Over 200 people have been laid off in the last few days from BDZ Freight Services, the still state-owned department of the Bulgarian State Railways, a syndicate leader has alarmed.
Bulgaria's Privatization and Post-Privatization Control Agency (PPCA) has confirmed investor interest in the upcoming sale of the Freight Services unit of the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) company.
Franchising has been growing by more than 20% annually for five years in a row, according to a survey by Franchising.
The project company for the construction of the Svilengrad-Ruse high-speed road is to become operational in October.
A Greek company is offering its employees fictitious registration in Bulgaria to pay them lower salaries.
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TCELL), Turkey's largest mobile-phone company, said it has made no decision on bidding for Globul, the Bulgarian mobile-phone unit of Athens-based Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA.
The Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) and the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) have joined efforts to create a rating system for employers in Bulgaria, according to a media statement of BIA's press office issued after a j
Bulgaria's IT industry declined for a third consecutive year in 2011, according to preliminary data from a report of Bulgarian consultancy CBN - Pannoff, Stoytcheff & Co.
Bulgaria's state budget has come to a positive balance for the first five months of 2012, after May became the second month in a row to register monthly budget surplus, the Bulgarian Finance Ministry announced Tuesday.
Neighbors Turkey and Azerbaijan have signed a contract for the construction of the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP), set to deliver Azeri gas on to Europe.
The project of Turkey and Azerbaijan for a natural gas pipeline TANAP (Trans Anatolian Pipeline) will not hurt the prospects for the Nabucco project, according to a Nabucco GmbH spokesperson.
Gazprom-controlled Bulgarian gas company Overgas is commencing the second stage of conventional oil and gas exploration in the Provadia block onshore in eastern Bulgaria in the beginning of July, according to the firm's press office.
Bulgarian state gas company Bulgargaz is ready to stop deliveries to Sofia Heating Utility starting July, if the utility fails to start servicing its massive overdue debts.
The first Chinese car of the Great Wall Voleex C10 model to be produced in Bulgaria is setting the start of a new advertising campaign, announced Litex Motors, the Bulgarian partner of the Chinese producer Great Wall Motors.
"The Black Sea region is wonderful, but its development is stalled by a string of bilateral or trilateral problems between specific countries," stated Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov.
Bulgaria warmly welcoms the start of accession talks between the EU and Montenegro, stated Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov.
Steps taken to create a stronger economic and fiscal union in the EU might at a later stage necessitate revisions in the EU Treaties, said European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has said that Bulgarians should not look to Brussels to solve problems with the election process in their country.
New Bulgarian lifestyle magazine Love Style has come out this week with a material shedding valuable light on the intimate life of macho Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov.
Emil Dimitrov, Member of the Parliament from Bulgaria's ruling party GERB, is being probed by the Parliamentary Committee on Conflict of Interests.
Buglaria's Council for Electronic Media has criticized biased media coverage aiming to downplay the size and significance of recent rallies against the country's new Forestry Act.
A poplar tree collapsed onto the tables of a cafe in Bulgarian capital Sofia and blocked traffic on the central Bacho Kiro Str.
The maximum speed limit on Bulgarian highways went up to 140 km/h at midnight Tuesday, but it is effective only for sections with the most modern pavement.
A new earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5 points on the Richter scale has been registered in western Bulgaria, in the area of the city of Pernik, Monday evening.
Eight Bulgarian regions are under code yellow for severe weather Tuesday, the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) reminds.
A NGO of Bulgarian mothers has declared itself against the existence of a monument of German economist and philosopher Karl Marx (1818-1883) on the campus of the University of National and World Economy in Sofia.
The number of prostitutes in Norway has increased substantially, largely thanks to immigrants from Bulgaria, Romania, and Thailand, a report says.
The leader of a Bulgarian crime cell that defrauded Las Vegas Valley car dealers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars was sentenced Monday to 82 months in federal prison.
Georgi Enev, a man with the exact same name as the Bulgarian driver of the armored bank car transporting cash, who disappeared with a total of BGN 1.6 M, firmly denies any involvement in the crime.
The Prosecutor in the case against 71-year-old Scotsman, David Bell Bryson, who is suspected of the murder of an 11-old-boy in Northwestern Bulgaria, is going to ask for life without parole.
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Bulgarian director Javor Gardev (Zift) will helm Theseus, a special effects-heavy take on the Greek myth of the minotaur monster and the hero who defeated it, for Kalliope Films.
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Tuesday appointed Yannis Stournaras, a prominent economist and former government adviser, as the country's new finance minister.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized Syria harshly on Tuesday for shooting down a Turkish fighter jet last week.
NATO member states have condemned Syria for its shooting down of a Turkish military jet, calling it "unacceptable" and demanding that Damascus take steps to prevent further incidents.
Turkey has warned the UN Security Council that Syria's downing of a Turkish military jet represents a "serious threat" to regional security.
Moody's Investor Service on Monday cut its credit ratings on 28 Spanish banks, only a few hours after Madrid officially asked the EU for a bailout for its troubled banking sector.
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