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Bulgaria Extends Deadline for Power Utilities Offers

Bulgaria's sale body, the Privatisation Agency, extended by February 16 the deadline for submitting indicative offers for the privatisation of the seven power utilities, grouped in three equity pools.

Business | January 15, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 653

Bulgarian Companies Join Berlin Green Week 2004 Expo

Eighteen Bulgarian companies are going to present their production during the traditional agriculture and food industry expo Green Week 2004, held in Berlin.

Business | January 15, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 511

Bulgaria's Hemus Air Chief: No Swiss Ban

Switzerland has imposed no ban on any of the planes operated by Hemus Air, the Bulgarian airline's Executive Director Dimitar Pavlov told Novinite.com on Thursday.

Business | January 15, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 812

German Company to Construct Ships in Bulgaria

The German SPL company voiced its intentions to construct 6 cargo-carrying ships in cooperation with Navigation Maritime Bulgare, Pari daily reported. SPL announced its willingness for the cooperation in December 2003 when a contract between the Bulyard

Business | January 15, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 556

Bulgarian Companies in Iraq by End Jan

By the end of the month a contract for a business center construction by the Bulgarian "Vassilevi Brothers" Company on the Iraqi boarder with Jordan will be signed, the Chairman of the Employers Union Vassil Vassilev told private bTV channel. Vassilev ad

Business | January 15, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 673

FTS Bulgarian Office Deploys Billing and CRM Solution in Indonesia

The Bulgarian office of Formula Telecom Solutions (FTS) successfully completed deployment of a prepaid / postpaid Billing and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution for an Indonesian telecom operator. Over August-December, 2003, FTS 'experts, wi

Business | January 14, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1400

Bulgarian Flag Carrier Delayed Overnight at London Gatewick

A Boeing 737 of Bulgaria Air (BA) was halted on the London airport of Gatewick on the night of January 12, due to damage in the outer cover of the plane caused by the loading company, BA officials reported. No passengers were on board at the moment of th

Business | January 14, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 748

World Energy Giants Interested in Bulgarian N-Plant Belene

Chiefs of world-leading energy companies, interested in Bulgarian N-Plant in Belene, will meet Thursday with Bulgarian PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg, government official announced. Presidents and vice-presidents of Canadian Atomic Energy, Italian Ansaldo Nuclear

Business | January 14, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1451

Bulgarian Flag Carrier Bans Planes of Over 10 Years

Bulgarian flag carrier Bulgaria Air will be banned to lease or buy planes that have been produced more than ten years ago in a bid to heighten the passengers' security and safety, Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Nikolay Vassilev announced at

Business | January 14, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 630

Bulgaria's First Emergency Aid Helicopter Landed in Sofia

The first helicopter that will provide emergency medical aid in Bulgaria landed at the Alexander Nevski Square in the center of Sofia on Wednesday. The project was launched by the country's biggest financial group DZI-Rosexim, in cooperation with the Mili

Business | January 14, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1668

Bulgarian Customs Revenues Hit BGN 0.5 B Rise 2003 y/y

Customs revenues collected for the past year has hit a rise of nearly BGN 0.5 B compared to 2002, Finance Minister Milen Velchev announced at a press conference on Wednesday.

Business | January 14, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 872

Consumer Prices in Bulgaria Mark 1.8 % Inflation in Dec 2003

Bulgaria's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) recorded an inflation of 1.8 percent in December as compared to the previous month, Bulgaria's National Statistics Institute announced on Wednesday.

Business | January 14, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 496

Bulgarians to Pay Taxes Online in 2005

Over 2 million Bulgarians possessing debit cards will be able to submit their tax declarations and to pay the taxes through the Internet, Krum Garkov, chief of the Tax Directorate IT department announced. Those people willing to use the new services will

Business | January 14, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 658

About USD 1.6 B Investments Expected 2004 in Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Agency for Foreign Investments (AFI) expects that the flow of foreign investments into Bulgaria during 2004 will topple over USD 1.6 B, AFI's chief Pavel Ezekiev stated at a press conference held on Tuesday.

Business | January 13, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 674

UK Imperial Tobacco Eyes Bulgaria's Bulgartabac

UK tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco Group eyes the privatisation of Bulgarian tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac, it emerged on Tuesday.

Business | January 13, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1878

Bulgarian Trade Unions Push for More Labour Security

Bulgarian trade union Podkrepa has sent a letter of proposals to the management board of Kremikovtzi Steel Plant, its President Dr. Konstantin Trenchev declared on Tuesday.

Business | January 13, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 583

Bulgaria Catches up with EU Members in SMEs per Capita

The number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) per capita in Bulgaria is close to that in the countries from the European Union, Antonio Fanelli of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said during a meeting at the Bulgarian

Business | January 13, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 622

Turkey's Giant Sisecam Invests USD 160 M in Bulgarian Flat Glass Producer

Turkey's giant glass producer Sisecam plans to invest a total of USD 160 M in the project for building a production line for flat glass in the Bulgarian town of Targovishte, 318 km northeast of Sofia. This is the biggest greenfield investment in this fiel

Business | January 13, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1195

Bulgaria-Turkey Trade in 2003 Reaches USD 1.3 B

Commodity turnover between Bulgaria and Turkey for the past year is expected to reach some USD 1.3 B, Bulgaria's Transport Minister Nikolay Vassilev said Tuesday.

Business | January 13, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 535

Bulgaria's Central Bank to Match ECB Money Statistics

The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) will fully accept the European Central Bank (ECB) definition for broad money, Pari daily reported. The main difference is that long-term liabilities will be excluded from money supply, while the M1 money aggregate will i

Business | January 13, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 607

No Grain Import to Bulgaria Needed

There shall be no grain import to Bulgaria, apart from the quantities already agreed, Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme announced at a briefing held on Monday. Any shortages in the state reserve will be filled in with the coming wheat crops.

Business | January 12, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 733
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