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Canada's Dundee Precious Acquisition to Invest USD 45 M in Bulgarian Gold Mine

Canada's Dundee Precious Acquisition Inc. announced it will invest USD 45 M to put into operation Ada Tepe gold mine, located near Krumovgrad.

Business | May 20, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 898

Deal for Bulgaria's DSK Bank Inked

Bulgaria's Finance Minister Milen Velchev and Dr Sandor Csanyi, Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors Chairman of Hungary's National Savings and Commercial Bank (OTP), Tuesday signed a contract for privatization of a 100 per cent stake in Bulgari

Business | May 20, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1328

Sofia Set to Keep Budget Discipline Strict

Bulgaria must keep strict its budget discipline even after the current stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund expires in February 2004, President Parvanov said at his meeting with Jerald Schiff, head of the International Monetary Fund's

Business | May 20, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 521

Romania Overshadowed by Bulgaria's Performance under IMF Deal

A Romanian newspaper raised an alarm Tuesday over the country's relations with the International Monetary Fund as compared with well-performing neighboring Bulgaria.

Business | May 20, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 676

Bulgaria's Flag Carrier Gets Ahead of Lufthansa in Ticket Sales

Bulgaria's flag carrier Bulgaria Air ranked first in ticket sales during the second half of April 2003, outstripping Germany's Lufthansa, data released by IATA BSP shows. In February Lufthansa topped the ranking, followed by Bulgaria Air, in selling tick

Business | May 20, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1048

Italy's Beretta Seeks Bulgarian Partners

Representatives of Italian company Beretta, which manufactures and markets a complete line of firearms and firearms accessories worldwide, arrived May 20 on a working visit to Bulgaria to find out opportunities for cooperation with Bulgarian companies in

Business | May 20, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 848

Bulgaria, Canada Aim to Improve Business Contacts

Canadian business delegation, which arrived May 18 on a working visit to Bulgaria, is scheduled to meet Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev May 20. Minister Vassilev will meet the head of the delegation the Canadian Sec

Business | May 20, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 513

Sale Format of Bulgaria's Tobacco Heavyweight Decided Today

A final decision on the format of Bulgaria's tobacco heavyweight Bulgartabac is expected to be reached today at the meeting of ruling Simeon II National Movement and its junior coalition partner the Movement for Rights and Freedoms.

Business | May 20, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 940

Atomic Energy of Canada Confirms Interest in Bulgaria's 2nd N-plant

Canadian state company Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) confirmed its interest in the construction of the new Nuclear Power Plant Belene. The cost of constructing a CANDU reactor in Belene will range between USD 1 B and USD 1,5 B, said Joh Saroudis, an off

Business | May 19, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 904

Bulgaria's Finance Minister: World Bank's Conditions Were Misunderstood

Bulgaria's Finance Minister Milen Velchev categorically ruled out that the World Bank might stop the financing for Bulgaria in case "some things don't happen."

Business | May 19, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 827

IMF Completed Mission in Well-Performing Bulgaria

The macro-economic developments in Bulgaria have been very positive so far this year, the last mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded. The projected growth of 5 percent can be achieved as the economy is on the track to reach it, Jerald

Business | May 19, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1844

OTP Bank Signs Contract for Bulgaria's DSK Tuesday

Hungary's OTP Bank and the Bank Consolidation Company (BCC) will sign the contract for the privatisation of Bulgaria's last state-owned DSK on Tuesday, the two sides confirmed.

Business | May 19, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 912

Canadian Business Studies Investment Prospects in Bulgaria

Investment opportunities in Bulgaria and ways to improve economic bilateral relations top the agenda of the Canadian business delegation, which arrived on a working visit to Bulgaria May 18. The delegation consists of representatives of eight of the bigg

Business | May 19, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 598

Sofia Upbeat on Finalizing Tobacco Giant Sale by End-2003

Bulgaria has the potential to finalize the sale of Bulgartabac, Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme said in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio.

Business | May 19, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1054

Bulgaria Begins to Export Power to Greece

Bulgaria's National Electricity Transmission Company started on Monday the export of power under contracts it signed last week with Greek electricity company PPC and the companies EFT-London and SEMPRA - Great Britain.

Business | May 19, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 617

Results of IMF Review Mission Presented Today

The results of the International Monetary Fund review mission in Bulgaria will be presented today at the Finance Ministry. The Fund's experts are in Bulgaria to review for the third time Bulgaria's macroeconomic, budget and reform performance under a two-

Business | May 19, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 360

Regional Business Conference to Take Place May 2004 in Sofia

Business conference on regional cooperation to be organized in Sofia May 2004 proposed Maxim Behar, CEO of M3 Communications Group, Inc. (www.

Business | May 18, 2003, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 598

Bulgarians Have USD 140 per Capita Share of Foreign Debt

USD 140 is the per capita share of any Bulgarian in what is left from the country's foreign debt. The data was announced by Pirita Sorsa - a resident representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Bulgaria - in an interview for local Darik rad

Business | May 18, 2003, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 453

Bulgaria Decides about Change of IMF Program till End-2003

Till end-2003 Bulgaria will decided if it will extend its funding deal with the International Monetary fund (IMF).

Business | May 18, 2003, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 438

Privatisation of Bulgaria's DSK Bank Complete Next Week

The contract for the privatisation of Bulgaria's last state-owned bank - DSK - is to be signed over the next seven days according to the country's Finance Minister Milen Velchev. He had previously stated that he would not allow the DSK sale to fail simil

Business | May 18, 2003, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 516

201 Bulgarian Firms Registered as Potential Iraq Subcontractors

Bulgaria's Trade Encouragement Agency has registered 201 indigenous companies willing to take part in the reconstruction of Iraq. Most of them are construction enterprises.

Business | May 17, 2003, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 419
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