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author: Vladimir Subev

Businesses disgruntled, yet optimistic about the new year

One of the things Bulgarian businesses never seem to tire of harping on is the public administration and the laws in the country – recriminations are flying, with each side blaming the other for every possible problem and setback in the..

04.01.16 13:54 |

Christmas cheer wanting, feasting and presents as per usual

The streets of Sofia may be bleak, with decorations few and far between, Christmas lights flickering mostly in shop windows, still, Bulgarians are almost ready for Christmas and the New Year. The government did its bit by officially declaring..

23.12.15 13:51 |

Bulgaria’s economy stable but still at rock bottom

Two of the world’s leading ratings agencies Standard & Poor’s and Fitch made public their latest evaluations of the Bulgarian economy, with new credit ratings in local and foreign currency. Compared to previous assessments there is no..

15.12.15 14:21 |

Are Bulgarians going to feel the increase of the EU funds in the new programming period?

  Bulgaria is to receive in the next five years EU funds to the tune of EUR 8.8 billion, the EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu announced several days ago. EUR 5.8 billion will be granted under the Regional Fund and EUR 3 billion will..

14.12.15 12:12 |

Bulgarian Stream to replace South Stream?

Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev announced in parliament recently that Bulgaria was conducting negotiations with the European Commission on a possible construction, to the territory of the country, of a scaled-down version of the..

08.12.15 12:15 |

¿Sustituirá una “Corriente búlgara” a la “Corriente del Sur”?

Tomislav Donchev, viceprimer ministro de Bulgaria, anunció recientemente ante el Parlamento nacional que Bulgaria se encontraba negociando con la Comisión Europea la eventual construcción hasta este país de una versión reducida del malogrado..

08.12.15 11:32 |
Bulgarian PM Borissov tried to grab the attention of Chinese investors with regional projects that acording to experts are true chance of this country for doing joint bussiness with China.

Yogurt would hardly attract Chinese investments to Bulgaria

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and seven other Bulgarian ministers are in China for the fourth meeting of the Asian colossus with government leadersof 16 much smaller countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The meeting is generally..

24.11.15 14:14 |

Bulgarian government adopts 4 draft budgets, gives bonuses, and recognises a failure all at once

The government of PM Boyko Borissov has adopted an update of the public budget for this year, the national draft budget for 2016, new versions of the budgets for health insurance and the pension fund for next year all at once. But first..

02.11.15 13:49 |

High tax for low cholesterol

The Ministry of Healthcare and its highly active Minister Petar Moskov along with his colleague from the Ministry of Sports Krasen Kralev seem to think they have found a radical decision for the healthcare problems of the Bulgarians - those shall..

31.10.15 09:15 |

Is Bulgaria’s public finance threatened by new government debts?

Several days ago Eurostat questioned seriously one of the biggest achievements of the Bulgarian government - the policy of financial discipline and austerities, which results in low indebtedness. According to the national statistics, the..

23.10.15 13:41 |