The state will provide 300 million levs for the increase of the capital of the National Electric Company (NEK), which is part of the structure of the Bulgarian energy holding (BEH), created a month ago, Money.bg announced. Today, the minister will vote on the increase of the holding's capital. It was registered through a change of the registration of "Bulgargaz holding", whose capital is 1 billion levs. още »

The concentration of the production of tobacco products in Blagoevgrad and Sofia led to a bigger work load of the production capacities and bigger efficiency. This was announced by the executive director of "Bulgartabac holding" AD Angel Dimitrov, Focus reports. The production of tobacco products was redirected after the privatization of the factories in Stara Zagora and Plovdiv. още »

The prices of telephone calls from a fixed to a mobile phone are expected to decrease by up to 55% in the next two years. The connection between mobile networks is expected to decrease by up to 30%. These are forecasts by Industry Watch in a report of the Bulgarian telecommunications market, HiComm announced.The price decrease depends on the price decrease of the connection between the mobile operators. още »

The deficit on the current account towards the end of August amounts to 4,77 billion Euro, which represents an increase of 42% on a yearly basis. This is data from the Bulgarian national bank (BNB), cited by Money.bgThe relative amount of the deficit on the current account as a part of the GDP is 14% compared to 11,6% a year earlier.Only for August 2008 the deficit amounts to 227,6 million Euro compared to 265,3 million Euro a year later. още »

"Kremikovtzi must not be closed and must urgently find an alternative owner of the factory", the ex Executive Director of the factory Alexander Tomov said in the morning block of Nova TV. "At the moment I am not competent enough, my plan was not accepted by Pramod Mital and since January 24 I have no affiliations with Kremikovtzi. Mital and Zhevago lost a lot of money, all parties involved suffered from the crisis. още »

In the last five years the economic relations between Bulgaria and Austria grew significantly. This claimed in an interview for money.bg Mihael Angerer, trade councilor in the Austrian embassy in Bulgaria. Since the actual membership of Bulgaria in the European Union, and especially after 1998 the Austrian entrepreneurs found big investment potential in Bulgaria and invested in all sectors. още »

A total of 8 firms participate in the contest for the construction of Lot 2 of highway "Trakia". The section includes the segment Stara Zagora - Nova Zagora.30 firms have bought documents as 9 of them have submitted offers for participation. Among the participants in the auction are "Constructing Engineering" - Croatia, "Alpine Bau" - Austria, the Greek "Aktor", "Onur" - Turkey, association "Zagora Trace", Association roads "Trakia", consortium "Zagora", "Shtrabak - ISA". още »

Owners in "Sunny Beach" started to offer hotels for 1 Euro. This was announced by Burgas real estate agencies, which operate with the offers.Because of the over-construction in the complex in recent years, properties became unprofitable, especially some smaller hotels.There are already offers for the symbolic value of 1 Euro. The condition is, however, that the buyer will cover all debts of the hotel. още »

So far in Bulgaria there is not a single measure against the crisis. The opinion of the governing authorities is that it is an external display, i.e. there are no symptoms inside the economy for a internal impulse of the crisis, claimed for Focus agency Petkan Iliev, professor in the University for national and world economy in Sofia. According to Iliev the guaranteeing of the deposits up to 50 000 EUR is a measure that soothes the trust of the investors but is not a measure against the crisis. още »