Mon, May 21 2012
The US will invest $200 million ( 136.14 million euro) in Bulgarian municipalities where US military bases will be located.
One quarter of the sum, $50 million ( 34 million euro), would be accounted for NATO projects, American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria's edition Intellinews said.
The other part of the money will be used for infrastructure modernisation, such as road repair and communication, water management and electricity installation projects.
In November 2007, Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov said that the total value of offset investment deals would be 158 million euro. "These are agreed under procurement contracts for modernisation of the army, aimed at promoting export opportunities and development of hi-tech industries," Intellinews said.
Contractors will design and construct buildings and roads as well as maintain and renovate existing projects
The funding is provided under the foreign military sales programme of the US army's Program Executive Office of Simulation, Training and Instrumentation.
The UK nationals were arrested after throwing beer bottles at people after being refused entry to a restaurant that had closed for the night.
Restoration and development projects include Madara Horseman, Arbanassi fortress, Magura cave.
Simeon Saxe-Coburg and his spouse Margarita opened a new heating and insulation system at the Tsar Ferdinand Hospital for Pulmonary Diseases in Iskrets, a project implemented thanks to the Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Sofia and the Nando Peretti Foundation.
According to the law's provisions, the commission will have the power to investigate individuals without prior notification and would not require a criminal conviction in order to launch an investigation.