human resource, management, leadership, outdoor, teambuilding, бизнес, бюджетиране, водене на преговори, възнаграждение, грижа за клиента, делегиране, екип, запаметяване, кариера, ключови клиенти, конференция, корпоративни финанси, лидерство, маркетинг, мениджмънт, мотивация, мърчендайзинг, новини, обслужване на клиенти, обучение, планиране, подбор, преговори, презентиране, продажби, проекти, промоции, работа, работа в екип, семинари, телефонни продажби, тестове, тиймбилдинг, тренинг, трудови отношения, управление, управление на човешките ресурси, управление продажби, управление проекти, управление финанси, финанси, целеполагане, бързо четене, човешки ресурси, обучения, обучение, тренинг, тренинг продажби, тренинг обучение, мениджърски обучения http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/ Bulgaria’s banks will end 2009 with a combined profit of 700 million leva, central Bulgarian National Bank Governor Ivan Iskrov said. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/342-bulgaria�s-banks-will-end-2009-with-700-million-leva-profit-�-iskrov.html Some of these companies were said to be conducting negotiations to buy out established road construction firms. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/341-construction-companies-shift-from-real-estate-to-roads-and-infrastructure.html Under the Regional Development programme, 33 million euro will be made available for the creation of a holding, which in turn will enable the construction of parking facilities... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/340-33m-euro-for-the-construction-of-parking-facilities-in-bulgarian-cities.html Bulgaria's Environment and Water Ministry granted permission to a recycling plant for electrical and electronic waste in the Sofia borough of Novi Iskur to start operations. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/339-electronics-recycling-plant-to-start-in-novi-iskur.html "I hope that 150 million leva will be made available soon. I still hope that the Finance Ministry will forward this amount to us, but the bare minimum that I am expecting to receive is 25 million... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/338-bulgarian-state-owes-250m-to-construction-companies---minister.html One of Bulgaria’s most popular monasteries, the Rila Monastery, is going to construct a small hydro power plant in order to get a new reliable electricity supply. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/337-bulgaria's-rila-monastery-builds-hydro-power-plant-with-eu-money.html Government investment agency InvestBulgaria has listed the top five investment companies in Bulgaria for 2009, website investor.bg reported on December 7 2009. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/336-investbulgaria-announces-the-top-five-investors-for-2009.html What a difference does 12 months make. On Day of the Banker, December 6 2008, the leitmotif throughout the statements made by Bulgarian bankers was stability and how Bulgaria had it. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/335-lend-and-let-live.html The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference from December 7 to 18 is meant to come up with answers and commitments. More likely, all it will leave in place is questions and complications. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/334-hot-air-over-copenhagen.html Guangzhou China (Nov. 22, 2009) - The Renault-Nissan Alliance (the Alliance), the people's government of Guangzhou Municipality (Guangzhou City Government) and Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/333-renault-nissan-alliance-signs-zero-emission-partnership.html The Black Sea town of Pomorie, north of Bourgas, has approved a proposal for the construction of a spacious and modern marina, a project worth about 24 million leva... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/332-new-modern-marina-worth-24m-leva-to-be-constructed-in-pomorie.html The German diversified discount retail chain Penny Market opened its first batch of 14 stores in Bulgaria, a company media statement said. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/331-discounter-chains-penny-market,-plus-open-stores-in-bulgaria.html Bulgaria's Peugeot dealer Sofia France Auto said it would start taking orders for the Peugeot iOn in December 2010, Bulgarian daily Dnevnik said on November 16. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/330-peugeot-ion-to-be-launched-in-bulgaria-at-end-2010.html Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), the holding company set up to run state-owned energy assets, or its subsidiaries will be floated on the stock market by the end of 2010 at the earliest... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/329-bulgarian-energy-holding-might-list-on-stock-market-by-end-2010.html The study researches the "level of harmony and co-ordination between top management and staff and its effectiveness" Dnevnik said. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/328-mcdonald's-is-'bulgaria's-best-employer-'.html Officially the bank started work in the country on October 1 2009, with Krassen Kostov as its manager. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/327-new-entry:-latvian-bank-opens-branch-in-varna.html Lending volumes in Bulgaria could begin to "increase slightly" at the start of 2010, the Bulgarian central bank said in its latest economic review quarterly report. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/326-bulgaria-central-bank-sees-lending-rise-in-2010.html Bulgaria’s Environment Ministry will develop a strategy to designate areas that can host clean energy projects with no environmental impact, Environment Minister Nona Karadjova said. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/325-bulgaria-to-outline-renewable-energy-zones.html Bulgarian banks will put forward a set of measures for implementation by the Government, designed to improve market conditions and preparing the ground for a long-anticipated cut in lending rates. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/324-banks,-government-pool-efforts-to-bring-down-lending-rates.html The Bulgarian deposit market exhausted its capacity to provide liquidity for local lenders as recession strengthened its grip on the economy... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/323-bulgaria�s-deposit-market-loses-steam-in-q3-2009.html About 50 units of Toyota Prius, the full hybrid electric mid-size car by the Japanese motor vehicle manufacturer, have been sold on the Bulgarian market so far... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/322-fewer-than-50-hybrid-vehicles-sold-in-bulgaria.html Prospects were brighter earlier this year when experts anticipated a revitalise market by the end of 2009. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/321-eastern-europe-mergers-and-acquisitions-market-remains-on-standby.html Group of 20 leaders wrapped up their summit Friday with agreements intended to prevent future economic meltdowns, and giving key emerging nations a larger voice in international economic issues. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/320-g20-leaders-wrap-up-their-economic-summit.html Divided as Bulgaria’s political landscape is, very few topics receive unanimous support from politicians and voters alike, but the need to maintain the currency board is likely the issue... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/319-euro-story.html Fenix Invers OOD has inaugurated the first factory in Eastern Europe for the production of installations for waste water treatment, in the northern Bulgarian town of Lovetch. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/318-belgium-in-bulgaria:-the-green-economy.html He was re-elected with the votes of the new Parliament majority "in the name of the stability of the banking system". http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/317-bulgaria-central-bank-governor-sworn-in-for-second-term.html Mobile phones are becoming increasingly multi-functional devices, sparing the need for other gadgets. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/316-mobile-banks.html An exotic and relatively new Bulgarian industry dating less than a decade since its establishment, doesn't think so, in fact, they have shown the way for a swift economic recovery. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/315-bulgarian-snails-set-the-pace-for-swift-economic-recovery.html Low budget carrier FlyNiki will start regular flights from Vienna to Sofia in February 2010, Dnevnik daily said on September 23, quoting information released by the Sofia Airport. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/314-flyniki-launches-flights-to-bulgaria,-wizz-air-expands-operation.html Poland’s PKN and Hungary’s MOL retained their top spots in the annual ranking of Central and Eastern Europe’s 500 biggest companies, compiled by consultancy firm Deloitte, based on financial results http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/313-energy-is-king.html Spanish telephone giant Telefonica has inaugurated new offices in 15 countries in a massive expansion scheme which also includes Bulgaria. The company has also opened a new portal... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/312-spanish-giant-telefonica-expands-into-bulgaria.html The Bulgarian Government is currently negotiating for another loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for additional financing along the framework of the Ispa pre-accession aid programmes. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/311-cabinet-negotiates-for-a-1b-euro-loan-for-infrastructure-projects.html Rila Monastery has attracted 1002 204 tourists between September 2008 and September 2009 year, a substantial year-on-year rise of 22.5 per cent, Georgi Kabzimalski... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/310-more-than-one-million-tourists-visit-rila-monastery-over-past-year.html The European Commission is to unblock about 140 million euro in funding for Bulgaria under the bloc’s Sapard pre-accession agricultural and rural development assistance programme,media reports... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/309-ec-to-unblock-bulgaria�s-sapard-funds.html Bulgarian listed companies' compliance with corporate governance rules will be tracked by a new independent watchdog, set up on September 3, when the founding memorandum... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/308-watchdog-to-track-corporate-governance-compliance-in-bulgaria.html Nearly a year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers sent shockwaves through the global f inancial services sector, European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet said.... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/307-trichet:-ecb-has-prepared-exit-strategy-for-banking-sector-support-measures.html The first was a powerful source of income to the state budget which, however, kept companies hostage - delaying Valued Added Tax (VAT) reimbursements for months. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/306-doing-business-in-bulgaria.html Sofia's cemeteries will run out of free space within three months, Ventsislav Grigorov from the Sofia city hall told private broadcaster bTV on August 17 2009. There were more then 44 cemeteries in http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/305-sofia's-cemeteries-to-reach-full-capacity-in-three-months.html The return fetched by newly-opened lev and euro-denominated deposits in Bulgaria has swelled by 40.5 per cent in the year up to July 2009, according to central Bulgarian National Bank statistics. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/304-bulgaria-deposit-rates-increase-by-40-per-cent,-loan-costs-up-11-20-per-cent.html The total investment for the new wind park facility is estimated at 270 million euro. Experts believe that the average annual energy production will be 340 gigawatt hours. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/303-aes-windpark-in-kavarna-to-be-connected-to-national-grid-by-october-2009.html Exports of Bulgarian wine were 70 per cent less in the first half of 2009 than in the first six months of 2008, while at the same time, domestic sales of wine fell by 35 per cent. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/302-bulgaria�s-wine-industry-reports-drop-in-exports,-domestic-sales.html A recovery from the economic crisis will come to Bulgaria in 2011 when, after two consecutive years of further contraction, the economy will grow by 3.8 per cent, mainly on the back of exports. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/301-economic-growth-will-return-to-bulgaria-in-2011-�-finance-ministry.html Passengers who have purchased tickets and are set to fly to or from home with the bankrupt SkyEurope, will be ferried by Bulgaria Air, an official company press release has announced. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/300-bulgaria-air-will-assume-flights-from-sunk-skyeurope.html A phone call to a company in Sofia that owed 12 million leva in overdue taxes brought in the money, Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) said on August 31 2009. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/299-a-phone-call-gets-bulgaria-12-million-leva-in-overdue-tax.html All motorists travelling on the Sofia–Varna road are advised to pay special attention to the rehabilitation works which have commenced on August 31 and are scheduled to last until October 30. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/298-sofia-to-varna-road-rehabilitation-begins.html Recent polls conducted by Reuters and other news agencies show that the market expects the country to join the euro area no earlier than in 2014. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/297-euro-path.html Once again, highly sensitive information may be withheld until prior to closing, bearing in mind that if such information is not according to the investor’s expectations, the investor will... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/296-confidentiality.html Bulgaria’s anti-trust body slapped fines of more than 120 million leva on winemaker Todoroff and its local distributor Vinopoli. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/295-two-bulgarian-wineries-fined-for-lottery.html UK water company United Utilities is reviewing key divisions that could lead to the sale of assets worth more than 800 million pounds sterling, The Independent said. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/294-owner-of-sofiyska-voda-reviewing-bulgarian-operations.html The portal was the first to report about a possible change in ownership of the Bulgarian company. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/293-deal-watch:-advent-in-exclusive-talks-to-buy-devin.html The rise in freight was largely attributed to domestic transport. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/292-railway-freight-transport-marks-increase-in-june-2009.html The organisation fears that with the arrival of the next Government on June 5, the systematic destruction of natural habitat and deforestation will continue. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/291-save-the-bulgarian-mountains.html The company will install a new bottling line and build a state-of-the-art warehouse at its Haskovo plant, said the concern’s production director for the Balkans, Raymond de Virman. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/290-inbev-pumps-15-million-euro-into-new-equipment-at-bulgarian-unit.html The group published a set of measures it said would secure sustainable development of the country’s economy in the face of the downturn. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/289-bulgarian-industrial-association-says-bulgaria-should-not-dismiss-imf-loan-scenario.html EurOmax has 10 copper and gold projects in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/288-$14.9-million-china-deal-to-help-fund-euromax-projects-in-south-eastern-europe.html Bulgaria was among the countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) that had most relaxed their fiscal policies in the past 12 months, UniCredit Bulbank chief economist, Kristofor Pavlov said http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/287-bulgaria�s-fiscal-policy-slackest-in-the-region---unicredit.html Compared with May 2009, annual inflation fell in 21 EU member states, remained stable in four and rose in one. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/286-annual-inflation-in-eu-in-june-2009-was-0.6-per-cent---eurostat.html Overall, remittances flows to developing countries were revised upward to $328 billion, compared to $305 billion in the earlier report. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/285-bulgarian-migrant-workers-remitted-$2.63b-in-2008---world-bank.html Despite May's rise from April, output was still lower than a year ago http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/284-rise-in-eurozone-factory-output.html Mini Maritsa Iztok operates mostly strip-mines in central Bulgaria and the brown coal is used mainly by the nearby three Maritza East thermal power plants. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/283-mining-firm-execs-sacked-over-alleged-abuse-of-position.html Bulgaria's currency board agreement prevents the central bank from setting the monetary policy rate, which is determined based on the overnight deposit rates on the interbank market. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/282-competition-watchdog-to-probe-allegations-of-bank-cartel.html A rogue trader at a London oil broker caused his employer to lose $10m (£6m) after making unauthorised trades. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/281-rogue-trades-cost-oil-broker-$10m.html Since the onset of the financial crisis in the autumn of 2008, the global economic environment continued to worsen in the first quarter of 2009. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/280-is-there-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel?.html As a result of the closing of the Arrangement, EurOmax now owns 100 per cent of Silk Road's shares and assets. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/279-euromax-resources-completes-silk-road-acquisition.html With the last 70 ambulances, all ambulances in the emergency medical care units had been replaced. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/278-70-new-ambulances-taken-into-service.html The initial capital of the company has been agreed at 500 000 leva. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/277-super-bourgas-project-is-launched.html "The development for Bulgaria principally depends on the new government, how the new government will create an environment for foreign direct investors to invest." http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/276-bulgaria-next-in-line-for-imf-deal,-rcb-chief-economist-says.html The owner of fuel retailer Eko Bulgaria, Hellenic Petroleum, which is Greece's largest oil refinery, has agreed to purchase the retail and storage operations of British Petroleum... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/275-hellenic-petroleum-buys-entire-bp-operation-in-greece.html Varna has passed a new bill which will protect the environment around the urban area as the city undergoes continuous expansion. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/274-varna-aims-to-protect-green-areas-with-new-legislation.html et businesses run by One Man Shows often run into challenges when trying to engage in any type of equity transaction, whether that be raising capital or selling their company. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/273-one-man-show.html An official statement from the Ministry of Economy and Energy said that once the project is implemented, Mini Maritsa Iztok's electricity consumption would be reduced by 140 000 MWh. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/272-mini-maritsa-iztok-to-receive-15m-euro-for-rehabilitation.html The share of the grey economy in GDPs across Europe varied, he said, from 10 per cent in the UK to about 40 per cent in some countries in Central and Eastern Europe. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/271-grey-economy-is-37-per-cent-of-bulgaria�s-gdp-�-study.html Secure, quick and reliable office access, everywhere and at any time is provided to the business clients with the new service M-Tel OFFICE ACCESS. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/270-remote-office-access-offered-by-m-tel-office-access.html Austrian broadcasting infrastructure company Oesterreichische Rundfunksender (ORS) has said it will appeal the decision of Bulgaria's telecoms regulator to award a licence to build two multiplexes http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/269-austrian-ors-appeals-digital-tv-licence-decision.html The winery currently has about 1000 hectares of vineyards, including in other places around Bulgaria. Start-up capital in the winery amounted to 12 million euro... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/268-the-majestic-grape.html The deal is worth $725 million and it is expected to be finalised by the end of the year. France's Total will keep the remaining 55 per cent stake in the refinery. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/267-lukoil-agrees-to-buy-45%-stake-in-dutch-refinery-trn.html The vehicles were donated by BMW Bulgaria, official distributor of the marque in the country. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/266-two-high-speed-bmws-donated-to-bulgaria's-highway-police.html Bulgaria will not be among the countries in Southeastern European worst by the drop of foreign direct investments in 2009, according to the Economics Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/265-bulgarian-academy-of-science:-bulgaria-will-not-be-the-worst-hit-by-the-fdi-drop.html French firm ONET Technologies signed the contract to start dismantling four nuclear reactors at Bulgaria's Kozloduy power station, Agence France-Presse quoted company officials as saying. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/264-french-firm-picked-to-decommission-kozloduy-reactors.html In May 2009, the shrinkage was 25 per cent of cargo flights and more than 30 per cent of passenger traffic, as opposed to April, and six per cent less than in the same period in 2008. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/263-sofia-international-airport-traffic-decreases.html A year earlier the rate was 3.7 per cent. Monthly inflation was 0.1 per cent in May 2009, according to figures released on June 16 2009 by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/262-euro-area-inflation-was-zero-per-cent-in-may.html "This will be the beginning of the irreversible process of decommissioning the four reactors," AFP quoted the deputy head of Kozloduy power plant, Valentin Ribarski as saying. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/261-french-firm-picked-to-decommission-kozloduy-reactors.html The new building features in its design 1600 sq m of solar panels perched on its roof and would fill most of the space between the Sofia University building and St Alexander Nevsky cathedral. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/260-sofia's-new-solar-powered-art-academy-courts-public.html Sadly neither words nor pictures can do justice to what is hidden behind those lush forests. Hope you enjoy it. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/259-paradise-in-bulgaria:-botev-summit-and-the-raisko-pruskalo-waterfall---picture-gallery.html Doverie Brico, which owns the Mr. Bricolage franchise for Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia, will begin its regional expansion, planning to open a flagship store outside Bulgaria in Nis, Serbia. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/258-mr.bricolage-expands-into-serbia-from-bulgarian-division.html The world's largest brewer had packaged 11 breweries producing a total of 15 million hectolitres of beer a year and planned to sell it in one deal, according to the report. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/257-kamenitza-for-sale---report.html This year’s 19th Sofia Motor Show will not surprise with quantity, but will try to dazzle its visitors with quality. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/256-motor-show-on-the-run.html Fiat and Chrysler have completed the strategic alliance that will put Chrysler's good assets into a new firm. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/255-chrysler-and-fiat-complete-deal.html The national road infrastructure agency NRIA has announced 11 projects which will be subject to refurbishment and reconstruction. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/254-road-agency:-eleven-road-sections-to-undergo-renovation.html A third reduction would be introduced on July 1 2011, when costs for call made will be capped at 0.35 euro and calls received at 0.11 euro (excluding VAT). http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/252-european-commission-lowers-caps-on-roaming-charges.html Bulgaria’s public finances were in for a major collapse, threatening to widen the consolidated budget deficit to between two and three billion leva unless the Government took decisive action... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/251-budget-headed-for-big-deficit.html Bulgarian banks put up loan interest rates and a number of fees in May 2009, with consumer loan prices rising by a wider margin than mortgages, showed statistics compiled by financial... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/250-bulgarian-banks-press-ahead-with-loan-rate-increases.html Bulgaria is looking to upgrade its transport infrastructure network in order to take full advantage of its position as a major trade crossroads and is pushing ahead with a series of projects to... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/249-beyond-slowdown.html It was not always smooth sailing, but Enel’s long-running project to upgrade Maritza East 3, the company’s Bulgarian thermal power plant, has finally been completed in May 2009. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/248-commitment-to-be-green.html Varna's new court house, a lingering concept since 1937, and which 'commenced' construction on four occasions in the past 72 years, will finally be constructed. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/247-new-court-house-in-varna-will-be-completed-by-2013.html The European Union is to make available 19 billion euro of planned European Social Fund expenditure to support people hit by the economic crisis. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/246-european-commission-initiates-new-employment-strategy.html Capital outflows from CEE stock markets have been set off by investors’ fears of the economic hardships of the individual countries. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/245-cash-flocks-to-emerging-markets,-but-not-cee.html The Irish airline made a net loss of 169m euros ($239m; £146m) in the year to 31 March. This compares with a profit of 481m euros a year before. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/244-ryanair-reports-first-annual-loss.html Nereus can switch between free-swimming and tethered configurations http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/243-robot-sub-reaches-deepest-ocean.html Set to rise on a site near the town of Kavarna, in northeastern Bulgaria, the development has been put on the list of "destroyers of Bulgarian nature" as the investor plans to... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/242-bulgarian-land-development-starts-controversial-project.html The aim of the new infrastructure is to comply with standards established by the trans-European railway network and the pan-European corridors, Stroitelstvo Gradut has reported. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/241-high-speed-trains-in-southeastern-europe.html he sirens are a call to remember the day on which Botev died after several days of fighting against the Ottoman army in the days when Bulgaria was under Ottoman rule. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/240-sirens-to-sound-on-june-2-in-honour-of-botev.html This is the story of travel to places where stones were built up – as megaliths, a monastery, a bridge, a fortress – that serve as foundations for tales and imaginings about the people who moved... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/239-a-fortress,-a-bridge,-a-monastery�.html A third of European Union citizens in 2007 could not cope with spending they had not planned for, seven per cent were late with utility bills, nine per cent could not afford a car and nine per cent http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/238-europe-out-of-pocket.html Owners and managers of businesses always have the option of financing a business by way of either debt or equity. For any business, there is usually an optimal... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/237-euro-phoenix:-debt-vs-equity.html Bulgaria became a preferred destination during the real estate boom, but credit crunch in 2008 and the sudden oversupply on the local market have altered market dynamics. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/236-bulgaria-property-returns-to-favour-with-british-buyers.html http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/235-bulgaria-c-banker-appointed-for-second-six-year-term.html Investors currently apply for first- (A) and second-class (B) certificates depending on the scale of the investment. Under current legislation, the state backs first-class... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/234-courting-investors.html Austrian companies EVN and Alpine have sealed a memorandum with the legal successor to Turkey’s Ceylan Holding to acquire a 30 per cent stake in the Gorna Arda hydropower project... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/233-austrian-consortium-wants-stake-in-gorna-arda-hydro-plant.html It is not accurate to paint all of the far-right parties within the EU with the same brush, given that some are more radical in their outlook and messages than others, but the story of their... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/232-the-far-right-stuff.html Bulgaria's largest municipalities with drawing up integrated urban development plans and projects. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/231-european-investment-bank-deal-with-bulgaria-on-urban-plans.html European Commission programme aimed to strengthen the role of national judges in the application of European Union environmental law, the EC press service said in a statement. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/230-sofia-to-host-first-eu-seminar-on-environmental-law.html Mall Pleven, a 80 million leva development, is still under construction but is expected to be completed by the end of the year. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/229-carrefour-enters-mall-pleven.html ravel times completely depend on traffic jams. If you live in Mladost, it is often quicker to walk 20 minutes to the local landmark, the 43rd block bus-stop, to avoid 45 minutes or more in traffic... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/228-commuting-underground.html As Bulgaria's economy enters a recession, the likelihood of corporate defaults is rising and that this is expected to lead to increased losses on the banks' corporate loan portfolios... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/227-moody's-reviews-bulgarian-bank-ratings.html The rehabilitation of the road section Veliko Turnovo – Dryanovo – Gabrovo started in 2006. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/226-veliko-turnovo---gabrovo-road-renovation-works-on-final-stretch.html The Kostenets plant, at the foot of the Rhodope mountain, until now has exported mainly to Slovenia and Slovakia. It has three production units, producing mainly cardboard and hygienic paper products http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/225-new-kostenets-60m-leva-paper-mill-opens-for-production.html The global economic downturn stretched out the time from the order to the sale, leaving the importer to bear the cost in most cases. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/224-toughest-year-for-yacht-market.html However, developments on the capital market always unfold earlier and about 80 per cent was eviscerated from the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) last year. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/223-dnevnik-100:-public-firms-shield-businesses-against-crisis.html In this spectrum, Hungary’s nationalist Jobbik party, with its demands to keep foreigners from buying land in Hungary and for protection of the domestic market from foreign produce... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/222-european-parliament-elections-2009:-pleas-not-to-�aid�-extremist-parties.html "In countries such as Bulgaria, China and India, poverty is rife. Increasingly, children are being seen as a commodity to be sold to the highest bidder. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/221-bulgaria-among-�baby-traders�-�-news-of-the-world.html The main drivers behind the trend are the healing capital markets and the growing liquidity on a global scale following governments’ and central banks’ measures to arrest the economic slide. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/220-petrol-prices-in-bulgaria-increase.html Ruling majority rushes to make key appointments in state bodies days before the end of Parliament’s term... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/219-dealing-the-acesdealing-the-aces.html The number of Bulgarians and Romanians applying for work permits in the United Kingdom has been decreasing steadily, according to statistics published by the British Foreign Office... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/218-fewer-bulgarians-seek-work-in-the-united-kingdom.html Overview - €114bn The European Union is expected to spend 133.8bn euros in 2009, or 1.03% of its members' gross national income. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/217-how-the-money-is-spent-by-country---�114bn.html Projected annual revenue from the wind park operation is estimated at 14.5 million euro during the course of 5200 hours of effective work. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/216-elana-holding-invests-30m-euro-in-wind-park.html CME stepped in Bulgaria in August 2008, when it bought the two stations in a $172 million deal. Its revenue in Bulgaria in 2008 was $600 000, Bulgarian daily Dnevnik reported... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/215-time-warner-closes-acquisition-of-31%-in-cme.html "In the current market, international investors can buy industrial property in Manchester at, say, 9.45 per cent, or say in London, that would generate annual yields of about 8.75 per cent... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/214-logistic-and-administrative-centres-are-still-sought-after.html "Credit rating agencies played a defining role in the development and credibility of structured products that have turned out to be toxic and have destroyed hundreds of billions of dollars worth... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/213-backing-for-tough-measures-against-credit-rating-agencies.html British ambassador Steve Williams, tennis star Magdalena Maleeva, TV presenter Niki Kunchev and Venelin Petkov from bTV will assist in the clean-up of Vitosha National Park. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/212-british-embassy-leads-clean-up-operation-in-vitosha-national-park.html It will go on until September 2009 when results will be finalised. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/211-more-then-3000-cyclists-counted-in-first-ever-two-wheeler-census-in-sofia.html can think of no recent development in British politics that has so enraged the public. Never again can people say that ... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/210-blog:-mps'-filthy-mitts.html The Bulgarian share was so far distributed 50:50 between BEH and Technoexportstroy, but now the holding company will sell its stake to the building firm for 2.9 million leva, the amount the energy... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/208-energy-holding-pulls-out-of-bourgas-alexandropulis-pipeline.html The raids targeted a large operation that was apparently using unidentified offshore betting websites to place bets for local gamblers, mainly on football matches. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/207-illegal-gamblers-targeted.html One of Britain's most famous exports, footballer turned actor Vinnie Jones, is in the news again for all the wrong reasons after becoming involved in a vicious brawl in a bar in Dakota. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/206-blog:-who-are-you-lookin'-at?.html Due to unforeseen developments that altered the previously arranged climb to Botev Peak and Vezhen, we had to abandon our plans to scale Stara Planina’s highest summits. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/205-vratsa-and-the-balkan.html Museums and galleries in Sofia will be open and have special programmes until midnight. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/204-museum-night-in-sofia-on-saturday-may-16.html EU funding will bankroll about 100km connecting Stara Zagora and Karnobat in eastern Bulgaria, said Ivan Atanassov, the chairperson of the supervisory board of the National Road Infrastructure Agency http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/203-work-on-trakiya-highway-postponed-again.html An earn-out is a transaction where at least a portion of proceeds is paid after closing, in a manner that depends on the performance of the acquired company, judged most likely by its earnings... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/202-creative-ways-of-structuring-deals.html The amendment stipulates that should a Bulgarian lender go bankrupt, the fund will pay depositors the amounts guaranteed within 20 days, down from 45 days. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/201-mps-approve-amendments-to-deposit-guarantee-law.html http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/200-ethics-key-theme-as-eu-chiefs-meet-religious-leaders.html Prices rose by 0.7 per cent in April, compared with a 0.2 per cent decrease the previous month. Food prices were unchanged and service prices rose by 0.3 per cent, while non-food prices jumped... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/199-inflation-edges-down-to-4.8%-in-april.html The bill, which is expected to return to the Cabinet's agenda this week, envisages the Government taking over Sofia’s waste management, which is estimated to cost an annual 150 million leva. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/198-budget-to-pick-tab-for-sofia�s-waste-management.html Profits for Fraport before tax taxation for the first quarter have been slashed by 13.5 per cent down to 99.8 million euro, as opposed to the same period in 2008. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/197-bourgas-and-varna-airports-report-rise-of-traffic-for-q1.html Sofia imposed a financial sanction of 652 000 euro and carried out several audits at the roads agency, giving the EC grounds to renew the financing. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/196-ec-to-release-funding-for-bulgaria�s-lyulin-motorway.html The main problem stated by the owners is that the municipality has raised the rent several times over what it was last season. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/195-high-rents-forces-establishments-on-bourgas-waterfront-to-stay-closed.html A slice of the funds could be redirected towards loans and credit guarantees that are needed for agricultural production during an economic crisis. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/194-1.02b-euro-boost-for-agricultural-sector.html Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute is due to release the first data on first-quarter economic growth on May 15. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/193-bulgaria-q1-growth-seen-at-0.5%---report.html Technowood will produce a wide array of goods including timber for the construction sector and the retail market. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/192-balkanstroi-inaugurates-new-70m-leva-factory.html The Bulgarian Government’s plan to move away from its present location in central Sofia has passed its first hurdle with the selection of Frenchman Dominique Perrault as its chief architect. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/191-dominique-perrault-and-the-city.html Initially, the Cabinet had declined to declare a holiday from Labour Day until St George’s Day, in spite of the precedent it set last year. Bulgarians should not be shirking, ministers decided... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/190-weekend-blog:-notes-from-a-small-holiday.html Hit hard by the economic downturn, a group of construction companies in Northern Ireland are considering establishing a foothold in Eastern Europe and the Bulgarian market in particular... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/189-belfast-based-construction-companies-look-for-employment-in-bulgaria.html By the end of March, the total collected revenue that entered the municipality’s coffers amounted to 329.6 million leva. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/188-sofia-municipality-reduces-investment-programme-by-15-per-cent.html The Bicycle Association of Great Britain recently forecast that the number of Britons commuting by bike will rise by 3.3 million this year and the distance travelled by bikes will increase by 40... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/187-still-riding.html Fidel the cat spends his days at Deal library while his owners are at work... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/184-literary-cat-makes-library-visits.html The Health Ministry is contemplating banning imports of Turkish cement, as revealed by Health Minister Evgenii Zhelev and reported by Dnevnik daily. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/183-plans-to-ban-imports-of-hazardous-turkish-cement.html Kostenets Paper, a paper produce factory, has developed, tested and is currently in the process of installing a new production line worth 60 million leva... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/182-kostenets-paper-invests-60-million-leva-in-new-production-line.html They will be given "a decent time frame in which to conduct the necessary work. In case they fail to do so, the municipality will renovate the buildings with its own resources, after which it will http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/181-bourgas-mayor:-property-owners-will-be-obliged-to-renovate-their-homes.html Sedemte Rilski Ezera (the Seven Lakes of Rila Mountain) long ago became one of Bulgaria’s trademarks, compulsive destinations for all nature and and mountaineering lovers. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/180-rila-and-the-lakes.html Later that day, Mihov went to Plovdiv and participated in the official opening ceremony of the newest police precinct in the Trakia borough in the city. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/179-interior-ministry-invests-in-plovdiv-and-stara-zagora.html Building cars, however,is of a completely different order to natural juice production, for example, hence the information about Great Wall’s interest in Lovech was neglected by most media in Bulgaria http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/178-new-entry.html Only EU citizens who have lived permanently in the country for the past three months and have permanent residence can vote in Bulgaria. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/177-7000-eu-nationals-eligible-to-vote-in-bulgarian-mep-elections.html "I am extremely disappointed with this decision because to me it actually means new monitoring on Bulgaria," said Prof Marusya Lubchev, MEP from the Party of European Socialists. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/176-ep-rules:-bulgaria-under-scrutiny-again.html Russia’s Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko assumed office on May 12 2008. Before that he was the President of Atomstroyexport JSC. Shmatko has university degrees in mathematics, mechanics and economics http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/175-south-stream-to-warm-europe-for-100-years.html Bulgaria plans to produce 10 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2010 and increase this to 18 per cent by 2020. In 2008, the figure was seven per cent. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/173-bulgaria-plans-to-nearly-triple-electricity-from-renewable-energy-sources-by-2020.html Hotel owners refuse to do this, claiming that they already pay taxes for this purpose to Nessebar municipality, the resort's administrator. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/171-conflict-threatens-summer-season-in-bulgaria's-largest-seaside-resort.html The consensus is that the world will escape slipping into a catastrophic depression but is in for a painful and long recession. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/170-signs-that-the-worst-of-the-crisis-is-over?signs-that-the-worst-of-the-crisis-is-over?.html But with companies\' sales and profit figures sharply lower in end-2008 and losses feared for 2009, this increase cannot possibly be maintained this year. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/169-bulgarian-firms-slash-senior-managers'-pay.html Pramod Mittal, the Indian steel tycoon who still owns 71 per cent in Bulgaria's bankrupt Kremikovtzi steelworks... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/168-full-circle---pramod-mittal-not-giving-up-on-kremikovtzi.html Eight hundred people are directly employed by the shipyard, but in total more than 1200 people will be affected – including auxiliary services and companies, support and logistical personnel. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/167-rousse-shipyards-lays-off-800-employees-indefinitely.html Bulgaria may further raise the price of the scanty credit and decelerate foreign direct investments unless the Cabinet scaled back expenses and if revenue collection continues to decline... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/166-state-budget-threatens-investment-flows.html Bulgarian producers should brace themselves for mixed trends in 2009, but more numerous market opportunities will emerge over the next couple of years. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/165-bulgaria-has-untapped-electronics-production-potential-�-frost&sullivan.html Employees of the Ministry of Economy have intentionally shut their eyes to the fact that the bidders in the tender are their former colleagues Photo The Standart http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/164-olaf-inquires-about-predetermined-tender.html Two things differentiate this region: first, the quick expansion of crediting. In Bulgaria, for example, it grew between 40 and 60 percent per year, which is a huge percentage. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/163-bulgaria-safe-from-cataclysm.html The changes are aimed at introducing real and effective control over mixing a bio component into fossil fuels, with administrative penalties for non-compliant drivers. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/162-bulgarian-fuel-stations-may-sell-biofuels-from-autumn.html This increase did not happen, however, something that retailers interpretered as a gesture of goodwill from the mall's management in light of their troubles. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/161-striking-retailers-rail-against-management.html The offered price for the contract is 116 million euro. In six months, the system for the production of documents will begin to function properly. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/160-the-contract-for-the-new-id-documents-with-biometric-data---signed.html The idea is to help the countries in the European union adapt to the current economical challenges http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/159-25-million-euro-from-the-eu-for-the-restoration-and-development-of-the-rural-regions.html The credit is part of a total line for financing of small and medium enterprises (SME) under the program of the European union and the EBRD, which is added by subsidies from the European commission. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/158-raiffeisen-bank-signs-a-second-credit-line-for-10-m-eur.html “Yazaki” company which produces cables for “Renault” cars has already appointed over 2500 people for less than two years. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/157-japanese-company-is-looking-for-400-workers-from-yambol.html The signing of the document will improve the cooperation between the institutes on standardization, accreditation and metrology. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/156-$-370-billionturkish-investments-in-bulgaria.html After the introduction of the flat tax of 10%, to pay taxes of over one million leva, the annual income of that person must be at least ten times over that limit, or 10 million leva. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/155-the-first-bulgarian-to-pay-a-million-in-taxes-for-2009.html To remind, the Belogradchik rocks fell to third place in the ranking. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/154-"belogradchik-rocks"-again-second.html The owners claim that the expenses for registration are much less in Bulgaria where the procedure without any limitations costs around 100 euro. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/153-cars-with-bulgarian-registration-flood-macedonia.html For the attention of the Romanians, the Bulgarian hoteliers have to cope with another preferred destination – Greece. From the sold in Romania 80 000 tourist packages, 30 000 are for abroad. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/151-10-000-romanians-come-to-bulgaria-for-easter.html The event will be opened at 9.30 am by the European commissioner on consumer protection Meglena Kuneva and the permanent representative of the World Bank in Bulgaria Florian Fichtl. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/150-world-bank-to-present-a-report-on-bulgaria.html An initiative committee must be composed of at least seven people and must deposit 15 000 leva and present 10 000 signatures in their support. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/148-election-campaign-for-bulgarian-meps-starts-on-may-17.html The Miss Utah 2009 contest website says the family left Bulgaria "when her father’s career in alternative energy research blossomed". http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/147-bulgarian-runs-for-miss-usa-2009.html The money will serve as a counter-crisis measure. The announcement came from the cabinet of the vice-prime minister Meglena Plugchieva. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/146-88-million-euro-in-advance-for-bulgaria-in-2009.html As a special bonus, the newspaper has a supplement on education in Bulgaria. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/144-the-price-of-everything.html "Filling up our system with natural gas from Gazprom only will make useless Bulgaria's initiative to seek alternative energy suppliers," Minister Dimitrov says. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/143-sofia:-south-stream-should-use-different-infrastructure.html BDB has received a total 500 million leva under the 2008 state Budget, which it will give as credit lines to banks as part of the Government's economic stimulus plan. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/142-businesses-take-112m-leva-in-development-bank-credit-lines.html According to the survey of the German-Bulgarian Trade and Industry Chamber, carried out in March, German investors were content with the current business environment. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/140-german-investors-content,-but-concerned-for-their-future-in-bulgaria---survey.html At a presentation of the events planned for BNB’s 130th anniversary, Iskrov said that many countries could only dream of the current state of the Bulgarian financial system. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/139-no-worries-about-financial-system,-bulgaria-c-banker-says.html "For countries in the EU, euro-isation offers the largest benefits in terms of resolving the foreign currency debt overhang [accumulation], removing uncertainty and restoring confidence. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/137-ft:-imf-report-urges-bulgaria-&-other-east-european-countries-to-adopt-the-euro.html The aim is the experts from JASPERS to provide consultations for the preparation of projects, which to comply with the requirements for financing from the EU funds. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/136-jaspers-opens-doors-in-bulgaria.html The union “Bulgarian center for nanotechnology” EAD will be financed with 50 million leva. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/135-bulgaria-establishes-a-center-for-nanotechnologies.html The only construction that was put on hold is the one replacing the ex-factory “Petar Karaminchev”.The construction of the envisioned mall “Gallery” was put on hold for an undisclosed period of time. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/131-rousse-with-four-new-malls-against-the-crisis.html The tourism revenues in 5 years are expected to reach nearly 8 billion euro. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/130-bulgaria-changes-image-by-developing-golf-&-spa-tourism.html Capital increased by 3.9 per cent month-on-month to 8.5 billion leva. Annual growth was 32.6 per cent. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/129-bulgarian-banks-capital-up,-profit-tumbles-45%-in-february.html Last Saturday left activists cemented on their own a dangerous hole in the region of the National palace of culture. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/128-the-holes-on-the-roads-�-sofia�s-new-tourist-attraction.html At the moment, Bulgarians are wary to purchase on the spot and prefer to see the project in progress. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/127-the-estate-sector-in-bulgaria:-a-market-of-buyers-and-construction-leaders.html The vice-prime minister Ivailo Kalfin introduced the ABA proposal as one of the needed measures to help the tourism sector. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/125-flight-companies-expect-government-aid.html Some of them would be significantly smaller than the 13 000 sq m store in Bourgas, Antoine said, giving the example of Pleven, where the floor area will be 2000 sq m. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/124-sofia-carrefour-to-open-in-february-2010.html The removal of the paid visa for the Serbian tourists will cost the state around 4 million euro, and for the Macedonians – around 3 million euro. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/123-macedonians-&-serbians-with-free-tourist-visa-for-bulgaria.html The agriculture is on the threshold of an economic collapse. This warned the Association of the agricultural producers in Bulgaria. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/121-bulgarian-agriculture-on-the-threshold-of-an-economic-collapse.html The signing of the contract for “South stream” will take place by the end of April in Plovdiv, in the presence of the presidents of all countries related to the pipeline project. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/120-the-contract-for-�south-stream�---signed-in-plovdiv.html Except for the industry where the decrease is continuing, in all other sectors – construction, retail trade, mark relatively good grades of the business climate. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/119-bulgarian-business-climate-improves.html Some days ago two farmers from the village of Zhivkovo received a 10 000 euro bonus for extra potato yield – 1200 tones from 500 decares, which is with 600 tones more than the initially negotiated. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/118-10-million-euro-to-be-invested-in-bulgarian-potato-production.html The conversion order in Bulgaria is for public buses operated by Sofia Public Transport Company. The conversion project, which recently commenced, is expected to be completed over a two-year period. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/116-omnitek-engineering-with-conversion-projects-in-bulgaria-&-turkey.html A new web portal gives entrepreneurs easy access to information on doing business in other European Union member states. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/115-eu-launches-website-to-make-cross-border-business-easier.html http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/114-small-banks-oust-large-ones-as-bulgaria's-top-corporate-lenders.html http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/113-germany-will-continue-to-be-the-biggest-investor-in-bulgaria.html Brussels froze the payments of over 1 billion euro for the Bulgarian roads because of irregularities in the road fund caused by its former’s leadership. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/112-bulgarian-constructors:-"brussels,-stop-the-check-ups.-business-is-dying".html Only companies with big projects can apply for direct funding from the bank. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/110-ebrd-to-grant-100-million-euro-for-big-projects-in-bulgaria.html The offering of office spaces in Sofia is overall big. However, most of the places are concentrated in the city’s suburbs. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/109-20-million-euro-business-center-to-built-in-sofia.html Sofia planned to sign three loan agreements with EIB fo fund some of the biggest planned infrastructure projects in the city, Gerdjikov said. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/107-sofia-city-hall-in-talks-to-borrow-290m-euro.html The government believes that through the loan the stability of the local economy on the background of the global economic crisis will increase. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/106-bulgaria-to-save-its-economy-through-a-loan.html The leading clue for the current price on the rent market is the saturation. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/105-higher-rent-for-housing-is-unthinkable-at-the-moment.html The expectations of a big potential of the gas field near the Pleven village Devenci were confirmed. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/104-the-gas-field-near-devenci---with-a-big-potential.html TC said that CRC's decision was not decisive enough and not in the best interests of Bulgarian consumers, leaving the most drastic reduction until the very last stage. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/103-btc-wants-quicker-cut-of-mobile-call-fees.html The survey estimated that the 26.6 per cent rise in the social security rate from January 1 will cost companies 545 million leva this year, or 0.8 per cent of the projected gross domestic product... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/102-social-security-burden-forces-firms-to-cut-jobs.html The Cabinet would not loosen the purse strings and still intends to combat the crisis with increased public spending... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/100-lower-social-security-contributions-won't-help-the-economy,-ruling-coalition-mps-say.html Bulgaria's economy grew by a real six per cent in 2008 and most analysts have so far predicted a modest growth in 2009. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/99-imf:-bulgaria�s-economy-to-grow-by-1%-in-2009.html The eighth edition of the forum “Careers” takes place in the National palace of culture in Sofia... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/98-eighth-edition-of-the-�careers�-forum-begins.html Rouvroy spoke to the French newspaper about the company’s recovery plan... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/97-french-belvedere-to-unload-bulgarian-assets.html The cost of the project will be estimated once the configuration has been agreed with the turbine supplier... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/96-cez-to-build-new-gas-unit-at-varna-power-plant.html At the same time, Bulgarians tried to increase savings at the expense of a more drastic cut in expenses, NSI statistics revealed... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/95-bulgarian-households-tighten-their-belts-again.html The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) would invest 250 million euro in projects in Bulgaria in 2009... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/94-ebrd-earmarks-250m-euro-for-investment-bulgaria-in-2009.html The firm will make redundant 719 sailors, out of the 2700 it employs, in a bid to streamline costs... http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/93-bulgarian-shipping-co-navibulgar-to-axe-26%-of-sailing-workforce.html Construction of the facility is scheduled to begin at the end of 2009, with more than 400 permanent jobs being created in the local economy... from sofiaecho.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/91-18-million-leva-invested-in-a-snack-food-factory-in-ihtiman.html This was made possible after the Commisson for regulation of communication took heed of the recommendations of the European commission... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/90-gsm-calls---cheaper-after-july-1st.html The national road agency announced that yesterday a project for the construction of the project “Remote southern road encircling Sofia”... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/89-shareholder-in-�super-borovets�-wants-concession-for-a-highway.html For the first time, high ranking managers and specialists on human resource from foreign and Bulgarian... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/88-the-business-in-ruse-updated-itself-to-the-standards-of-international-human-resource-specialists.html In recent years, when cash for emerging markets was there for the asking... from sofiaecho.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/86-taking-care-of-business.html Over 100 representatives of the Bulgarian business showed interest in the forum... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/85-hong-kong-buys-bulgarian-wines.html The projects can be realized through a public-private partnership, in which the Luxembourg company will be a majority owner... from bulgarian.ibox.bg http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/83-plovdiv-could-attract-a-20-million-euro-project.html For February inflation is 0,1%. The yearly inflation in February compared to the same month last year is 6%... from bulgarian.ibox.bg http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/82-industry-watch:-the-increase-of-prices-in-bulgaria-will-be-higher-than-in-the-rest-of-the-eu.html The IMF has warned that it needs more resources if it is to lend to countries ravaged by the financial crisis.. from news.bbc.co.uk http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/81-eu-backs-call-to-double-imf-funds.html The solar facility is the biggest of its kind not only in Bulgaria but in Southeast Europe... from bulgarian.ibox.bg http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/80-biggest-solar-energy-plant-in-se-europe-opens-in-bulgaria.html The world financial crisis will not stop the investment programmes of Israeli companies in Bulgaria... from bulgarian.ibox.bg http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/79-israeli-firms-invested-in-bulgaria-1-billion-euro-in-2-years.html Most investors aim at projects that are currently being built or developed rural resorts that are not burdened by bank credits.... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/78-russian-investors-buy-many-bulgarian-seaside-hotels.html The Day of Bulgaria, traditionally organized by the National agency for informational technologies (DAITS) at one of... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/77-day-of-the-bulgarian-ict-industry-at-cebit-2009.html The figure was 8.3 per cent year-on-year lower in December compared to an annual 8.8 per cent in November... from sofiaecho.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/76-bulgaria's-industrial-output-retreats-almost-four-years.html More and more Bulgarian firms are giving up the national currency, lev and switching over to euro crediting... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/75-bulgaria�s-business-switches-to-euro.html The estate properties of the Bulgarian Telecommunication Company (BTK) are worth over a billion leva... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/73-over-a-billion-for-the-btk-estates.html After three weeks on top of the list the Belogradchik Rocks have yielded the first place to the Serbian natural wonder... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/72-a-poster-of-belogradchik-rocks-in-the-european-parliament.html Property agents hunt for owners on the brink of bankruptcy... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/71-russians-buy-bulgarian-hotels-by-the-kilo.html Eurotunnel recorded a profit for the first time in 2007 after successfully restructuring its huge debts.... from news.bbc.co.uk http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/70-eurotunnel-to-pay-first-dividend.html Slavka Bozukova, Editor-in-Chief of the Standart... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/69-france-first-embraced-you-are-not-alone.html Manufacturing activity in the eurozone fell to its lowest level in 12 years in February, according to new figures... from news.bbc.co.uk http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/68-euro-manufacturing-'slides-again'.html The most important results of my visit in India was the signing of the two treaties... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/67-the-indian-market-is-opening-up-for-bulgarian-companies.html A Bulgarian company in the doormaking business... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/66-a-bulgarian-company-presents-the-door-of-the-future-in-hanover.html Two expensive projects for yacht ports and hotel complexes in Sozopol... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/65-two-yacht-projects-worth-58-million-euro---postponed.html Over 350 Bulgarian and foreign representatives participated in the conference... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/64-the-international-tourism-expo-�holiday-spa-expo-2009.html The company will maintain the line Sofia - Kiev, Sofia - Tunisia and Sofia - Basel... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/63-wizz-air-to-become-a-national-air-transporter.html This was announced in Plovdiv by the minister of transport Petar Mutafchiev... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/62-the-third-ferry-boat-line-to-bulgaria-starts-within-a-week.html The central will be fixed on the roof of the former furniture factory “Petar Abadzhiev” in Pazardzhik... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/60-a-solar-power-plant-in-pazardzhik-for-1-million-leva.html It is safe to say that the European economy won't be roaring out of recession as a result of an injection of new money from the European Union... from bbc.co.uk http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/59-mark-mardell's-euroblog.html The chain stores for various technics and IT “Technopolis” began construction of a new branch... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/58-�technopolis�-in-veliko-tarnovo.html Several dozens of terrains with a price of over 1 million euro are offered in the districts at the foot of the Vitosha mountain... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/57-expensive-terrains-at-the-foot-of-the-vitosha-mountain.html The financial security in Central and Eastern Europe was among the most topical issues last week... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/56-bulgaria�s-currency-board-is-financially-secured.html The changes of the Law for tourism and the effects of the economical crisis on the sector have been discussed since last year.. from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/55-the-tourism-business-comes-up-with-an-anti-crisis-program.html which means that the airplanes can land in the conditions of a mist with visibility of 200 meters... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/53-airport-�sofia�---already-with-a-3a-category.html The “Regional politics” department of the European Commission gave a positive report for the work of the National agency “Road infrastructure” (NAPI)... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/52-the-ec-sent-a-positive-report-to-the-road-infrastructure-agency.html Bulgaria pursues a correct fiscal policy, but it will be better to reduce the budget expenditures, part of the EC report reads... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/50-brussels:-bulgaria-has-stable-finances.html Government, business and National Bank to draw up economy salvation plan... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/49-triple-alliance-against-crisis.html General Electric has interest in the construction of wind energy parks in Bulgaria.... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/48-general-electric-and-petar-dimitrov-discuss-the-wind-park-in-mirkovo.html Schenker EOOD, part of the group of the international transport and logistics giant DB Schenker, began the construction of a new logistics terminal near Sofia... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/47-a-new-logistics-terminal-will-be-constructed-near-sofia.html For the first month of 2009, the consumer prices went up by 0.8% compared to December 2008, shows data from the National Statistics Institute... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/46-7.1%-is-the-inflation-in-january.html More and more Bulgarian consumers use the advantages of online payment, notes the website ePay.bg... from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/45-online-payment-becomes-increasingly-popular-among-bulgarians.html The industry is declining, export rates slump by 6.8% ... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/44-bulgaria's-economy-collapses.html European economies contracted in the fourth quarter of last year, with some countries registering the worst figures in decades, official data shows. from news.bbc.co.uk http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/43-europe-hit-by-economic-slowdown.html The exploitation of the gas deposit in northern Bulgaria can begin in the middle of 2010 at the earliest... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/42-deventsi-�-bulgaria�s-gas-klondike.html The national currencies of the Central and Eastern European countries are under serious pressure... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/41-bulgarian-lev-�-the-balkans�-strongest-currency.html However firms with poor financial condition are three times more that the ones without problems... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/40-higher-salaries-to-fight-crisis.html EC insists that Bulgaria crashes vote-buying practice... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/39-brussels-estimates-bulgaria's-progress.html A special unit of prosecutors and ministers manage to change Brussels report on Bulgaria... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/38-the-magnificent-seven.html The banks in Bulgaria do not need financial injections, Bulgarian National Bank Governor says http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/37-austrian-banks-ask-bank-aid-for-their-subsidiaries-in-bulgaria.html Japanese spent 1,5 million euro for tuition of Kazanlak citizens to make them able cadres in the tourism branch. from bulgariagazette.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/36-japanese-invested-1,5-million-euro-in-kazanlak.html Two years after Bulgaria was accepted in the EU 77% of the Bulgarians approve of it... from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/35-young-bulgarians-most-satisfied-with-eu-membership.html Vladimir Putin will arrive in Bulgaria in the spring, informed Petar Kanev. from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/34-moscow-pays-off-debt-of-us$38.5-to-bulgaria.html A team of archaeologists presented one of the biggest Thracian rocks complexes for wine producing near the Kardzhali village Yagnevo. from bulgarian.ibox.bg http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/33-thracian-wine-complex-recovered-by-a-team-of-archaeologists.html In 2009 the economy has potential to continue to develop, if it manages to readjust. from bulgarian.ibox.bg http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/32-experts-expect-a-4%-economic-growth-at-most-in-2009.html "Bulgaria expects investments of US$1 billion in two projects of US companies this year. from standartnews.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/31-bulgaria-expects-us$1-billion-us-investments.html First store of IKEA chain open doors in Bulgaria in 2009... from bulgarian.ibox.bg http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/30-ikea-open-first-store-in-bulgaria.html A photovoltaic park with installed power of 1 Mwp was built by the Bulgarian enterprise “InterSol”... from bulgarian.ibox.bg http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/29-biggest-solar-energy-plant-in-se-europe-opens-in-bulgaria.html Lufthansa has achieved the record figure of 400,000 passengers in the Bulgarian market for 2008, the company reported Wednesday. from novinite.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/28-lufthansa-and-swiss-register-record-passengers-in-bulgaria.html Bulgaria's Privatization Agency has selected the law firm "Sabev" and its partners from Evro-Finance Jsc as the appraisers for preparing the... from novinite.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/27-appraiser-picked-for-privatization-of-bulgaria's-cigarette-monopoly-bulgartabac.html The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded Thursday to the Bulgarian State Agency for Information and Communication Technology... from novinite.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/26-us-grant-to-support-bulgaria's-technology-development.html Orchid Developments, a real estate developer operating in Bulgaria, will invest a total 50 million euro to build... propertywisebulgaria.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/25-orchid-developments-to-pour-50m-euro-in-varna-residential-project.html Sofia's future Simeonovo River Park residential development will cost about 100 million euro to build, Ivo Koloushev, director of Bulgarian developer Litos, told SeeNews newswire. http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/24-simeonovo-river-park-to-cost-100m-euro.html Martinsa-Fadesa SA, the largest Spanish developer with a residential project in Sofia, has sought bankruptcy protection, Bloomberg agency reported as quoted by website investor.bg http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/23-spanish-developer-with-project-in-sofia-files-for-bankruptcy-protection.html Tulip Foundation organises a discussion entitled “Positive thinking and realistic expectations for civil organisations in Bulgaria in times of global economical crisis”... tulipfoundation.net http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/22-discussion-�positive-thinking-and-realistic-expectations-for-civil-organisations-in-bulgaria-in-times-of-global-economical-crisis�,-sofia,-17-february-2009.html Electra Bulgaria, the Bulgarian arm of Israeli investment company Electra Group, will invest 300 million euro in a residential project near the Black Sea... propertywisebulgaria.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/21-300m-euro-gated-community-to-rise-near-varna.html Bulgarian Black Sea airports of Bourgas and Varna will boast new passenger terminals in 2011... propertywisebulgaria.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/20-bulgaria's-black-sea-airports-to-have-new-terminals-in-2011.html By Jonathan Amos Science reporter, BBC News, The Hague... news.bbc.co.uk http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/19-europe's-10bn-euro-space-vision.html The infrastructure unit of international financial group Morgan Stanley is screening opportunities for investment in infrastructure projects in Bulgaria...propertywisebulgaria.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/18-morgan-stanley-looks-into-bulgarian-infrastructure-projects.html Sparkassen Immobilien, the real estate arm of Austria’s Erste Bank, plans to invest up to 300 million euro in Bulgaria over the next two to three years... propertywisebulgaria.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/17-sparkassen-plans-300m-euro-in-new-investments-in-bulgaria.html Porsche has become the latest car manufacturer to cut back worker hours amid falling global demand... news.bbc.co.uk http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/16-porsche-scales-back-worker-hours.html As publishers reel from the recession and a plunge in advertising, the Reader’s Digest Association said Thursday that it would lay off close to 300 people, about 8 percent of... cnn.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/15-at-reader�s-digest,-layoffs-are-part-of-�recession-plan�.html SAN FRANCISCO — In December, Amazon.com said it was having its “best ever” holiday season. On Thursday, it offered proof... cnn.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/14-profit-rises-at-amazon-as-shoppers-seek-deals.html YouTube and the William Morris Agency, the Hollywood talent agency, are close to signing a deal that would place the company’s clients in made-for-the-Web productions... - nytimes.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/13-youtube-close-to-video-deal-for-pro-talent.html LONDON — Britain joined other governments bailing out their auto industries by announcing a $3.2 billion aid package on Tuesday... - nytimes.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/12-britain-offers-$3.2-billion-in-aid-to-its-carmakers.html The world's stock markets moved into positive territory Wednesday despite an International Monetary Fund report which said the global economy was heading for its worst year since World War II.cnn.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/11-imf-predicts-worst-year-for-economy-since-wwii.html DAVOS, Switzerland (CNN) -- The head of the World Economic Forum has urged delegates to respond to the global economic crisis by shaping a "new world"... - Source: cnn.com http://www.diterambconsult.com/en/news/10-davos-delegates-gather-to-'shape-new-world'.html