The foreign direct investment in Bulgaria for the period January-August have decreased with 1,173 billion euro compared to the same period last year, said the Bulgarian minister of economy and energy Peter Dimitrov at an investment forum.According to last unrevised data, the investments in the period January-August are 2,980 billion euro or 8.8% of the GDP while for the same period in 2007 they were 4,154 billion euro or 14,4% of the GDP. още »

The real estate prices in Burgas have not been changed in the last 4-5 months. This was announced today by several real estate agencies, which actively work on the market. They share that for now there is no trend of a price decrease, but there's also no sign of increase.The main reason for the standstill of prices is the wariness of investors and buyers in the conditions of a global economic crisis. още »

We are starting to readjust taxi counters in the beginning of November, Lyudmil Lazarov, head of the biggest taxi companies in the capital "Ok Supertrance" announced, "Trud" reports. The firm has already made a decision for the increase of prices, he specified.The new tariff for 1 kilometer during the day will be 0,74 levs, while the night tariff - 0,90 levs. още »

The market of the agricultural production in Bulgaria has dropped to nothing, alarm producers from the region of Dobrich. According to experts at the moment there is no buying out and the main reason is the lack of funding of the trade companies. At this stage the banks refuse credits to them or reduce the credits. The traders are still calm that this year's harvest is in the barns. още »

15-20% decrease of foreign investment in Bulgaria, because of the world financial crisis, forecasted the director of the Agency for state investments Stoyan Stalev, cited by BNR (Bulgarian National Radio). According to him, there are still no signs of a need to cut work places, because of reduced foreign investment.The biggest direct investments in Bulgaria are connected with real estate, financial services and production. още »

The management board of the Bulgarian National Bank took a decision to release more resource for the commercial banks and for easing of the supported by them obligatory minimal reserves in the safety vault of the central bank, informed Money.bg.The level of the obligatory minimal reserves of the banks remains at 12% of the deposits. However, changes were undertaken according to which as reserve assets of the commercial banks will be accepted 50% of their ready cash. още »

In November the famous coffee chain store from the USA Starbucks will open its first store in the Bulgarian capital - the company announced today. Starbucks Coffee Company will develop its business on Bulgarian territory in partnership with the Greek firm Marinopoulos Coffee Company. The operative activity in the stores will be executed by the subsidiary company Marinopoulos Coffee Company Bulgaria. още »

The European organization for nuclear research (CERN) and Varna municipality signed a memorandum for cooperation according to which a physics laboratory for innovation systems will be established in the observatory “Nikolay Kopernik” in the Bulgarian sea capital The agreement was signed by the chairman of the Varna municipal council Borislav Gutsanov and the CERN manager Maximillian Metzger in the laboratory of the organization at the border between France and Switzerland. още »

In 2009 the economic growth of Bulgaria will be 2% because of the global financial crisis. This is the forecast of experts from the Bulgarian commerce chamber, presented by its Chair Bojidar Danev at a press conference today.He pointed out that having in mind the deficit of purchasing power, currently observed in Europe, there is a chance that consumers from these countries will turn to cheaper commodities and services, offered by Bulgaria. още »