The common consultative body of the `Confederation of the National Syndicates in Bulgaria` and `Podkrepa` decided to send a letter to the General Secretary of the International Confederation of the Free Syndicates, stating that there is no social dialogue
The non-performing debt of heating companies to state natural gas monopoly Bulgargas will be substituted by state bonds, issued by the Finance Ministry. The measure, which aims at the reconstruction of the heating companies, is included in a report of the
A public discussion for the proposed by the non-governmental sector changes in the tax legislation for solving the problems with the frauds with VAT started in Sheraton hotel in Sofia.
Irena Petrunova was elected Director of the Supervisory Board of the Encouragement Bank at the shareholders` general meeting. Petrunova presides over the Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.
The competitiveness of Bulgaria`s fertilizers producers depends on the amount of energy used for the production of ammonia, Pari Daily wrote. The figures for Bulgarian plants (between 8,8 and 13,5 gigacal per ton) are much higher than the average in the w
The German Hans Seidel Foundation will help the state bodies and administrations in the towns of Vidin in Bulgaria, Calafat in Romania, and Zaicar and Negotin in Serbia to develop the border cooperation and security improvement. Hans Seidel representative
46.2% of the respondents in a poll, conducted by the sociological team of the Military Clubs and Information Executive Agency with the Defense Ministry, think that the strikes by the US and their allies against Afghanistan will have a negative effect on t
The closing down of the State Telecommunications Commission /STC/ may block the Bulgarian telecommunications activities, experts commented, quoted by Dnevnik Daily. Proposed amendments to the Telecommunications Act envisage the establishment of a Telecomm
`A new tender for Business Bank will be opened,` Ivan Panchev, Trustee of the bankrupt institution, said. The Agency for Government Claims is dissatisfied with the failed tender and does not approve the evaluation.
The European Union will provide to the Bulgarian customs a modern X-ray equipment for a precise border control of trucks and containers. The devices will give the opportunity to control the vehicles in any place on the country`s territory.
The latest round of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) begins with the public opinion sharply divided on two key issues, a survey conducted from 6 to 13 October, 2001 by the agency `Alpha research`, published by Dnevnik Daily shows. M
`The prices of the Bulgarian tourist packages sold abroad will rise in the range of 15% to 30% in case that Value Added Tax (VAT) is imposed on them. Thus, the packages will become non-competitive on the European market,` the Bulgarian representatives of
The Bulgarian Ministry of Transport and Communications will open a tender for a consultant on the strategy for the Bulgarian national carrier, Balkan airlines. That was announced by Transport Minister Plamen Petrov.
The candidate for Vice President from `Coalition for Bulgaria`, Angel Marin, said for Trud Daily that the concept `national security` should be redefined because as it stands, it only points to armed attack, political dictatorship and economic pressure. M
According to sources of the campaign headquarters of the candidate presidential couple Bonev-Zhelezchev, as President, Stoyanov spent funds that are seven to eight times more than his predecessor Zhelyu Zhelev, and used 30 cars of the National Bodyguard S
The offers of the companies proposing rehabilitation plans for the Varna shipyard will be opened at the ministry of economy today, it emerged from a statement of vice premier Nikolay Vasilev in Varna. By the Saturday deadline offers were submitted by six
Prime minister Saxe-Coburg leaves today for his first visit abroad, at the invitation of his Belgian counterpart, Ferhofstadt. The two-day business visit had to take place on September 12, but had to be postponed in relation with the terrorist acts in the
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom The Foreign Ministry is trying to verify a report that three Bulgarian reporters are being held hostage in Afghanistan.
Rompres Agency, Bucharest This year, Romania was for the first time included in the global competitiveness report drawn by the World Economic Forum, along with other 16 states, among which Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Transport and Communications Minister Plamen Petrov expressed a hope that the work on the construction of the second bridge over the Danube will be completed by 2006. He said at a talk show in the Bulgarian National Radio that Bulgaria also should develo
Hologram stickers will show the difference between the regular and the fake taxi cabs. By end-January, the special signs will be sticked on all cars in Sofia, sources from the Branch Chamber of Taxi Drivers and Carriers said yesterday.
The Bulgarian Yogurt is now a Protected Designation of Origin in the EU
Bulgaria is in the Top 25 Countries with the Biggest Debt Slaves
