Sat, Nov 21 2009

The exact number of people sacked from duty out of the 600 who refused to go to work on Monday is undisclosed, although reports claim that as of June 3 at least four people were told they were surplus to requirements.
Since June 29 the entire workforce has gone on strike because they haven't been paid for the past two months.
Rousse Shipyards released its entire workforce in April 2009 on a 10-day unpaid leave.
Svishtov port, which serves most of northern, central and even southern Bulgaria, looks set to expand its capacity as interest from Macedonia and Kosovo.
Project is set to cost 30 million euro and the new pipeline will have an annual capacity of 1.5 billion cubic metres of gas.
Archaeologists had called police after discovering randomly dug pits by treasure-hunters at the fortress site.
Developer GTC wants Galeria Rousse to become the largest shopping mall in the town on the Danube River
French ship building firm Armaris, which would construct two Gowind corvettes for Bulgarian navy, applied for the privatisation of Defence Ministry's Terem - KRZ Naval Arsenal shipyard in Varna, French ambassador to Bulgaria Etienne de Poncins said on July 14. Bulgarian news agency BTA quoted de Poncins as saying that Armaris wanted to construct a ship repairs centre at Terem - KRZ Naval Arsenal.
Romanian shipyard Daewoo Mangalia was urgently seeking shipbuilding experts from several countries, including Bulgaria, in order to be able to complete orders for a total of more than $1 billion (511.5 million euro), Rompress news agency was quoted as saying by Bulgarian daily newspaper Dnevnik. By the end of 2008, the company would need 2000 newly recruited specialists to add to the 1000, which were directly or indirectly related to its operation.
Strong public opposition to price hikes prompted Prime Minister Boiko Borissov to axe the Finance Ministry proposal to increase the excise duty on spirits, but MPs have put it back on the agenda.
Bulgaria’s Cabinet seeks to reverse recent changes in the telecommunications sector
Kremikovtzi’s prospects for a recovery plan appear increasingly distant
Bulgarians are getting the hang of debit and credit cards, MasterCard says
The two telecoms, both set up to challenge former fixed-line state monopoly BTC, will merge operations and expect to report 20 million euro in revenue and a gross profit of five million euro in 2010.