90, 000 tourists from Ireland had arrived last year in Bulgaria and their amount I expected to double during this tourist season. That was announced by the Irish ambassador Jeffrey Keating by his visit in Varna. Bulgaria and Ireland have very good opportunities for academic exchange; in this connection the ambassador will meet in Varna the directions of Economical and Medicine Universities to achieve concrete contracts. още »

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Switzerland will assure the resources to maintain the Bulgarian economics' development in order to harmonize faster with the European, the Swiss ambassador for Bulgaria Thomas Feller announced in Varna, on a Swiss - Bulgarian economical forum. In his words money will be provided for Romania too. The amount for the both East European countries will be round 200 million EUR. още »

The most expensive electricity in the European Union is paid by the Denmark's households - 24,5 EUR for 100 kWh. The cheapest is in Bulgaria - only 6,80 EUR, was announced by Eurostat.After Denmark the most expensive electricity is in Italy - 23,4 EUR, in the Netherlands - 21,80 EUR and in Germany - 19,4 EUR per 100 kWh.Electricity price under 10 EUR is also in the three Baltic countries - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. още »

Bulgaria's inflation rate rose to the highest in more than 10 years last month as higher fuel costs pushed up prices for food and services. The rate rose to 14.2 percent from a 10-year high of 13.2 percent in February, the National Statistics Institute said in a statement today. Consumer prices gained a monthly 0.8 percent after a 1.1 percent increase in February. още »

Bulgaria's annual inflation is up to 14.2% in March compared to 13.2% the previous month. The reason was provoked mainly from high food prices, says statistical data announced on Monday.The consumer prices increased to 0.8% m/m in March from 1.1% in February.IMF sees inflation dropping to 7% by the end of the year, hoping that grain crops will increase from last year's drought-hit levels, avoiding renewed food price hikes, commented from Reuters. още »

‘Week of the Real Estate on the Balkans' is about to occur in Bulgaria's capital on April 14 - 20. The event starts with 2nd regional conference ‘Balkan Real Estate Conference - Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia' - BalREc, which will take place in Kempinski Hotel Zographski on April 15-16.The week continues with Balkan Property Exhibition - BalPEx - Spring 2008, the largest real estate exhibition on the Balkans that will start on April 18 till April 20 in Inter Expo and Congress Centre in Sofia, Bulgaria. още »

Austrian ‘Baumax' opens on Monday, April 14 its first supermarket for construction materials in Bulgaria's city of Plovdiv. Second local outlet will be opened in Stara Zagora next week.Each one of the stores is on the amount of 10 million EUR. The retail area of Plovdiv's outlet is 12,500 sq m which makes it the biggest of its kind in Bulgaria.The supermarket in Plovdiv also will be drive-in. още »

Bulgaria ranks 68th in network development, according to a new report announced by the World economic forum in Geneva, informed technews.bg. The study, which is published for a seventh successive year, encompasses a record number of countries – 127. It became the most prestigious international source of information about the influence of the information technologies on the development processes and the competitiveness of the national economies. още »

Hardly half of altogether 80 canning factories in Bulgaria work relatively well. This writes “Factor” newspaper cited by BGNES. The paradox is that the factories import fruits and vegetables because the Bulgarian ones are too expensive for the mass consumer. The prices of the raw materials in the world jump up, but the price of the human labor in Bulgaria – no, says Alexander Yotsev, honorary chairman of the Union of the fruit and vegetables manufacturers. още »