Six Croatian shipbuilding plants will undergo privatisation by early 2009. Also in business news this week: Albania signs a contract to build hydropower plants, and unemployment in Croatia declines.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- A bus crash near the northern BiH town of Doboj on Saturday (May 24th) claimed the lives of three people an...
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- NATO's peacekeeping force will remain in Kosovo, and no time frame for its withdrawal has been considered so far, NATO Secretary-G...
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Fines that labour inspectors can impose increased tenfold on average to boost compliance with labour laws. The Bulgarian governmen...
VATICAN CITY, Vatican -- Pope Benedict XVI received a Bulgarian delegation led by Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin Friday (May 23rd). The audience occu...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- The War Crimes Chamber of the BiH Court on Friday (May 23rd) sentenced Zeljko Lelek, a former Bosnian Serb...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- BiH's newest party is eager to build a multiethnic society, its leaders said to AFP on Saturday (March 24th...
TIRANA, Albania -- Tourism cannot develop as long as unresolved property issues put off investors, President Bamir Topi said on Saturday (May 24th) d...
TIRANA, Albania -- The privatisation process and the 125m-euro bid by a US consortium to buy the only oil refiner in Albania indicates the value of p...
Because of the ceaseless increasing of petrol and fuel prices, the tourists` vacations packages are expected to become 15 to 20% more expensive during the present summer season, mainly because of the airplane tickets . That was announced by the
With 60 000 applications in hand and the capacity to process only 10 000 a year, Bulgaria`s system for issuing citizenship will be clogged for several years, Deputy Foreign Minister Milen Keremedchiev said on May 17. According to a report
The concert of world - famous DJ Tiesto on September 17 in Sofia promises to be unique for Bulgaria. It will be part of his world tour 'Elements of Life Tour 2008`. The show will include unbelievable for Bulgaria sound
Mladost sports complex is a new start for the athletics in Varna . The preliminary investment is BGN 40m. The investor is Sporten complex Varna . The design was prepared by Studio E-Arh. The site is 37,869 sq. m, the
Six water projects prepared Pazardzhik municipality . Funding is expected by Environment 2007 - 2013 programme. The bids are for BGN 4.975m and have been submitted at 8 May. The first proposal is for the water sector in the villages
A modern technical university is an opportunity to boost the Northwestern region . The project was a subject of discussions between representatives of institutions, business and academics in Vidin . The professional specialties are energy efficiency and ...
A holiday village near Momchilovtsi is a modern replica of the traditional Rodopi mountain architecture. The investor of the complex of one-family residential buildings is Robinson Properties BG. The design was prepared by Idia design studio. The si...
Bulgaria`s gross external debt amounted to EUR 29,212 million (89.2% of GDP) as at the end of March 2008, an increase of EUR 1,088.3 million (3.9%) compared to the end of 2007 (EUR 28,123.7 million, 97.3% of GDP), data of
Bulgaria`s Ministry of Culture and Sofia University St. Kliment of Ohrid signed an agreement Tuesday, which ended the old dispute between the two institutions over the ownership of two of Bulgaria`s most popular tourist sites - the Palace and the
At the end of 2007 the gross premium income of voluntary health insurance companies stood at 25.314 million leva (12.9 mln euros), against 22.62 million leva (11.5 mln euros) in 2006, which is a hike of 11.9% y/y. The value
