Days before the miners' professional holiday - August 18, the Board of Directors of "Mini Maritza-east" EAD made the decision to increase the monthly salaries by an average of 15,5%. The salary increase will be instated from July 1 2008 and comes as a result of the good financial results, accomplished by the company.The distribution of resources will be done according to the current Internal rules for work salary. още »

The current price of kilowatt electro energy, supplied by one of the biggest companies in Germany MVV Energie is 3,75 Euro cents per kilowatt, which equals 7,3 stotinki. This was announced by MVV Energie. The German company works in the Munich region. In comparison the price of central heating in Sofia is 6,8 stotinki for kilowatt since July 1. In Plovdiv the price is 7,5 stotinki, in Vratza - 7,3. още »

Data, on which politicians can give thousands of explanations, but which do not speak well for the government: in the first six months of this year the deficit in Bulgaria's foreign trade reached 8 billion 386 million levs, preliminary data from NSI (National Statistics Institute) shows.Production for 15.1 billion has been exported from Bulgaria. The export to the European Union is 9. още »

The real estate market in the mountains is subsiding, brokers complain. Prices have also gone down because of the reduced demand. Foreigners who want to buy an attractive property are also becoming less. Analyzers explain this fact with the bad image of the country lately and the world economic crisis which is making people more cautious in financial transactions. още »

"Vorskla Steel Bulgaria" owned by the Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Zhevago started paying the debt of the metallurgical enterprise "Kremikovtzi". 3,5 million levs have been paid in the form of worker salaries for June.The company has started paying the financial obligations connected with the social compensations for food to more than 5000 workers, BNR (Bulgarian National Radio) announced. още »

The deficit on the current account for the period January-June 2008 amounts to EUR 3,785 billion, which is 11.5% of GDP. In the same period last year the deficit was EUR 2,885 billion or 10% of GDP, BNB (Bulgarian National Bank) data shows. A major factor for the increase of the deficit on the current account is the increased deficit on the trade balance by EUR 1,028 billion, BNB points out. още »

Until September 2008 the price of bread will not change, the Chair of the Association of Bread Producers in Bulgaria Georgi Popov announced. Popov assumed that after that prices may increase. The enormous competition in bread production also influences the standstill in the price of bread.Despite that bread producers are emphatic that bread will increase in price in pursuit of the average European bread price. още »

Inflation from January to July 2008 compared to the same period last year is 14.2%, the National Statistics Institute (NSI) announced. The index of consumer prices for July 2008 compared to June is 101.5%, while inflation is 1.5%, money.bg announced.The yearly inflation - July 2008-July 2007 - is 14,5%.The harmonized index of consumer prices for July compared to the previous month is 101. още »

Bulgaria's trade deficit for the first six months of this year amounts to 7.56 billion levs, the National statistics institute (NSI) announces. In this period Bulgaria's export amounts to 12.39 billion levs. It marks an increase of over 25% compared to the same period last year, when it was 9.88 billion levs.In the same time import amounts to more than 19. още »