Comverse, the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced that Max Telecom, a new telecom operator in Bulgaria, has launched voice and data services for residential and corporate subscribers over its WiMAX infrastructure using the Comverse MyCall Converged Communications, IPCentrex and business trunking solutions. още »

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has affirmed its 'BBB+' long-term and 'A-2' short-term sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of Bulgaria with a stable outlook.The ratings agency said the ratings on Bulgaria reflect the government's strong track record of appropriate fiscal policy and rapidly declining gross debt, solid growth prospects in the medium term, a relatively strong external balance sheet and the country's E. още »

The airport of Burgas will service in every hour more than 100 passengers during the pick months, reported from the airport. The expected growth is due the already started tourism season in Bulgaria.The prognosis show that 2,100,000 passengers will pass through the airport this year. Round 160 landings and takings off per day are foreseen for July.The vacation this summer will be more expensive than the previous years. още »

Bankrupts of rose producers predict the manufacturers of rose oil because of the expected overproduction of rose oil and the practical lack of market for the production this year. Round 4 tones and a half rose oil are expected from the almost 40, 000 decares rose missives. Hardy 1 third of the producted amount could be realized on practice on the world market. още »

For a period of one year Bulgarians took 5,213 billion BGN (2,5 billion EUR) new loans. This was announced after data of Bulgarian National Bank (BNB). The growth in loans (residential, mortgage and consumers) for citizens and households by the end of April 2008 is 56%.The mortgage credits are overtaking the consumer ones, and if three years ago their part was 26,5% from the allocated for citizens and households loans, currently is almost 46%. още »

Kremikovtzi steel mill is inevitably heading toward bankruptcy, a senior executive at steel giant ArcelorMittal said on June 4, as quoted by investor.bg.The latest quotes of Kremikovtzi's stock on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) showed investors finally believed that this scenario was the sole plausible, the website said.Shares of the debt-laden steel mill plunged to 4. още »

The biggest yacht exposition on water in Bulgaria - 'Bulgaria Boat Show', will be opened tonight in the sea capital Varna. The expo will continue 3 days and there will be presented over 50 new models yachts, 20 of which will be on water, and the rest can be seen on the6 ground. The expensive vessels will be spread over surface of 2,000 square meters. още »

2 new thermo- electric units will be built in ‘Bobov Dol' TPP in Bulgaria. This is the plan of one of the two companies - candidates for the big investment.‘There will be invested in sylph cleaning installations for the already existing 3 units. We need the new two units to reach the acceptable power of 1,000 megawatts' the company's owner Nikofor Vangelov declared. още »

In a remote corner of Hungary close to the Ukrainian border engineers are starting work on construction of the biggest power station in the former communist states of south-east Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The first pair of 400MW units at the Ђ1.5bn ($2.3bn, Ј1.2bn) plant at Nyнrtass are due on stream in 2011, with another four due for completion in 2013. още »