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Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Kiril Ananiev and the ambassador of the Netherlands to Bulgaria Bea ten Tusscher signed on September 14 a new convention for the elimination of double taxation with […]
The European Commission said on August 17 that it has approved 4.4 million euro in Bulgarian state aid aimed at supporting the Bourgas and Varna airports in the context of […]
Dutch-registered telecoms and media company United Group said on July 31 that it has closed the deal to buy Vivacom, one of Bulgaria’s three major telecom operators. Announced in November […]
Sofia District Administrative Court has ruled in favour of Bulgarian insurance and asset management group Eurohold Holding in its appeal against the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) decision that […]
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Transport Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov attended on July 22 the signing of the concession contract for Sofia Airport with Sof Connect, the consortium that includes […]
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of the year stood at 169.5 million euro, the equivalent of 0.3 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), […]
Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry has extended the deadline for bids in the concession tender for Plovdiv Airport until October 12, a notice on the ministry’s tender website said. The previous deadline […]
Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved at second reading on July 9 a bill to amend the State Reserve and War-time Storage Act, which creates a new State Petroleum Company, tasked with […]
The European Commission lowered further its economic growth expectations for 2020 in the summer forecast released on July 7, but said early data suggested “the worst may have passed” and […]
Bulgaria’s retail trade turnover dropped 19.9 per cent in April 2020 compared with the same month of 2019, the National Statistical Institute said on June 9, releasing figures that showed […]
