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AGRICULTURE MINISTER WANTS BULGARTABAC DISCUSSED IN CABINET

Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme demanded the Bulgartabac Holding deal to be discussed during a meeting of the Cabinet before the Privatization Agency announces the possible buyer of the holding. He denied disagreements with Deputy Prime Minister and Eco

Business | August 11, 2002, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 333

REPAIRS OF SOFIA'S CENTRAL STATION COMPLETED NEXT SEPTEMBER

The repairs of the central train station in Bulgaria's capital Sofia has begun. Currently, the central station is in a deplorable state – the building is old and needs reconstruction.

Business | August 11, 2002, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 496

CONSTRUCTION OF TOKUDA HOSPITAL IN SOFIA PROMISED TO START IN A MONTH

The Japanese entrepreneur Torao Tokuda said after a meeting with Bulgaria's Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg on Saturday that the construction of the Tokuda hospital in Sofia will begin in a month. Some USD 100 M will be invested in the hospital whose construct

Business | August 11, 2002, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 729

COOPERATION IN TOURISM, BUSINESS TO TOP AGENDA OF MIXED BODY WITH JORDAN

The mixed Bulgarian-Jordanian commission will gather for three days in end-September, starting from September 26th. That emerged after the recent visit of an official Bulgarian delegation, led by Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg in Jordan.

Business | August 10, 2002, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 478

OPERATORS INSIST BTC TO ALLOW COMPETITORS TO ITS FIXED LINES FROM 2003

At a public discussion on the Telecommunications Bill, which is being prepared by the Transport Ministry, operators insisted the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company to allow to competing companies to its fixed lines starting from January 1, 2003. That wa

Business | August 10, 2002, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 380

JAPANESE INVESTOR PLANS TO EXPAND BUSINESS IN BULGARIA

The Japanese entrepreneur Torao Tokuda said that he was ready to enlarge his company's investments in Bulgaria at a meeting with representatives of the Bulgarian Industrial Association. During the meeting, the conditions for foreign investments, the tax p

Business | August 10, 2002, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 402

EICHSFELDER TAGEBLATTS: BULGARIA -PREFERRED TOURIST DESTINATION

A winner in the list of destinations where tourists spend their vacation is Bulgaria. That is the result of a survey of Eichsfelder Tageblatts in the tourist bureaux in the region.

Business | August 10, 2002, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 410

GERMAN COMPANY MOST PROBABLY WILL BUILD NEW SOFIA AIRPORT TERMINAL

Four bids have been submitted for the construction of the new passenger terminal at Sofia Airport by Friday's deadline. The bids were publicly opened and the prices announced to the media.

Business | August 10, 2002, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 515

ALL TOBACCO MONOPOLY BIDDERS READY TO SIGN NATIONAL AGREEMENT

The chairman of the Confederation of the Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) Zhelyazko Hristov called for an end of the protests at Bulgartabac Holding in case that there were guarantees for transparent sale of the holding and for readiness on be

Business | August 9, 2002, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 510

DISTRIBUTORS TO SEEK COMPENSATIONS FROM NON-RUSSIAN BULGARTABAC BUYER

"We will salute the victory of a Russian bidder in the privatization deal for Bulgartabac but we will also acknowledge any other winner,” Sergey Shelekhov, president of Grand-Tabak Association of Tobacco Distributors said at a news conference in Sofia. Sh

Business | August 9, 2002, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 637

DANUBE BRIDGE II CONSULTANT TO BE KNOWN EARLY-OCTOBER

An international consultant on the engineering and management of the Danube Bridge II project will start work by the beginning of October, Evgenia Atanassova from the Transport Policy directorate with the Transport Ministry announced. By then a contract w

Business | August 9, 2002, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 432

HELLENIC PETROLEUM TO INVEST USD 100 M IN GAS STATION NETWORK IN BULGARIA

The Greek energy holding Hellenic Petroleum plans to build a USD 100 M network of gas stations in Bulgaria, Dnevnik Daily reported. Most of the investments will be spent on pump stations in and around the Bulgarian capital where the market is not yet satu

Business | August 9, 2002, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 424

TOURIST FEES PROPOSED TO GO FOR PROMOTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

The Bulgarian Association of Hoteliers and Restaurateurs (BAHR) has proposed that tourist fees collected by vacationers at Bulgarian resorts are spend to promote the hospitality industry of the respective municipality with fifty percent of the amount goin

Business | August 9, 2002, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 379

RAIFFEISENBANK BULGARIA OPENS NEW BRANCH

Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria opened an office in Yambol earlier this week. This branch was added to the bank's 23-unit network in Bulgaria.

Business | August 9, 2002, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 985

STEEL PLANT DEBT TO RAILWAYS COMPANY SET AT OVER BGN 10 M

Kremikovtzi steel plant owes some BGN 10,5 M to the State Railways Company till end-July and BGN 60 M to the National Electricity Transmission Company, Andrey Breshkov, Director of the Sector and Regional Analyses with the Economy Ministry said, citing da

Business | August 8, 2002, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 363

CZECH ZS BRNO RECONSTRUCTED RAILWAY SECTION UNDER PHARE

Czech company ZS Brno completed the reconstruction of the railway section Voluyak – Vakarel on Sofia – Plovdiv line. Following its upgrade, in which Bulgarian suppliers and construction workers took part, the top speed allowed on the railway section will

Business | August 8, 2002, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 532

IMPROVEMENT OF BULGARTABAC BIDS SAID TO BE COMPLEX ISSUE

All four bidders for 80% stake in Bulgartabac are to supply more information on the parameters of their offers by answering about 84 questions till August 20, Minister Dikme said before the regular weekly Cabinet's meeting. After the answers are forwarded

Business | August 8, 2002, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 415

OFFERS FOR DANUBE BRIDGE 2 CONSULTANT OPENED TODAY

The offers of candidate consultants on Danube Bridge 2 project will be opened in public today at the Transport Ministry. According to preliminary information five companies have been shortlisted to bid for the consulting contract for Danube Bridge 2, span

Business | August 8, 2002, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 371

NEW CROWN AGENTS CHIEF NOTES PROGRESS IN CUSTOMS

John Brown, the recent replacement of Jim Williams, board chairman of Crown Agents in Bulgaria said that during the last couple of months there was a significant progress in the administration of the Bulgarian customs. He has been chief of the Crown Agent

Business | August 8, 2002, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 407

BGN 40 M EARMARKED FOR MUNICIPAL LIABILITIES UNDER DRAFT

The Cabinet will release additional BGN 40 M for settling outstanding liabilities of municipalities, under a draft regulation on the additional funds earmarked for municipal budgets, to be discussed by the Cabinet at its session today. The decision comes

Business | August 8, 2002, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 380

MANAGING BOARD OF SHUMENSKO PIVO BREWERY ELECTED

A three-member managing board was elected at the first meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Shumen-based Shumensko Pivo beer brewery. The election was in line with the latest decision of the general shareholders meeting on a two-tier management structu

Business | August 8, 2002, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 579
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