Some 2,000 jobs were created thanks to extended microcredits, Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Policies Minister Shuleva said at a meeting of the Confederative Council of the biggest Bulgarian trade Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in
Bulgarian and Libyan medical associations signed an accord that constitutes further employment of Bulgarian medics in the African country. It also secures the basis of medical education cooperation providing an opportunity for Libyans to study in Bulgaria
A working meeting between the chairs of the Employment Agencies of Bulgaria and Romania will take place in the town of Veliko Turnovo. Projects for cooperation in reducing the unemployment rate in the two countries will be discussed.
One hundred million levs will be invested in the Bulgarian Rhodopes region and six thousand jobs will be opened under a new governmental program for alternative agriculture and infrastructure development. The ministers had a unique meeting in Kurdzhali wh
Some six hundred people will be appointed in the newly established Bulgarian carrier Balkan Air Tour if it starts operation with three planes. Deputy Transport Minister Lyubomil Ivanov said that for local Darik radio.
Viva Ventures Holding, the preferred buyer for the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company, have been auditing the company since Friday. The Vienna holding is a wholly-owned unit by British-based equity house Advent International especially for the purposes
"It will be better for Bulgartabac and the tobacco growers, the privatization of the holding to take place as soon as possible. The new owner, no matter who he is, will have better financial resources to buy out the crop," Deputy Prime Minister and Econom
The Regional Development Ministry will soon renew the bidding for Bulgarian construction companies who wish to participate in the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline. Hasan Hasan, deputy regional development minister, who was on the de
Till the end of the month the new Bulgarian flag carrier, Balkan Air Tour, will start flights. Deputy Transport Minister Zlatolina Mukova said that for NET Radio.
Bulgaria's agricultural policy should follow the agricultural concept of the European Peoples Party. Nadezhda Mihaylova, leader of rightist opposition party Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) said that during the discussion "Future Agricultural Policies" in
The Transport Ministry did not support the recovery plan for Balkan Airlines because it "suffered evident defects". Deputy Transport Minister Lyubomol Ivanov said that for Darik radio.
President Georgi Parvanov invited German businessmen to invest in the Bulgarian energy sector at a meeting with representatives of the Business Club of German Economy. This is the most competitive industry which Bulgaria has the ambition to develop, Parva
The rightist opposition United Democratic Forces (UDF) demanded that a new procedure for Bulgaria's tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac Holding is opened. According to UDF the state has made a grave violation in not securing a transparent and economically effici
No changes happened in the period from July 22, 2002 to August 23, 2002 to make the Privatisation Agency ask for one-off improvement of the bids for Bulgaria's tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac, Apostol Apostolov, head of the Privatisation Agency, said at a pr
The Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum presented the first Business Ethics Standard, which was handed at an official ceremony Thursday evening to the forum's members. CEOs of seventy-seven companies committed themselves to abide by ten main principles and
Bulgaria's judiciary is still weak, misdirected, underfunded and lacks self-confidence, according to the conclusions of a Judicial Reform Index (JRI) for Bulgaria. JRI is a tool developed by the Central and East European Law Initiative of the American Bar
The possibility for Bulgarian companies to use free offices in the JETRO building in Tokyo was discussed by Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Vassilev and Hiroshi Tsukamoto, President of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). JE
An option for granting VAT exemption to the State Railways Company is being considered by the ministries of transport and finance. This would allow the company to utilize the full amount of the government subsidy.
Negotiations with the preffered buyer for a 65 percent stake in Bulgaria's telecom monopoly BTC, kicked off Thursday. The delegation of the selected by the Privatization Agency buyer consists of representatives of Advent International Fund as well as of r
The Cabinet will decide whether to open a new privatisation procedure for Bulgartabac next week, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg said before leaving for Greece. He did not exclude the possibility for the Supreme Court decision to have a negative influen
Nearly BGN 900 M more will be allotted to social expenditures next year and for reduction of unemployment, which is the main priority of Budget 2003. Finance Minister Velchev handed to Parliament Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov the draft budget Thursday afterno
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