18-member delegation from Qatar headed by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Khalid Al Attiyah will arrive in Bulgaria on May 3. Sofia will welcome high-ranking officials from a number of ministries, as well as representatives of investment companies based in Qatar. The group will arrive to prepare the forthcoming official visit to Bulgaria of [...]
Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, ended fifth Saturday in the traditional diplomatic ski race in the winter resort of Bansko, organized by the Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry. Plevneliev arrived in Bansko as early as Friday to try the tracks and practice. He voice the ambition to win the cup, but ranked at the fifth spot, after [...]
Bulgaria’s Council of Ministers is set to present the controversial ACTA agreement to the country’s Parliament, only to see it scrapped by the MPs. The ruling centrist-right GERB already suspended the ratification of ACTA in the national Parliament and instructed all its MEPs to vote against the international agreement. However, oppositional Bulgarian Socialist Party MP [...]
Bulgarian environmentalists are to protest on Saturday in downtown Sofia against potential shale gas research and exploration in the country. “The fight is not over! For the conclusive ban on shale gas!” the main slogan of the rally is set to be. The protesters are demanding new legislation to be adopted, tackling all exploration activities, [...]
The first scientific and technology park in Bulgaria will be built in the capital Sofia and will be located on what is known as The 4th Kilometer on “Tsarigradsko Shosse.” The value of the project is estimated at EUR 50 M and it will be financed by the EU Operational Program Competitiveness. The news was [...]
The Bulgarian Union “Made in Bulgaria” bestowed Wednesday evening the annual “Golden Martenitsa” awards. The ceremony was held for the 18th year and gathered at the National Palace of Culture in downtown Sofia leading Bulgarian businesses and institutions. The award for Economic Cooperation for 2011 was given to Litex Motors for the building and the [...]
Bulgaria still wants to join the eurozone provided the bloc’s members obey its rules on limiting debt, Traicho Traikov, Bulgaria‘s Economy Minister, said in an interview for German media. “Provided all other eurozone states stick to the debt rules in future…entry to the currency union remains a medium-term goal for us,” Minister Traikov told German [...]
Bulgaria is no different than the common trend of decline in the number of reservations for winter vacations, according to the Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Traicho Traikov. Traikov spoke for the media Friday, after being asked to comment on fears of the tourist sector about a decline of bookings from Russian and UK [...]
Bulgaria still wants to join the euro zone despite recent predictions that the single currency will collapse, Traicho Traikov, Bulgaria’s Economy Minister, told CNBC on Thursday. “I know now it’s fashionable to predict the end of the monetary union, but I think common sense will still dominate and it is going to survive. Of course, [...]
The name of the actual buyer of the State-owned cigarette-maker monopoly Bulgartabac is going to be revealed very soon, Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, promised. Speaking Saturday from the Black Sea city of Varna, Traikov, however, stressed that the most important issue was who the investor is, not the buyer. He added that there [...]
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