker Ognayn Gerdzhikov said during a meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart. The two officials agreed that Bulgaria, Vietnam bilateral cooperation should be imp
Viva Ventures might give up acquiring a 65% stake in Bulgaria's dominant telecom BTC, if not issued a GSM license, Chief of the state Privatisation Agency Iliya Vassilev said Thursday. Vassilev, together with Economy Minister Lidiya Shuleva, Transport Mi
The Russian company Bashkirgeologia, is eyeing oil and gas drilling near the coastal town of Balchik, northeastern Bulgaria, Mayor Krassimir Mihaylov announced.
Bulgarian treasury enjoyed a 21 % increase in tourism income for 2003, Economy Ministry announced on Wednesday. The reported flow of USD 1.
Up to 50 % of commercial and military vessels traded by the US Northrop Grumman Mission Systems are produced in Bulgaria, the International Sales Director Isaak Kid stated on Wednesday. He had talks with Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minis
The US pharmaceutical giant Bristol Mayers Squibb has made a major donation worth of BGN 356,400 to Bulgarian Health Ministry on Thursday.
Creditors are likely to forgive USD 80 B to USD 90 B of Iraq's USD 120 B debt owed to donor nations. This is the forecast of World Bank President James Wolfensohn who delivered a lecture at Stanford University.
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