Conference on the “Condition and perspectives for the real estate market in Bulgaria” starts today, informed BNR. According to a research in the next 5 years around 65 thousand new homes will be built in Sofia. Around 30 thousand more will be constructed during the same period in the biggest Bulgarian towns. The real estate market, however, is among the most affected by the financial crisis, which burst in the last months. още »

Bulgaria moves three places ahead - from 79th to 76th position in the classification for global competitiveness for 2008-2009 at the World economic forum. This was announced by the Center for economic development (CED) - official partner of the Forum, cited by Bulgarian Telegraph Agency.The report for global competitiveness is a study of the state of economies in over 130 countries in the world. още »

The tax on real estate may increase by 50% from next year. This will become reality if the municipalities continue to determine the tax in the same way - on the basis of the tax evaluation of real estate, BNR announces.The Ministry of Finances offers from next year tax evaluation to increase by 50%. So that the real estate tax does not increase automatically, as well as other taxes on acquiring real estate, financiers offer that municipalities change the formula for calculation as the weight of the tax assessment is decreased. още »

Commercial areas in Varna have increased by over 30% for the first half of 2008. Only by opening Varna Mall in June their size has increased by 33 000 square meters. New stores, which opened in this period, possess over 40 000 square meters total. This constitutes almost one third of the completed commercial areas in the entire country, whose amount reaches 138 000 square meters, "Narodno delo" writes. още »

The approved SAPARD projects are 3509 as their total investment value is 2,8 billion levs. The approved subsidy for them is 1,4 billion levs, BNR announced.The participants in the 15th regular session of the Committee for observation in SAPARD, which takes place twice a year, were informed of this result.The amount of work done by the SAPARD agency and the Ministry of Agriculture in the last months is huge, regarding the control exerted in the application of the programme as well as the strengthening of the administrative capacity, Vice Premier Meglena Plugchieva emphasized. още »

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Nearly two hours after the beginning of the trading session, the indexes of the Bulgarian stock exchange (BSE) are on the negative side. Five minutes to 12am SOFIX decreased with 4.72% to 655.76 points. BG40 lost 2.67 of its value to 166.91 points. BGTR30 is down with 3.89% to 437.84 points. BGREIT fell with 5.36% to 67.14%.There are sales on the positions of Monbat and Chimimport. още »

The visits of electric plants are the newest trend in the tourism field in Italy. After the tours of wine cellars, castles, Roman sightseeings, the curious Italians turned their attention of the places where the man meets the technologies, informs ProntoSofia. A similar practice will be introduced in Bulgaria.Thousands of residents on the Apennines visit structures of the energy production, which are very often part of the dazzling scenery. още »

The preparation of a pilot project for local development of “Strandja” natural park gathered in Tsarevo municipality, Bulgaria the expert mission of foreign and local representatives, informs Expert.bg.Tatjana Rener from Slovenia, Terry O'Reagon from Ireland, experts from the Council of Europe and Peter Miladinov – head of unit in the Ministry of culture are visiting in order to work on a long-term strategy for the development of Strandja including the development of the culture of the reason. още »