Bulgarian Business Club Newspaper

Business

Average Wage in Bulgaria Up 9% Q2 Y/Y

Average Wage in Bulgaria Up 9% Q2 Y/Y »

The average wage in Bulgaria during the second quarter of 2010 is up nearly 9% year on year, according to data published by the National Statistics Institute (NSI) Monday. Compared to the first quarter of...

August 9 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Bulgaria with Staggering Export Growth to Non-EU States in 2010 H1

Bulgaria with Staggering Export Growth to Non-EU States in 2010 H1 »

Bulgaria’s export to non-EU countries grew by 44.1% in the first half of 2010 year-on-year, according to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute. Thus, in January-June 2010, Bulgaria exported outside the EU goods and...

August 9 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Bulgarian State Railroads to Request Loan from World Bank

Bulgarian State Railroads to Request Loan from World Bank »

The Bulgarian Minister of Transport has announced that the country will request a loan from the World Bank for helping the Bulgarian State Railway Company BDZ. The Bulgarian private TV channel bTV has reported that there have...

August 9 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Bulgaria-EU

36 Bulgarian Micro Businesses Get Money from EU Rural Devt Program »

36 Bulgarian Micro Businesses Get Money from EU Rural Devt Program

The first 36 contracts under the measure for creation and development of micro businesses of the EU Rural Development Program have been singed in...

Jun 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Crisis Makes Bulgarian EU Commissioner Hurry for Gaza Strip »

Crisis Makes Bulgarian EU Commissioner Hurry for Gaza Strip

Bulgarian EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, will make a visit to the Gaza Strip sooner than scheduled after the crisis caused by an Israeli raid...

Jun 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Bulgarian Interior Head Promises Schengen Entry in March 2011 »

Bulgarian Interior Head Promises Schengen Entry in March 2011

Bulgaria hopes to be a member of the Schengen Agreement by March 2011, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced. Tsvetanov met Sunday with the other...

Jun 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Bulgaria EU Commissioner to Support Haiti Charity Concert in Sofia »

Bulgaria EU Commissioner to Support Haiti Charity Concert in Sofia

Kristalina Georgieva, Bulgaria’s EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, International Cooperation and Crisis Response is set to support the charity concert for Haiti in Sofia...

Jun 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Brussels Pushes for Higher Retirement Age for EU Citizens »

Brussels Pushes for Higher Retirement Age for EU Citizens

The European Commission is suggesting that the retirement age in member states should be raised regularly so that on average across the EU not...

Jun 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Categories

Finance

World Bank President Heaps High Praise on Bulgarian Govt »

World Bank President Heaps High Praise on Bulgarian Govt

President of the World Bank Robert Zoellick praised the Bulgarian government for successfully tackling the global economic crisis on his official visit to the country Monday. “I came hear to learn and listen,” said Zoellick, adding that in the situation of heavy economic crisis Bulgaria...

Aug 10 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Bulgarian State Companies with New Orders for Bank Selection »

Bulgarian State Companies with New Orders for Bank Selection

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry and Minister, Simeon Djankov, are ready with directions for State companies for the selection of banks to serve their accounts. The Directions for Applying Good Practices in the Selection of an Executor of Financial Services are valid for companies entirely owned by...

Aug 9 2010 / No comment / Read More »

World Bank President Robert Zoellick Heads for Bulgaria »

World Bank President Robert Zoellick Heads for Bulgaria

World Bank Group President, Robert B. Zoellick, will visit Bulgaria, Moldova, and Latvia on August 9 – 13, a WB press release informs Friday. Zoellick’s goals include meeting with government leaders, business people, think tanks, civil society, and visiting projects to discuss development issues and...

Aug 9 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Bulgaria Consolidates Control of Finance, Customs, Tax Authorities »

Bulgaria Consolidates Control of Finance, Customs, Tax Authorities

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved the merging of the existing inspectorates of the Finance Ministry, the Customs Agency, and the National Revenue Agency. The decision was adopted during the regular government meeting on Wednesday. With it, the government is aiming at “achieving greater objectivity and impartiality”...

Aug 9 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Domestic

Bulgaria PM Slams Popular TV Host over ‘Lies’ »

Bulgaria PM Slams Popular TV Host over ‘Lies’Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov has continued his war of words with popular TV host Slavi Trifonov, accusing the showman of “speaking lies about him”. Borisov...

Jun 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Govt Seeks Shelter for Homeless Bulgarian Court »

Govt Seeks Shelter for Homeless Bulgarian CourtRepresentatives of the Sofia District Court and the Bulgarian government met Tuesday in order to try to sort the debacle in which the country’s busiest...

Jun 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Advertisement

Diplomacy

Israel Set to Deport Bulgaria Journalists after Aid Flotilla Raid

Israel Set to Deport Bulgaria Journalists after Aid Flotilla Raid

The Bulgarian Ambassador to Israel, Dimitar Tsanchev, has confirmed that the 2 Bulgarian journalists seized by Israeli forces during the raid on the Gaza aid flotilla will return to Bulgaria Wednesday. Israel has...

Jun 2, 2010 / More »

Interview

Bulgarian EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva: European Humanitarian Aid Touches Hearts and Minds around the World

Bulgarian EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva: European Humanitarian Aid Touches Hearts and Minds around the World

Exclusive interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with Kristalina Georgieva, EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, International Cooperation and Crisis Response. Kristalina Georgieva was born on August 13, 1953, in Sofia, Bulgaria. She earned...

Jun 2, 2010 / More »

Industry

Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Companies’ Profit Up by 26% in Q1

Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Companies’ Profit Up by 26% in Q1

The combined profit of the major Bulgarian pharmaceutical companies has seen a strong increase of 26% in the first quarter of 2010. Thus, the combined profit of the six Bulgarian pharmaceutical producers listed...

Jun 2, 2010 / More »

Society

Soaring Public Approval for Bulgarian Govt, Poll Says

Soaring Public Approval for Bulgarian Govt, Poll Says

Leading figures from Bulgaria’s Borisov government as a whole continue to enjoy high public approval, a recent public opinion poll shows. According to the a survey of the National Center for Studying Public...

Jun 2, 2010 / More »

Tourism

Bulgarians’ Travels Abroad Slump by 50% in Q1 2010

Bulgarians’ Travels Abroad Slump by 50% in Q1 2010

The trips of Bulgarians abroad during the first quarter of 2010 have been 853 700, the National Statistics Institute data shows. The data was published Monday and reveals that compared to the same...

Jun 2, 2010 / More »

Culture

Bulgaria Marks Day of Revolutionary Hristo Botev

Bulgaria Marks Day of Revolutionary Hristo Botev

Bulgaria marks Wednesday, June 2, the 134th anniversary of the death of one of the most prominent Bulgarians – the publicist, poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev, who gave his life for Bulgaria’s independence....

Jun 2, 2010 / More »

Energy

Bulgarian Power Utility CEZ Takes Up 69 New Projects

Bulgarian Power Utility CEZ Takes Up 69 New Projects

Czech-owned electricity distribution company CEZ has announced the investment of BGN 4 M in 69 new energy projects in Western Bulgaria. The investment is supposed to improve the quality of electricity supply in...

Jun 2, 2010 / More »

Sport

Parma Signs Bulgaria’s Bojinov From Manchester City in Days

Parma Signs Bulgaria’s Bojinov From Manchester City in Days

Parma is expected to keep Valeri Bojinov permanently by reaching an agreement with Manchester City within days, Italian media reported. Reports suggest City want EUR 4 M for the hitman, who has made...

Jun 2, 2010 / More »
Advertisement
Search by Date
Search by Category
Search with Google