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Bulgaria Included In 2015 NOA Offshoring Destination Shortlist
Bulgaria is one of the four countries included in the Offshoring Destination of the Year category of the shortlist for the 2015 annual awards of the National Outsourcing Association (NOA)...
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Lot 2 Of Bulgaria's Struma Motorway To Be Launched By End Of October
The traffic on lot 2 of the Struma motorway between the Bulgarian towns of Dupnitsa and Blagoevgrad, will be launched by the end of October...
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Viber Opening CEE Office In Sofia
Mobile chat messaging and VoIP service company Viber has announced it is opening a representation office for Central and Eastern Europe in Sofia as part of plans to affirm and increase its footprint in the region, dnevnik.bg reported on Monday...
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IKEA To Seek New Partners As It Plans To Increase Supplies From Bulgaria
The world's leading furniture retailer IKEA will seek new partners in Bulgaria as it is planning to increase its supplies from the country...
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Bulgaria Luring Russian Tourists With Low Prices, Eased Visa Rules
Bulgaria hopes to retain its appeal among Russian tourists by offering competitively low prices and easing visa requirements, the Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has said...
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Black Sea Tourism Businesses Announce Major Drop In Holiday Prices
It will be up to 30% cheaper to spend a holiday at the southern Black Sea coastline from August 20 until the end of a month, and there will be another 20% decrease in September, hoteliers say...
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Bulgaria 'among Young Romanians' Most Preferred Holiday Places'
Bulgaria is one of the four countries where young Romanians usually choose to spend their summer holidays, data from the largest Romanian charter tour operator suggests...
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Bulgaria Expects Double Increase In Grape Harvest This Year
Despite the drought, Bulgaria expects the harvest of grape to reach around 200 million kilogrammes, which will represent a double increase compared to last year...
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Bulgaria Ranks Third Best In World For Locating Manufacturing Facilities
Bulgaria ranks as the third most perspective destination in the world for locating manufacturing facilities...
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Bulgaria Ready To Start Building South Stream Immediately, Former Energy Minister Says
Bulgaria is able to start building the cancelled South Stream gas pipeline project as early as tomorrow, the country’s former Energy Minister Dragomir Stoynev said on Wednesday...
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FDI Into Bulgaria Nearly EUR 800 M In January-June
Bulgaria drew foreign direct investment (FDI) worth EUR 799.6 M in the first half of 2015, the Bulgarian National Bank has said...
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Total Preparing To Start Drilling For Oil, Gas Off Bulgarian Coast Early Next Year
France’s Total is preparing to start drilling for oil and gas off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast in early 2016, Reuters reported...
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Bulgaria To Step Up Promotion Of Its Businesses In Sweden
A Bulgarian-Swedish business forum in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) will be held in Gothenburg in October as part of a new campaign to encourage B2B contacts between the two countries, it emerged on Tuesday...
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Oil, Gas Explorations In Black Sea To Begin In February 2016 – Bulgarian PM
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced on Saturday that the oil and gas explorations in the continental shelf of the Black Sea will begin in February next year...
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Sofia Secures Funding For Twelve New Metro Stations On Planned Third Line
The Bulgarian capital has secured funding for the construction of twelve new stations on the projected third line of the underground...
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Bulgaria Records 2.2 % Increase In GDP In Q2 – Flash Estimates
In the second quarter of the year, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Bulgaria increased by 2.2 % compared to the same quarter in 2014...
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Sutherland To Add 3,000 Jobs In Bulgaria, Economy Ministry Says
US-based Sutherland Global Services group is expected to open 3,000 new jobs in Bulgaria over the next three years, the Economy Ministry in Sofia has announced citing the group’s Chief Commercial Officer K.S.Kumar...
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Kristalina Georgieva, Ivaylo Kalfin Discuss Need Of Bulgarian Juncker-Style Investment Plan
EU Budget Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva and Bulgaria’s Social Policy Minister Ivaylo Kalfin discussed on Friday a need to draft a national investment programme similar to the European Commission’s Investment Plan 2015-2017...
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Two Equity Funds Acquire Minority Stake In Bulgaria's Walltopia
World-renowned climbing walls manufacturer Walltopia has announced that two equity funds, one from China and one from Bulgaria, have acquired a minority stake in the company...
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Bulgaria Has Budget Surplus Of BGN 890 M At End Of June
At the end of June, Bulgaria had a budget surplus of BGN 890 M, which represented 1.1 % of the projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
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