Economy
Bulgaria Offers Change of EU Fuel Excise Policy
Bulgaria's government has offered the European Union to change the principle of determining fuel excise duty, according to Energy and Economy Minister Delyan Dobrev. Dobr...
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Financial
Bulgarian FinMin Declares Balanced State Budget
According to flash data about revenues as of beginning of May 2012, Bulgaria's State budget is balanced for the first time since June 2009. The information was reported F...
Financial
Bulgaria's Parliament Approves EUR 950 M Eurobond Float
Bulgaria's parliament ratified on Friday the contracts with BNP Paribas, HSBC and Raiffeisen as mediators for the eurobond issue that the country plans to float this year...
Business
Bulgaria's Industrial Production on the Rise in April
Bulgaria's seasonally adjusted industrial production index increased by 1.5% in April 2012 as compared to the previous month, according to the country's National Statisti...
Business
Eurostat: Bulgaria 2nd in EU by Electricity Production
Bulgaria ranks second among the European Union Member States by the production of electric energy with a 7.5% increase. The number one spot is taken by Greece with 12.2%....
Infrastructure
South Stream Construction to Be Launched in 2012
The construction of the South Stream gas pipeline will begin by the end of 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday. Putin has reminded that the project...
Economy
Sofia Launches Free Wireless Net on Public Transportation Bus
Sofia public transportation buses serving line 111 now have free wireless internet. The service has been launched on Monday, June 4. The buses are equipped with wireless...
Investments
Bulgaria Certifies 5 First-Class Investor in 5 Months
Since the beginning of 2012, Bulgaria has awarded five "Class A" investor certificates for investments of over EUR 225 M, compared to three first-class investor certifica...
Macroeconomic Data
Bulgaria's Economy Expands by 0.5% in Q1 2012 Y/Y
Bulgaria's Gross Domestic Product, GDP, was BGN 15.7 M or EUR 8.8 M in the first quarter of 2012 at current prices. The GDP growth rate in the first quarter of 2012 was 0...
Financial
BNP Paribas, HSBC, Raiffeisen to Manage Bulgaria's Eurobond Float
Bulgaria's government has selected BNP Paribas, HSBC and Raiffeisen as mediators for the eurobond issue that the country plans to float this year. This becomes clear from...
Infrastructure
Bulgaria's Dobrich Launches Electric Cars Charging Station
The northeastern Bulgarian city of Dobrich has become the second location in Bulgaria to open an electric vehicle charging station outside of the capital Sofia. Dobrich h...
Economy
Bulgaria Invites Rosatom to Kozloduy NPP Unit 7 Project
Bulgaria has offered to Rosatom to participate in the construction of Unit 7 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, NPP. The news was announced by the Deputy CEO of...
Economy
Organic Production in Bulgaria Up by 30% in 2011
The share of organic vs conventional production in Bulgaria registered a 30% annual increase in 2011, according to Tsvetan Dimitrov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Fo...
Economy
Bulgaria Expects Wheat Harvest of 3.8 M Tons in 2012
Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov has said that he expects a wheat harvest of around 3.8-3.9 million tons. Speaking Tuesday in the southern town of Sadovo,...
Economy
All Bulgarian Poultry Farms Meet EC Welfare Standards
Bulgaria's Minister of Agriculture and Food, Miroslav Naydenov, has announced that the country has fulfilled all requirements of the European Commission (EC) regarding la...
Economy
Private Investor to Salvage Bulgaria's Flopped Nuclear Project
A private investor could possibly purchase by the end of 2012 the abandoned project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant, NPP, in the Bulgarian Danube town of Belene, an...
Interesting Facts
Full Smoking Ban Effective in Bulgaria
The full smoking ban in Bulgaria became effective on Friday, June 1, at midnight. In April, after heated debates, Bulgaria's Parliament passed on first reading a bill ban...
Interesting Facts
Moderate earthquake rattles Bulgaria
Moderate earthquake rattles Bulgaria A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Bulgaria on Tuesday, about 14 miles outside the capital of Sofia, the U.S. Geological Survey said....
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