The Bulgarian LUKoil-Neftochim Burgas-based oil refinery will present a project for the modernization of the refinery at a conference in New Orleans. The conference is organized by the US Trade and Development Agency.
A 2001 record-high increase in Bulgaria’s foreign exchange reserves has been registered, the Finance ministry announced. According to data of the Bulgarian National Bank foreign exchange reserves reached BGN 7,178 BLN on November 16, 2001.
The National Electricity Transmission Company (NETC) is to open tenders for electricity export mediators, Dnevnik daily wrote, quoting a source from the State Agency of Energy and Energy Resources. NETC negotiated with Enron Corp.
Drugs and refugees crossing the Bulgarian border have increased since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, the Bulgarian Border Police and the National Service for Fight against Organized Crime announced. According to Brian Taylor, head of the United
The Economic and Investment Bank /EIBank/ announced that it has started the subscription for a BGN 3 M issue of mortgage bonds, Pari Daily wrote. The issue has a maturity of 2 years at an annual interest coupon of 7.
“There is a possibility that Deutsche Bank finalizes the strategy for the sale of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) before its 2-month deadline," Transport Minister Plamen Petrov said. On November 8, the Privatization Agency hired Deutsche Ba
At their general meeting, the Sofia Film shareholders are expected to decide that 25% of the company's stock are traded on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange /BSE/. The shareholders of the Sofia Film are expected to approve a proposal to have the cinema-theatre
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg and his deputy Nikolay Vassilev will attend the two-day annual meeting of the Central European Initiative (CEI) in Triest, starting on November 22. The Bulgarian Prime Minister will meet his counterparts Silvio Ber
“Bulgaria is satisfied with the support it received from France at the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the 15 EU members in Brussels, and the support of Belgium, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU further encouraged Bulgaria, For
Indonesian company will bid Varna shipyard and has already informed the Bulgarian government about its intentions, former mayor of Varna Hristo Kirchev, now MP of the UDF, said. The company's president had reportedly complained before him that vice-premi
Equant has implemented a global network for leading Austrian oil company OMV interconnecting 14 sites in nine countries via Equant Frame Relay.
Itar-Tass, Moscow Used nuclear fuel supplied from Bulgaria's Kozlodui nuclear power plant in early November is now in a storage at the Zheleznogorsk mining and chemical plant on the Krasnoyarsk territory, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Atom
Used nuclear fuel supplied from Bulgaria's Kozlodui nuclear power plant in early November is now in a storage at the Zheleznogorsk mining and chemical plant on the Krasnoyarsk territory, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy told Itar
Two of the current members - Georgi Lozanov and Svetlana Bozhilova, two new as well - Vessela Tabakova and Bissera Zankova are the nominations of the Bulgarian Media Coalition for the new Council for Electronic Media. Council will run the state owned medi
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg personally phoned President-elect Parvanov after the Central Electoral Commission announced the elections results on November 20. Saxe-Coburg congratulated Parvanov on his victory and wished him success in the futu
The micro-crediting schema of the Government will be implemented in eighteen municipalities, the Social Ministry announced. The criteria according to which the eighteen municipalities were chosen were: unemployment rate, the share of the long term unemplo
The Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel reacted positively to the proposal of the French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine, Bulgaria to join the European Union with the first round of accession. Michel added that the French proposal will result in many po
The Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer congratulated Bulgarian President-elect Parvanov for his victory at the presidential elections, held on November 18.
The former Yugoslav President Slobodan Miloshevic sent his congratulations to the leader of the Bulgarian socialists on the occasion of his election for Bulgarian President. “ I deeply believe that your victory at the presidential elections in Bulgaria wi
Canon officially presented new digital devices for image editing in Bulgaria on November 20. The new devices of the line “imageRUNNER” unite a network printer, a scanner, a copier and various opportunities for finishing operations and a fax function will
Under the amendments to the Law on Bank Deposit Guarantee, adopted by Parliament at first reading on November 20, bank deposits of up to BGN 10,000 will be guaranteed by the State in case of bank bankruptcy. The amount of guaranteed sums is expected to in
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