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Bulgaria's Maxim Behar to Defend Transparency at World PR Forum in Davos [Feb 05, 2012] Bulgaria's top PR expert Maxim Behar, a CEO of M3 Communications Group, Inc. in Bulgaria and a Chairman of Hill+Knowlton Strategies ? Czech Republic, will be defending publicity in the opening debate at the World Communication Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Mr.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Air to Purchase 9 Embraer Jets by End of 2014 [Feb 03, 2012] Bulgaria's Bulgaria Air airline carrier will acquire 9 state-of-the-art Brazilian Embraer jets by the end of 2014, it was announced on Friday. The new planes will allow Bulgaria Air to increase its weakly frequency of flights to some European destinations and re-launch its flights to Prague, the company's CEO Yanko Georgiev has said, according to the Standart daily. The first E-190 aircraft is ... [via YahooNews] More >>

60k CEO Jonathan Gladwish: Bulgaria Can Continue to Emerge as Tangible Outsourcing Hub [Jan 30, 2012] Exclusive interview with Jonathan Gladwish, CEO, 60k, for the "Investors of the Decade" Business Survey of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

ICANN Chief Beckstrom: Bulgaria Should Move On from .?? Cyrillic Domain [Dec 01, 2011] Bulgaria should move on from its desire to register .?? as the national Cyrillic Internet domain name, ICANN CEO and President Rod Beckstrom stated in an interview for Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Largest Resort Sunny Beach Appoints New CEO [Nov 25, 2011] Bulgaria's largest Black Sea resort "Sunny Beach" Jsc has appointed Zlatko Dimitrov as its new CEO, according to a decision of its Board of Directors made Friday. Dimitrov, who is currently the Deputy Governor of the Burgas District, has been serving as the Chair of the Board of Sunny Beach, a position that he has now vacated; he is also set to quit his government job. Bulgaria's Deputy Economy ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Gets 114m Bridge Rebuilt for Expendables-2 Shooting [Nov 25, 2011] The bridge connecting the left bank of the river Osam and the Devetashka Cave, which was rebuilt from scratch for the the shoot of "The Expendables 2", will remain as a gift to Bulgaria, the production company said in a statement. The bridge repair cost BGN 600 000, according to announcements made after a meeting on the film set between Nu Boyana Film Studios CEO David Varod and Lovech District ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Air Wants Alma Tour Operator Declared Insolvent [Sep 14, 2011] Attorneys for Bulgaria Air, Bulgaria's national airline carrier and heir to Balkan Airlines, are still considering what are the exact legal steps to undertake in the dispute with tour operator, Alma Tour. The statement was made Wednesday by Plamen Atanasov, CEO of Bulgarian Aviation Group, owner of Bulgaria Air. Some 700 Russians, 200 Finns and dozens of persons from Lithuania waited for days to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Road Agency with 5th Management Reshuffle in 2 Years [Sep 12, 2011] The Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency has appointed a new CEO dismissing the current director Sergey Mihalev only six months after he took over. Mihalev's contract was terminated with his consent, the Bulgarian Regional Development Ministry, which is in charge of the road agency, announced Monday night. Mihalev has been replaced with Lazar Lazarov, an acting member of the Governing Board of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Lukoil Bulgaria dismisses tax claims [Aug 27, 2011] Lukoil Bulgaria CEO Valentin Zlatev rejected the claims that his company had violated tax or customs laws, the Sofia news agency reported on Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Lukoil Bulgaria CEO Firm in Rebuffing Tax Violations Claims [Aug 27, 2011] The CEO of Lukoil Bulgaria, Valentin Zlatev, remains unwavering the company has not committed any tax or Customs law violations. "Lukoil does not have even one citation for tax and Customs violations," Zlatev is quoted saying. He was adamant that Lukoil never stopped fulfilling the requirements of Order 3 for the installment of electronic measuring devices to be connected to the National Revenue ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Lukoil refinery in Bulgaria halts operations [Jul 28, 2011] The Bulgarian refinery of Russian oil giant Lukoil is halting operations for at least a month and a half. Lukoil Bulgaria CEO Valentin Zlatev said Thursday that the shutdown at the country's biggest refinery will be complete in the next 30 hours. [via YahooNews] More >>

Arceland Management CEO Curtis Coward: Bulgaria's Success Story Requires More Aggressive Promotion [Jul 04, 2011] Interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with Curtis M. Coward, CEO and Managing Partner at Arceland, an asset management fund based in Sofia, Bulgaria, and member of the the Bulgarian Land and Property Owners Association (BULLPOA). ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Looks Forward to Record Numbers of Romanian, Polish Tourists [Jun 27, 2011] Bulgaria's Black Sea resorts expect an even higher number of Romanian tourists in summer 2011, according to hotel managers. "Figures are already indicating that there will be a substantial growth in the number of Romanian tourists. It is another matter if this boom can compensate for the decrease in the number of tourists from other destinations," Ivan Portnih, CEO of Grand Hotel Varna, is ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Russia in New Clash over Nuclear Project Delay [Jun 24, 2011] Much to the surprise of the government in Sofia, Russia has announced it has not been informed of Bulgaria's decision to freeze Belene nuclear project for another three months as of July. "Rosatom has not received Bulgaria's proposal for freezing talks on Belene", the CEO of the Russian state company, contracted for the construction of the nuclear plant, Sergey Kirienko said in Moscow. The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Port Varna CEO Defends Giving Up Crucial Japanese Loan [Jun 10, 2011] Bulgaria's Cabinet has been right to seek to turn down a large-scale Japanese low-interest loan for the expansion of the largest Bulgarian sea port Varna, according to the port CEO Danail Papazov. "The loan for Port Varna from the Japan International Cooperation Agency was rejected because it is hard to implement," Papazov said speaking on private channel TV7. At the end of February 2011 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Invest BGN 100 M in Extending Life of Kozloduy Nuclear Reactors [Jun 03, 2011] Bulgaria will need to invest over BGN 100 M in the extension of the life of the two operational 1000-MW reactors of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant, according to its CEO Kostadin Dimitrov. Speaking at the Bulatom energy forum in Varna Thursday, Dimitrov said the technical surveying of the two reactors will last 18-24 months. It is expected to provide answers on how to go about extending the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

PVB Power Bulgaria CEO Plamen Dilkov: Bulgaria Needs Alternatives to Kozloduy NPP, Thermal Power Plants [May 31, 2011] Interview with Academician Dipl. Eng. Plamen DILKOV, CEO of PVB Power Bulgaria AD, a member of International Academy of Ecology and Life Protection Sciences - St.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Railways Contract Turkey's Tuvasas for 30 Sleeping Cars [May 27, 2011] The Bulgarian State Railways BDZ will order the construction of 30 sleeping cars to Turkey's state owned manufacturer Tuvasas after BDZ lost a court battle trying to cancel the order. The CEO of the debt-ridden Bulgarian state railways Pencho Popov and the technical director of the company Georgi Panchev visited the production facilities of Tuvasas in Turkey's Adapazari. During their meeting ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Russia Still in Discord on Nuclear Project Price [May 26, 2011] Bulgaria and Russia are not getting closer in reaching an agreement on the price of the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant, NPP, in the Danube town of Belene. The announcement was made by Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, after a meeting in Brussels with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Schmatko, with the CEO of Russian energy giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller, and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's King's Tobacco Confirms Interest in Bulgartabak [May 04, 2011] Bulgarian cigarette maker King's Tobacco has confirmed its interest in the privatization of the country's state tobacco giant Bulgartabac Holding. "Provided that we meet the requirements, we will join the competition. The requirements are pretty high because the state wants to protect the interests of tobacco producers," Boyko Kachulev, CEO of the company, commented. ... [via YahooNews] More >>