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Stanislav Popdonchev

Businesses are worried the political crisis is hampering the country’s development, says BIA Vice President

“The main priorities businesses have – membership of the Eurozone and accession to the Schengen area by land – have receded to the background. They are the motors which can boost the economy, but the fact there is no regular government is an obstacle..

published on 11/12/24 10:00 AM

Bulgargaz LNG tender for January and February next year attracts record interest

Bulgargaz has reported record interest in its tender for the supply of LNG to the Alexandroupolis terminal for January and February 2025. All nineteen bidders met the criteria set by the company and have been approved to participate in the next..

published on 11/9/24 2:43 PM
Lukoil Neftochim in Burgas

FT: Russian oil company Lukoil plans to sell its Bulgarian refinery to Qatari-British consortium

The Russian state oil company Lukoil has plans to sell its Bulgarian refinery Neftochim based in Burgas on the Black Sea Coast. It is the largest in the Balkans, writes the Financial Times .  The deal is expected to be announced by the end of..

published on 11/6/24 11:55 AM

Bulgaria and Argentina take new steps in their trade cooperation

Bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Argentina have received a new impetus for development following the visit of an Argentine delegation from the Chaco province to Bulgaria at the beginning of November . High-ranking officials from the..

published on 11/5/24 11:49 AM
Dobrin Ivanov

Employers want the Supreme Administrative Court to freeze the minimum wage

Employers are contesting the rise of the minimum wage. The Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association announced that they filed a complaint in the Supreme Administrative Court. About 430,000 people in the country work for minimum wage...

published on 11/5/24 11:41 AM

Jesus Caballero grabs Manager of the Year Award for 2024

If the political crisis continues, the lost benefits will reach a threshold after which the Bulgarian business will begin to lose competitiveness due to growing deficits in education, healthcare, infrastructure, regional development and demographics...

published on 11/5/24 9:54 AM

The Institute for Market Economics calls for budget deficit below 3%

We are moving towards the option of not having a quickly adopted budget for 2025, Lachezar Bogdanov, chief economist from the Institute for Market Economics, told BNR.  In presenting the institute's alternative state budget, the..

published on 11/4/24 11:27 AM

The five largest Indian IT companies already have offices in Bulgaria

Bulgaria and India will intensify their cooperation in various sectors of mutual interest. This was discussed at a meeting of the Bulgarian Minister of Economy Petko Nikolov with Ambassador of India to Bulgaria H.E. Sanjay Rana. The two focused..

published on 10/31/24 5:48 PM

A Bulgarian-Czech Chamber of Commerce established in Sofia

On October 31, 2024, 10 business leaders in Bulgaria founded the first Bulgarian-Czech Chamber of Commerce in the country. At the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Sofia, in the presence of Martin Dvořák, Minister of European Affairs of the Czech..

published on 10/31/24 1:54 PM

The model of EU subsidies distorts agricultural production in Bulgaria, the director of the Institute of Agrarian Economics says

In the space of 15 years, from 2005 until 2020, 75% of the farms in the country have disappeared – from 500,000 in 2005 down to 132,000 in 2020, said Prof. Dr. Bozhidar Ivanov, Director of the Institute of Agrarian Economics at an international..

published on 10/31/24 9:39 AM