The Russians gave an eye to Bulgarian properties and more precisely to local resorts. The British expansion of buyers that started 4-5 years ago quiets down, but it is continued by the Russians.The change of interest towards Bulgarian lands was commented by the participants in the discussion for the market of vacancy properties by the time of the press conference BalRec. още »

Economics - 1 / 2008           Content In this issue: MANAGEMENT6Result-oriented policy for development of the national transport system based on the European principles Peter Mutafchiev"....Our first priority is related to a considerable improvement of the condition of the railway transport because of the highly unbalanced development of the transport system during the years of transition. още »

It must be worked very actively for escaping of the template for ‘sun, sand and cheap beer'. Bulgaria is much more from this. The state should find new marketing instruments for the country's imposing as serious tourism destination that offers big variety of experiences during the four seasons.This was shared by Brigite Chernota, former leader in the team for Bulgaria in the main direction Enlargement of the European Commission. още »

Bulgaria and Latvia have the highest annual inflation rate in March reaching respectively 14,2% and 16,6 %, Rosbalt reports Eurostat data. According to Eurostat the inflation level in Lithuania is 11,4%, in Estonia 11,2%, Romania almost 9%, the Czech Republic 7%, Hungary 6,7% and Slovenia 6,6%,.The lowest inflation rates were marked in the Netherlands 2%, Great Britain 2,5%, Portugal 3%, and Sweden 3,2%. още »

Although it has a quota, the heating plant in Varna, Bulgaria has not sold even one kilowatt per hour of energy to the Bulgarian internal market because the price given by the State energy and water regulation commission does not satisfy the owner of the plant CEZ. The whole produced amount of electric energy is exported to Serbia. This became clear at an energy forum which started yesterday in the Bulgarian sea resort “St. още »

The repair center for airplanes in Sofia will start working in October, announced Andreas Heizner, vice-president of “Lufthansa technique”, informed Darik radio.The German giant received a certificate for a 1st class investor through its joint venture with 'Bulgarian aviation group”, “Lufthansa Technique-Sofia”. The first airplane to be repaired in Sofia is Airbus A 320 owned by Lufthansa. още »

Turkey is competing with Romania to become the most attractive country for foreign investments in South Eastern Europe, according to research of the region by ‘Ernst & Young'. Presently Romania ranks first as attractive for foreign investors, followed by Turkey. Bulgaria is third.The general director of ‘Ernst & Young Turkey' Osman Dinchbash and the director Fabris Reyno declared the results from the research for 2007. още »

The weak interest of Bulgarian and foreign guests towards programs for culture tourism in Bulgaria lead to the insufficient activity of local tour operator firms. This was informed by the chairperson of the State Agency of Tourism Anelia Krushkova in the opening of the 5th International Expo ‘Culture Tourism' in the city of Veliko Turnovo.Bulgaria takes 3rd place in the world on number of culture monuments. още »

The preparations for the construction of an airport near Kazanlak city (central Bulgaria) has started, Stefan Damyanov, mayor of the Kazanlak municipality informed. According to his words the airport will be legitimated by the international flights requirements. The airport is foreseen to have two runways and a reserve one (1,800 m), which will cover a capacity of landing planes with 40 passengers on board per day. още »

Today is the official start of the Program for development of the rural areas in Bulgaria.In all 28 Regional payment agencies starts the reception of projects under the first two measures – 112 “Establishment of farms of young farmers” and 121 “Modernization of agricultural farms”. The budget of the first measure is over 102 M EUR, and of the second – over 1 bln and 40 M EUR. още »