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Agricultural export grows

Dec 18 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

THE positive part of the trade balance in agriculture in 2002 was twice as big as in the previous year, according to the annual report on the condition and development of agriculture.

Reading Room - 'Counting the bodies'

Dec 11 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

This year's campaign against domestic violence was directed to getting new legislation out of limbo and into action. Meanwhile, the scale of the problem remains hard to assess because victims are scared to speak out.

Deal on Budget

Dec 11 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

THE Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) achieved victory in its dispute with Finance Minister Milen Velchev about Budget 2004.

Changes to foreign investment law

Dec 04 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

PARLIAMENT last week approved changes to the Foreign Investment Act.

Controversy over BDZ modernisation

Dec 04 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

A HIGH-SPEED train service is to be set up next year to take passengers from one end of the country to the other within four hours.

Reading Room - Going against the grain

Dec 04 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

What lies behind the Grain Saga that has sown such discord in Bulgaria in recent weeks?

Reading Room - How safe are you in Sofia?

Reading Room - How safe are you in Sofia?

Nov 27 2003 13:00 CET by Alexandra Alexandrova, Christina Dimitrova, Elena

In the wake of terrorist attacks elsewhere, security has been stepped up at embassies and other potential targets in Bulgaria. How safe is it here? Are the alarmist media reports justified? And what is the impact on life and business in Sofia? ALEXANDRA ALEXANDROVA, CHRISTINA DIMITROVA, ELENA KODINOVA and VELINA NACHEVA sought answers.

IMF, Govt agree on Budget

IMF, Govt agree on Budget

Nov 27 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

AT the close of its mission to Bulgaria, the International Monetary Fund managed to reach agreement with the Government on Budget 2004, IMF mission leader Gerald Schiff said at a joint news conference with the Cabinet.

Unions challenge the budget

Nov 20 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

THE Confederation of the Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) and Podkrepa Confederation will challenge Budget 2004 at the Council of Europe if it contains proposed new conditions for sick leave.

IMF's message on surplus

IMF's message on surplus

Nov 20 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

THE head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission for Bulgaria, Gerald Schiff, has advised the Government to save a greater part of the surplus of 900 million leva, accumulated so far in this year's budget.

Grain saga goes on

Nov 20 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

BREAD prices have climbed in spite of the state reserve releasing onto the market a further 100 000 tons of grain.

Purvanov talks business in Slovakia

Nov 20 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

THE presidents of Bulgaria and Slovakia, Georgi Purvanov and Rudolf Schuster, hope that activities bringing together business people from the two countries will develop further.

Domestic debt grows at the expense of external

Nov 13 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

THE domestic debt will continue to rise gradually over the next year and is expected to reach 20 per cent of the country's state debt by the end of 2004, Bulgarian Deputy Finance Minister Krassimir Katev told representatives of the Bulgarian Dealers Association at a meeting last week. The planned increase will be carried out at the expense of foreign debt reduction. Bulgaria will not launch government bond issues on foreign markets in 2004, according to the finance ministry's debt management strategy. Total

IMF inspects Budget 2004

Nov 13 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission leader for Bulgaria, Jerald Schiff has advised the Bulgarian Government to set aside part of the consolidated budget surplus registered in the first half of 2003.

Excises and your pocket

Nov 06 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

CONSUMERS will absorb the impact caused by the increase in the excise on fuel recently announced by the Government.

Budget shifts the balance

Nov 06 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

THE Budget 2004 Bill envisages further financial decentralisation for municipalities, Deputy Finance Minister Kiril Ananiev said in an interview with Bulgarian news agency BTA.

PA launches electricity sale

Oct 30 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

THE Privatisation Agency (PA) has opened the procedure for the sale of 67 per cent of the shares in the electricity distribution companies (EDCs), executive director Iliya Vassilev announced.

Funds boost for BDZ

Oct 30 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

AN additional 14 million leva is to be given from the national budget to Bulgaria's national railways, BDZ, to cover the shortfall caused by allowing some passengers to travel at reduced fares.

Cabinet cuts profit tax

Oct 30 2003 13:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

A GOVERNMENT-APPROVED draft budget for next year cuts the profit tax from 23.5 per cent to 19.5 per cent.

New rules for energy sale

Oct 23 2003 14:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

The current moment in Bulgaria is exceedingly inappropriate for the sale of electricity distribution companies (EDCs) to private entities, said David Bowles, director of the British research centre of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), quoted by Pari daily.

Cosmetic firms' ugly row

Oct 16 2003 14:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

RUBELLA and Aroma cosmetic companies are continuing their fight in and out of court after Plovdiv Regional Court imposed a ban on the use of Astera and another 31 toothpaste and hair dye trademarks owned by Astera Holding, owner of the Aroma Perfumery Company.

DSK reports net profit

Oct 16 2003 14:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

DSK Bank reported a net profit of 36.4 million leva for the first nine months of the year. Its pre-tax profit was 47.5 million leva.

Controversy on tax policy

Oct 02 2003 15:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

MEMBERS of the National Council on Tax Policy (NCTP) and Deputy Finance Minister Stamen Tassev have agreed to discuss the Council's suggested amendments to tax legislation, the Finance Ministry has announced.

New strategy for Bulgartabac

Sep 25 2003 15:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

PRIME Minister Simeon Saxe Coburg has suspended the privatisation of Bulgaria's tobacco giant, Bulgartabac Holding, until the deal on the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) is finalised, the Mediapool news e-zine has reported.

Duty-free drama drags on

Sep 18 2003 15:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

THE Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) fell deeper into dispute with the Finance Ministry last week, again questioning its restrictive fiscal policy.

MPs reject Transplant Bill veto

Sep 18 2003 15:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

PARLIAMENT has rejected the presidential veto on the amended Cells, Tissues and Organs Transplantation Act by a majority of 154 votes.

Purvanov's Asian expedition

Sep 18 2003 15:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

PRESIDENT Georgi Purvanov this week completed a week-long South-east Asian tour that took him to the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Singapore and the Maldives.

Question mark over MG

Sep 11 2003 15:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

MG Corporation does not service its liabilities in time, and the holding is in crisis, said Pavel Naidenov, father of the late MG Corporation president and founder Iliya Pavlov, who was murdered on March 7.

Street Talk - Metering the changes

Street Talk - Metering the changes

Sep 11 2003 15:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

YORDANKA Yordanova has had a driving licence since 1979. She passed the driving test the first time she took it.

Fighting the sex trade

Fighting the sex trade

Sep 04 2003 15:00 CET by Elena Kodinova

LAST year Bryan Jenkins, an active detective chief inspector with the Welsh branch of the National Crime Squad, spent nine months tracking a Bulgarian mobster who trafficked at least 10 women into Britain.

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