The Bulgarian government forecasts a 5% increase in the number of foreign tourists in 2010, according to Economy Minister Traicho Traikov. Traikov also said Wednesday that the number of Bulgarian holidaymakers within the country will also likely be on the rise in 2010. The World Tourism Organization expects a 3%-4% growth on international trips worldwide [...]
Bulgaria’s Economy Ministry has awarded two foreign investment projects “Investor Class ‘A’” status. The two projects were awarded by Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, in the presence of German Ambassador to Bulgaria, Matthias Hoepfner. The first awarded project is “Wind Park Lozenets” of the firm IWC Bulgaria VP 5 headquartered in the [...]
Traicho Traikov, Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy, Energy, and Transport, is going to make a working visit to the USA. Traikov will be in Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh on April 5-7, the Economy Ministry has announced. He will be meeting with representatives of the World Bank and the US government, including the State Department, the Department [...]
Bulgaria’s largest international commercial exhibit of wines “Vinaria 2010” was opened in Plovdiv Sunday by Economy Minister Traicho Traikov. In his opening statement, Traikov declared that the wine production sector in Bulgaria is developing as a combination of old traditions and new technologies. A total of 262 wine producers (114 Bulgarian) from 14 different states [...]
The Anti-Corruption Committee of the Bulgarian Parliament has concluded that Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, is not involved in a conflict of interests. “The signal about me submitted by the Spokesperson of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Korneliya Ninova, was fake, deceiving, and wasted the time of us all,” Traikov himself stated after [...]
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Transport, Traicho Traikov, is going to accompany President Parvanov in his state visits in South Korea, Australia, and Sri Lanka. The delegation is also going to include Traikov’s deputy, Evgeni Angelov. Traikov and Angelov are going to participate in a Bulgarian-Korean business forum in South Korea entitled “Investment Climate [...]
Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, said Friday the German company RWE was unwilling to commit firmly to the planned Bulgarian Belene Nuclear Power Plant. Speaking in Parliament, Traikov said the government was currently preparing to pick a consultant that was going to help it select private investors for a share of [...]
The Russian side has supplied Bulgaria with detailed information on its plans for the expansion of the South Stream gas transit pipeline project. This has been announced by the Russian Ministry of Energy after Thursday’s meeting in Moscow between Bulgaria’s Minister of Energy, Economy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, and the Russian Energy Minister, Sergei Shmatko. [...]
Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy and Energy, Traicho Traikov, and his Russian counterpart Sergey Shmatko, discussed in Moscow Thursday the three large-scale joint energy projects. The Ministers have made no statements but the Russian Energy Ministry has announced that they had concluded that the joint projects – the Belene Nuclear Power Plant, the South Stream gas [...]
The leading French energy companies Gaz de France and Dalchia are interested in participating in the privatization of Toplofikatsiya, the heating utility of the Bulgarian capital Sofia. This has been announced by Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, who is part of the governmental delegation led by PM Borisov that visited the [...]
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