Between 150 - 170 employees of the electric company E.ON will be laid off, because of lack of funds for salaries, BTA claims. Company analysis has shown that there is a potential for optimization of the number of employees in the entire Northeastern Bulgaria.Compensations for the amount of 4 to 16 monthly salaries will be offered to some employees if they leave the company. още »

About 4000 Bulgarian citizens receive money from bank account interest, stock interest, securities interest and others in the EU, the National income agency (NAP) announced. That was revealed by information from the tax administrations of the EU member states on income from interest of Bulgarian citizens. Except member states, NAP receives information from Switzerland, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino, as well as from ten independent associated territories. още »

Over 55% of the economic active population of Bulgaria (about 3.4 million people) works in the service sector, data from NSI (National Statistics Institute) shows, cited by ipo.bg. The second biggest employer is the industry, where 1.2 million people or 36.7% of the economic active population work. Third is agriculture and foresting, which provides 272. още »

Bulgaria has exported about 2800 kilograms of ostrich meat from the beginning of the year. This was announced by Kosio Nikolov, Chair of the Association of Ostrich Breeders. The export mainly went to France, Italy and Belgium. Bulgarian producers, however, have problems with export because of the dumping prices offered by producers from Africa and China on the European market. още »

Bulgaria produces between 8000 and 11000 tons of honey, announced in Burgas Gancho Ganev, Chair of the National organization "Bulgarian bee union", Agency "Focus" reported. The consumption of bee honey per person in Bulgaria is 400-500 grams per year. In Germany the numbers are 2-3 kilograms, while the average consumption for Europe is 1,5-2 kilograms, Ganev announced. още »

In the beginning of this month foreign workers in Montenegro were 83 690, which represents 53.5% more compared to the same period last year, BGNES announced. The Montenegrin National statistical institute announced that the huge number of foreigners working in the country is due to the lack of workforce and the difference between supply and demand on the labor market. още »

The Bulgarian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) “Kozloduy” registered a new record in the production of electric energy by fulfilling the plan for the nine months of 2008 forty one days before the end of the period, informed from the enterprise.The planned amount of 10 257 123 MgW/h was reached late at night on 20 August. By the end of the nine months period it is expected around altogether 11 200 000 MgW/h to be produced. още »

At 7 o'clock on August 21 2008 "Lukoil" raised the end prices of the most heavily used fuels, according to information from the website of the company. The most commomly used A-95 H is increased by 0,69% and its price is now 2 107.20 levs/1000 liters.Propane gas has the biggest increase and as of today its price is 2064 levs per ton or an increase of 0. още »

In the last two months the Metropolitan Inspectorate has issued 130 fines. A total of 300 fines have been sent to construction firms.For the same period another 30 recommendations have been given to different construction sites.The violations are mainly caused by dirty trucks and lack of covering sheets on the automobiles for pollution prevention.Employees of the Inspectorate are observing the cleanliness in front of the construction sites, the availability of fence and carwash. още »