125 million EUR will be the cost of one of the biggest investment projects for the year - ‘Industrial park Sofia - East', Alexander Gebov announced, director of ‘Paladin Property Development'. ‘Industrial park Sofia - East' is the first large scaled industrial and logistic project for Sofia area and is expected to be finished in 4 years. Last year the main deal for the land was finalized, as it was the biggest deal in the sector for the year, Gebov added. още »

The director of the association for bird protection Irina Mateeva stated that investments in wind parks in Bulgaria is quite risky, because the ecology damages caused by the wind powers is still not determined. Over 180 projects for construction of wind parks are realizing in the municipality of Kavarna in the area of ‘Kaliakra' reserve.According to Irina Mateeva's words is still not clear how deeply those utilities will harm the local biological species. още »

The Switzerland government intends to support the European Union expansion and in particular the new EU members of Bulgaria and Romania. For the purpose the country plans to give to Sofia and Bucharest 257 million francs (161 million EUR) for a 5 years time limit.This was announced in a communique, published in the official site of the Federal Council. още »

Iberdrola SA said it is part of a consortium with six European companies to construct and run two nuclear complexes of 750 Megawatts each in Romania. Separately, Romanian authorities said total investment on the project will be around 2.2 bln eur. In a statement, Iberdrola said it will have "at least 10 pct" of the project, in which the Romanian state run Nuclearelectrica, Italy's Enel, Germany's RWE, Suez's Belgian unit Electrabel, Czech CEZ and the Pan-European ArcelorMittal also hold stakes. още »

Twelve days into the existence of the youngest state in the world, Kosovo continues grabbing international headlines. With February 17 receding further and further into the past and the initial passion and fervour surrounding birth of the new country subsiding, more practical matters are beginning to occupy the minds of politicians, experts and media. още »

Leading Israeli businessmen from investment company 'AFI Africa Israel Investments' arrive today in Bulgaria to meet businessmen and doctors from Veliko Turnovo. 'Africa Israel Investments' Ltd. manages investment projects in Russia, USA, Europe and Israel as the common amount of yearly investments exceeds 2 billion USD.The company is in Bulgaria to discuss over few projects - construction of 5 star congress hotel for international meetings in Veliko Turnovo; construction of modern hospice and gerontology. още »

There is an increase in construction and demand of lodgings in the outskirt regions of the big cities in Bulgaria in 2007, says data of the annual report of property agency ‘Foros' quoted by investor.bg. According to brokers among the reasons for this is the inability of the supply to respond to the growing demand, directed mostly towards the central citizen areas. още »

State-owned creditors of Bulgaria's biggest steel mill Kremikovtzi have started to gradually phase down deliveries of raw materials and services to the plant in retaliation for payment delays. The steelworks has paid about 70 per cent of the amount it owes to Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ), but it still has a debt of about 17 million leva, prompting BDZ to halt cargo deliveries to Kremikovtzi in mid-February. още »

Bulgaria's consolidated budget surplus by the end of January goes to 440,4 million BGN (220 million EUR). The sum is almost five times higher compared to the beginning of 2007, shows data of the Financial Ministry.Lat year Bulgaria had marked a budget surplus of 3,8% from the prognosticated GDP.The government expressed desire to reach a surplus over 3% of GDP in 2008. още »

Bulgaria had exported 32 million liters of wine for EU state-members until November 2007. It is expected that the total quantity for last year to reach 35 million liters of wine.In Russia has been sold 81 million liters of Bulgarian wine for 2007. Almost 90% of the exported wine is bottled, informed Plamen Mollov, chairman of the Governing Council of National vine-wine chamber. още »