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Houses in rural areas and apartments on lower floors are most sought after inBulgaria, because people believe that such dwellings are safer during earthquakes, according to a May 2012 market […]
As the owner of a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME), and as an individual consumer of financial services, I am always amazed by the standard fees that financial institutions charge […]
Bulgaria will spend 16.7 billion leva over the next decade to erase the development inequality within the country and to catch up with the European Union average, according to the […]
Three European Parliament committees voted against the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty Agreement (ACTA) on May 31, only a day after Dutch parliament soundly rejected the treaty. Dutch MPs not only shot down […]
Bulgaria’s abandoned project to build a nuclear power plant at Belene on the Danube River can be profitable for a private investor, but only if the state subsidises construction, maintenance […]
Lilyana Pavlova, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, has suggested the introduction of mandatory insurance against natural disasters for privately owned buildings. In an interview with Darik Radio, she […]
Bulgarian MPs passed at second reading on June 1 the much-awaited Public-Private Partnership Act, which will allow the state and municipalities to offer services through joint ventures with private businesses. […]
Projects worth more than 120 million leva, submitted to the Kozloduy international fund, will be financed using EU funds, Bulgaria’s Economy Ministry said in a statement. The fund was set […]
Bulgaria’s Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) has received European Commission approval to further cut the ceiling on mobile termination rates, the fees that carriers charge each other for calls between networks, […]
