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How Does Bulgaria's Labor Market Influence Investment? - HR Consultancies
As part of its "Investors of the Decade" Business Survey, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg have asked representatives of leading human resource consultancies in Bulgaria how the situation of the Bulgarian labor market influences the country's attractiveness for (foreign) investors. ...
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Boosting Bulgaria's Nordic Investments - Insights from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
As part of there "Investors of the Decade" Business Survey, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg have asked the representatives of the Nordic countries in Sofia - Denmark's Ambassador to Bulgaria Kaare Janson, Finnish Ambassador to Bulgaria Tarja Laitiainen, Norwegian Ambassador to Bulgaria Tove Skarstein, and Goran Svensson, President of the Bulgarian-Nordic Chamber of Commerce ...
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Economy Minister Traicho Traikov: Major Investors' Trust Indicates Bulgaria's Economic Potential
An exclusive interview with Bulgaria's Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism Traicho Traikov for the "Investors of the Decade" Business Survey of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg. ...
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Bulgaria Among 2012 Best Value Breaks - UK Ranking
Bulgaria has been ranked as the fourth best value break of 2012 in UK Post Office holiday barometer. A cup of coffee costs as little as 96p in Bulgaria, while a three-course evening meal for two adults (including a bottle of house wine) in local restaurant averaged at GBP 24.04. ...
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Bulgaria Confirms Up to 25% in Energy Holding Up for Sale
Bulgaria's government plans to privatize this year a minority stake in the state-owned energy holding, which groups the country's top energy assets, the finance minister has confirmed. Talking in parliament at the end of the week, Simeon Djankov said the government aims to sell a stake of between 10 to 25% in state energy company BEH (Bulgarian Energy Holding) via a foreign stock exchange by the ...
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Bulgaria World Cup ski runs 'illegal': nature groups
Alpine Skiing World Cup events in Bulgaria's southern resort of Bansko use illegal ski runs and break international regulations, a coalition of nature groups said Friday.
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Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia Push to Make Danube Top Destination
The ministers in charge of tourism of Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Serbia signed Friday a memorandum to launch a joint project aimed at boosting tourism in the Danube area. The agreement, signed in historic Serbian town of Sremski Karlovci near Novi Sad, launches the Roman Emperors' Road project, set to link the rich historic heritage of the area with contemporary opportunities for tourism ...
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Bulgaria World Cup ski runs 'illegal': nature groups
Alpine Skiing World Cup events in Bulgaria's southern resort of Bansko use illegal ski runs and break international regulations, a coalition of nature groups said Friday.
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Bulgaria Criminal Property Agency Head Mysteriously Resigns
Todor Kolarov, chair of Bulgaria's Commission for Establishing of Property Acquired from Criminal Activity, has submitted his resignation Friday. Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov has promptly responded he will accept the resignation, arguing that Kolarov had obstructed the work of the Commission. On his part, Kolarov pointed out "a lack of a reform-minded majority in the Commission and a lack of ...
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Bulgaria's GERB to Audit Predecessors' Bonuses
Bulgaria's ruling GERB have asked the National Audit Office, NAO, to submit a report for bonuses obtained by Deputy Ministers during the term of the previous Three-Way Coalition cabinet. The news was reported Friday by the Chairman of the parliamentary group of Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, in the heels of a publication in "Trud" (Labor) daily that politicians - current ...
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Bulgaria's Retirement Funds' Assets Grow by 15% to BGN 4.5 B
The assets of Bulgaria's retirement funds grew by 14.68% in 2011 year-on-year, a report of the Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission shows. The preliminary results about the private retirement funds in Bulgaria are based on their financial reports to the FSC. ...
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Bulgaria Joins First 'Friends of Syria' Meeting
Some 70 nations and international organizations, Bulgaria included, are holding Friday in Tunisia the first formal meeting of the self-styled "Friends of Syria" group. The group will also bring together Syrian opponents of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The group, which was formed to address Syria's crisis outside the UN, is expected to hear Syrian opposition pleas for military ...
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Bulgaria Backs Serbia in Becoming Official EU Candidate
Bulgaria declared Thursday its support for granting Serbia an official EU candidate member statute. The country followed in the footsteps of France, Italy and Austria, who made similar moves earlier during the day. The support was voiced by Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, in connection of the forthcoming meeting of the European Union's General Affairs and External Relations ...
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FinMin: EC Ranks Bulgaria 5th in EU by Growth Forecast
Bulgaria's Finance Ministry has reacted to Thursday's drastic lowering of the European Commission economic forecast for the country with a relativistic approach. Bulgaria's economy will register a growth of 1.4% in 2012, stated the February Interim Economic Forecast of the European Commission unveiled Thursday. ...
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Bulgaria to Sign MoU on "Roman Emperors' Road" Tourism Project
Traicho Traikov, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, will sign Friday in Novi Sad a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the implementation of the "Roman Emperors' Road" tourism project. The "Roman Emperors' Road" is a project for an international cultural itinerary of four countries ? Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Serbia. It is aimed at promoting cultural heritage from the Roman Empire ...
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Bulgaria to Take Part in Danish Tourism Fair
Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has organized Bulgaria's participation at this year's "Ferie for Alle" (Vacation for Everyone) tourism fair in Herning, Denmark. The fair will take place between February 24 and February 26. Bulgaria's 24-square meter pavilion will present the country as a year-round tourists destination, with sea, cultural, Spa and golf tourism in the focus. ...
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Bulgaria's abandoned children crave tenderness
The pallid little face and big sad eyes of two-year-old Gergana say it all -- she is starving for tenderness like thousands of other children abandoned in social care homes across Bulgaria.
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Bulgaria's Ex-President, Deputy to Explain Decree, Pardoning Scandal
Bulgaria's former President, Georgi Parvanov, and Vice President, Angel Marin, have called their first conference since their last term in office ended in January. On Thursday, Parvanov and Marin are expected to discuss the decree scandal that recently emerged involving Marin's potential illegitimacy as Vice President and his pardoning of felons. It was recently revealed that Parvanov failed to ...
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Bulgaria to Open Honorary Consulate in Iceland
Bulgaria will open an honorary consulate in Reykjavik, it has been announced. Sigridur Ingvarsdottir, who is President of the Caritas world charity organization since 1993, will head the consulate, the Bulgarian government has informed. Ingvarsdottir has graduated in political science from the University in Iceland in 1984....
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