Bulgaria Economy

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VTB Capital , the Investment Business of Russian banking group VTB , has entered the Balkans by starting business operations in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria 's Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Tourism has declared that it is in the process of transposing into its legislation the EU's third power and gas market opening directives.

The advent of March 1 in Bulgaria brings the moment that people exchange martenitsi, traditional talismans that bear wishes for good health with the coming of spring; and also the fanning out of municipal and tax inspectors to make sure that public coffers are getting their fair share of the trade.

Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has organized Bulgaria's participation at this year's " Ferie for Alle " tourism fair in Herning, Denmark .

Bulgaria has condemned an EC decision to include it on a "grey list" of countries with high economic risks.

The latest interim forecast of the European Commission, issued today, points to a stagnation of the EU economy and to a mild recession in the euro area. However, modest growth is predicted to return in the second half of the year. Against the backdrop of a waning growth momentum and continued low confidence, real GDP is expected to stagnate in the EU and to shrink by 0.3% in the euro area in 2012. The Maltese economy, however, is projected to grow by 1%, one of the best performers. Estonia and Slovakia and projected to be the best performers in the eurozone with growth of 1.2%. Divergences between Member States remain pronounced At the level of the individual Member States, growth divergences remain pronounced. In 2012, GDP growth is forecast to be positive in seventeen countries (Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Austria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom) stagnant in one (Czech Republic) and negative in nine countries (Belgium, Greece, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, the Netherlands, Portugal and Slovenia). Growth will be highest in Poland (2.5%),...

It was not the masked protesters who stopped the ACTA ratification procedure in Bulgaria, according to the country's Economy Minister Traicho Traikov .

Bulgaria's economy grew by 1.6 per cent to 76.17 billion leva in 2011, according to a flash estimate by the National Statistics Institute released on February 15.

Bulgaria's Economy Minister Traikov has blamed ex EU Commissioner Kuneva for failing to protect consumers from ACTA.

Bulgaria's Minister of Economy and Energy, Traicho Traikov, says there are 600 potentially dangerous dams in the country.

Hundreds of miles of Europe's busiest waterway are frozen solid - and from Bavaria to Bulgaria, the continent's economy is seizing up too.

Balkan leaders agree to boost economic co-operation at a meeting in Sarajevo. Also in business news: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges Bulgaria to diversify its oil and gas supplies.

Bulgaria has a lot of advantages, benefiting the chemical industry business, according to the Solvay Sodi CEO Eric Vander Vorst .

Burgas Mayor Dimitar Nikolov, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov, Lukoil VP Vladimir Nekrasov, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, Lukoil Bulgaria CEO Valentin Zlatev.

Bulgaria's Commission on Protection of Competition said it has approved the sale of the majority stake in E.ON's Bulgarian subsidiary to Czech energy group Energo-Pro. Because Energo-Pro has no other major assets in Bulgaria, its acquisition of E.ON's electricity distribution business in northern and northeastern Bulgaria would not adversely affect ... (more)

My brief comment today was going to be about Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's insulting treatment of archaeologists digging on the route of the Struma Highway - which might have resulted from Borisov's overexcitement after drawing a 10-year-old chess medalist girl earlier the same day.

In January 2011, it was made clear that Japan was interested in expanding its imports of certain agricultural products from Bulgaria.

Today, one-third of company owners and top managers in Bulgaria are women . According to the minister ofA economy, women under 30 years old make up about half of those positions.

Traicho Traikov, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, has termed Burgas-Alexandroupolis as a transit project of questionable benefit for Bulgaria.

Bulgaria still wants to join the euro zone despite recent predictions that the single currency will collapse, Traicho Traikov , Bulgaria's Economy Minister , told CNBC on Thursday.

Tsvetan Vassilev is majority owner and chair of the Supervisory Board of Bulgaria's Corporate Commercial Bank.

According to a recent statement of Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister, Traicho Traikov, wine is part of Bulgaria's tourism package and gives it diversification and image.

The Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Evgeni Angelov, is moving to the team of Bulgaria's new President.

Olli Rehn, the Monetary Affairs European Commissioner gives the EU Autumn Economic Forecast 2011-12 during a news conference at the EU commissionl headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 10 November 2011.

South Korea's Ambassador to Bulgaria Chun Bi-ho announced there were plans for potenial Korean investments in Bulgaria's Varna.

Abdelmalek Sellal , Algeria 's Minister of Water Resources, has been welcomed in Sofia by Bulgarian Economy, Energy, and Tourism Minister Traicho Traikov .

There's gold in them thar...snails? There's a booming new business in Bulgaria; heliciculture, or snail farming the BBC reports. In a country considered the poorest...

Snail farming has become big business in Bulgaria.

South Korean Ambassador Chun Bi-ho, Atlatntic Club President Solomon Passy, and Bulgarian Economy Minister Traicho Traikov at the EU-Korea trade forum.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has had every reason to be overexcited recently (save for the disastrous state of his country's economy). Not only has he enjoyed his favorite ...

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Bulgaria's Economy Minister Traicho Traikov has made a call for the forming of an "Energy Schengen Area", i.e. a set of rules for access to the energy market of the European Union by third nations.

Bulgaria's Economy Minister Traicho Traikov has made a call for the forming of an "Energy Schengen Area", i.e. a set of rules for access to the energy market of the European Union by third nations.

Bulgaria's Economy Minister Traicho Traikov has made a call for the forming of an "Energy Schengen Area", i.e. a set of rules for access to the energy market of the European Union by third nations.

Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Mahmoud Issa, now visiting Jordan to attend a World Economic Forum meeting, held talks with Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov on ways to boost cooperation.

Rosen Plevneliev, nominated by Bulgaria’s ruling party Gerb, may become the next president as the European Union’s poorest nation struggles to combat corruption amid a slowing economy.

Bulgaria's Cabinet has unveiled an ambitious new plan for EUR 9 B in infrastructure investments in 2014-2020, which, however, has excluded projects earlier declared to be priorities.

Bulgaria's Cabinet has unveiled an ambitious new plan for EUR 9 B in infrastructure investments in 2014-2020, which, however, has excluded projects earlier declared to be priorities.

Bulgaria faces some important challenges on its way to improve its competitiveness such as cutting red tape at different levels of the state and local authorities, fostering innovation in view of increasing productivity, improving energy efficiency across all sectors of the economy and developing transport infrastructure.

A day after Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pledged to stand by Europe in the eurozone debt crisis, she is bringing to Bulgaria a huge business delegation.Rousseff will seek to develop business ...

A day after Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pledged to stand by Europe in the eurozone debt crisis, she is bringing to Bulgaria a huge business delegation.Rousseff will seek to develop business ...

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her Bulgarian counterpart, Georgi Parvanov, at the Bulgaria-Brazil business forum in Sofia.

Dilma Rousseff will seek to develop business relations and trade between Brazil and Bulgaria even though the visit has been widely described as personal and highly emotional since it includes a stay ...

Dilma Rousseff will seek to develop business relations and trade between Brazil and Bulgaria even though the visit has been widely described as personal and highly emotional since it includes a stay ...

The Republic of Bulgaria and the State of Qatar signed a diplomatic visa exemption agreement in Doha.

South Korea's Prime Minister, Kim Hwang-sik , shakes hands with Bulgarian counterpart, Boyko Borisov, during their official meeting in Sofia.

BT Invest, owned by Russia's second-largest bank VTB , won at the end of August a tender to buy a 79.8% stake in Bulgartabac for EUR 100 M. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency Russia 's second-biggest bank VTB , which recently acquired a majority stake in Bulgaria 's cigarette maker Bulgartabac , is highly likely to resell the holding's assets, the economy ... (more)