Hoteliers, restaurant owners and tenants of trade objects at the ‘Sunny Beach' resort are shocked by the incredibly low tourism season this summer. Most of the small hotels are half-empty, the bars and restaurants also and the sellers of fast food and souvenirs are categorical the turnovers are catastrophic.20 hotels on the ‘Sunny Beach' Resort are already closed and declared bankrupt. още »

The mushrooming golf clubs throughout Bulgaria come as an alternative to the concrete sins on the Bulgarian Black sea cost. This is the conclusion of the German DPA Agency, which made its own examination on the theme. The new golf club in Ravno Pole village, located on 25 kilometers from Bulgarian capital Sofia is presently turning into regular destination for the tourists, looking for tranquility. още »

Scotland Yard detectives have twice visited Bulgaria in three months in a final attempt to solve the murder of Georgi Markov, in which the Bulgarian dissident was jabbed with a poisoned umbrella while waiting for a London bus in 1978. A team from the Metropolitan police travelled to Sofia in April 2007, then in March this year and again last month, in the hope of identifying the assassin before Bulgaria's 30-year statute of limitation expires in September. още »

Bulgaria registers strong economic growth, the last World Bank report's data shows. The growth of Bulgaria, along with Poland is on the highest level among the 10 new countries - members of EU and is expected to remain unchanged during 2008. In common the 10 countries are adapting comparatively well to the world financial shocks, growing customer's prices and inflation and the prognoses of weak economical growth in the developed countries, the bank experts declared. още »

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 »