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Press releases
Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski and World Bank (WB) country director for Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia Anand Seth signed on March 23 a loan agreement. The WB will grant Bulgaria $114 million aiming to support the state's payment balance within the country's first months of read more >
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Sofia mayor Boiko Borissov presented the public registry of municipal property in the capital. Borissov said that a concession registry will be ready within a month. A third registry including information on deals concluded between 2003 and 2007 will be completed within month read more >
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In an article entitled On Course for a Building Bonanza, The Independent reported that Bulgaria’s property boom continues. Initially Bulgaria attracted investors with the low prices but is now moving up in the international property market. Coastal resorts continue read more >
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Bulgaria will receive seven billion euro from EU funds in the coming seven years, Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski said. Most of the money, 1.624 billion euro, would be utilised for transport projects, Focus news agency reported. Nature preservation will receive nearly 1.47 read more >
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Bulgaria saw the visits of 7 499 117 foreigners in 2006, National Statistical Institute (NSI) reported. Nearly 4.4 million foreign visitors came as tourists, another 1.34 million passed transit through the country, Focus news agency reported. Nearly 1.1 million Romanians visited read more >
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Bulgaria take part in the largest French tourism expo Salon Mondial du Tourisme, State Agency for Tourism (SAT) said. The country will take part in the expo for the ninth time, Focus news agency reported. Over 110 000 people visited Salon Mondial du Tourisme in 2006, 7 000 of read more >
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Inflation in February 2007 reached 0.5 per cent as compared to the figures for January 2007, National Statistical Institute (NSI) data showed. The overall inflation since the beginning of 2007 reached 1.9 per cent, Bulgarian news agency BTA said. Food prices increased by 0.6 per read more >
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The investment climate in Bulgaria was relatively good, US ambassador to the country John Beyrle told private national channel bTV. The proximity of the country to the Middle East and Africa, as well as its EU membership made it attractive destination for US investors, Beyrle read more >
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State Agency for Tourism (SAT) chair Anelia Krouskova and SAT deputy chair Stanislav Novakov discussed in Germany tourism cooperation with member of the Bundestag committee on tourism Jurgen Klimke. Bulgaria and Germany could cooperate European programme projects, Kroushkova read more >
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Sofia is the cheapest capital on the Balkans to live in, reports survey carried out by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the analytic division of The Economist, reveals. The study focuses on daily living expenses, such as food, household products, read more >
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Bulgaria is the 54th most popular tourism destinations in the world. A total of 124 countries were included in the list, elaborated by Word Economic Forum (WEF) and comparing the countries’ travel and tourism competitiveness. Switzerland, Austria and Germany took the top read more >
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UK investment fund Equest Investment Bulgaria Ltd (EIB) will purchase the shares of Rila Samokov 2004, one of the shareholders of the Super Borovets project.
EIB had already paid a guarantee in advance to Rila Samokov 2004’s shareholder Glavbolgarstroy, Focus news agency read more >
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