The Bulgarian military held a ceremony to dispatch 154 troops to Iraq, said local media reports. The troops, among them nine women, will take charge of security at the Cropper military base near Baghdad. Their mandate will last until Dec. 31. All of the soldiers to be sent to Iraq are experienced with at least one year's service, and have undergone two months' special training before their departure, authorities said. още »

Bulgaria holds the 4th place in construction growth in the European Union, according to Eurostat.The data is from the first quarter of this year, informs the Lithuanian agency Delfi, cited by BNR.The highest construction growth is in Slovenia – 32.2%, followed by Romania – 31.8% and Poland – 14.5%. In Bulgaria the construction growth is 13.1%. For the EU countries as a whole this indicator is 2. още »

Colliers International in Bulgaria has signed a contract with the leading Spanish developer, Riofisa, for exclusive representation services of Civis Center Sofia (total leasable area of 85,000 m2) and Civis Center Plovdiv (total leasable area of 55,000 m2).After this agreement the portfolio of retail projects represented by Colliers International in Bulgaria exceeds 500,000 m2 of leasable area which makes the company the unquestioned market leader in this segment. още »

The Caspian Basin energy export contest is often portrayed as one in which there can be only one winner - either Russia on the one hand, or the United States and European Union on the other. Officials in Bulgaria, a country that is envisioned as a key transit hub in competing energy-export plans, say that burgeoning European demand for gas means that all sides can profit. още »

Bulgarian air companies will be able to fly directly to USA.This became possible after Bulgaria received a certificate for a higher category under the Safety program of the US Federal aviation administration (FAA).A representative of FAA handed the document to Bulgarian prime minister Sergei Stanishev in the Washington Media Museum Newreum. In the presence of PM Stanishev, the minister of foreign affairs Ivaylo Kalfin and the US state secretary John Negroponte the two countries signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of prevention of the distribution of weapons for mass destruction and fostering of the relations in the military and defense fields. още »

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A recent survey conducted upon the request of the real estate investment company Karrat Group Ltd. shows that more real estate purchases are planned for 2008 as compared to last year. Several factors contribute to this favorable development. First, a report by UniCredit Group suggests that there is still real estate shortage in Central and Eastern Europe, enhanced by the population's growing income. още »

Coalition ‘To leave nature in Bulgaria' published alarming data round revealed by them details of the so called ‘non-market exchanges of forests and land state property'. The organization conducted a press conference to present the collected data. For the period 30 April - 25 May the governed by BSP State Agency of Forests (SAF) have executed non - market exchanges of 12, 800 decares forest fund, located on the seaside, and the mountain resorts Borovets, Pamporovo and Perelik for 35,000 decares private and municipality forests, located mainly in the Northern Bulgaria and the Rodophi Mountain. още »

Common branch organizations in the spheres of agriculture will be created between Bulgaria and Romania. That was contracted by the Agriculture Ministers of Bulgaria and Romania Valery Tsetanov and Dacian Chiolosh. In 10 days Bulgarian expert will get acquainted with their Romanian colleagues' experience in the spheres of milk producers granting and afterwards start executing of the learned. още »