Tender Procedure For Npp “belene” Purification Plants Starts In 2 Months 26/04/2008
In two months the mayor of Svishtov (Bulgaria) Stanislav Blagov should announce a public tender for the design and construction of purification plants, informed citybuild.bg. The water supply and sewerage networks will also be changed. This was decided by the municipal councilors in Svishtov. They have also adopted the Detailed structural plan for regulation and construction on the “Belene” Nuclear Power Plant field. Several conditions have been given for compensation of the population since part of the plant's field falls into the territory of Svishtov. Among the demands are: sharing of the tax revenues on an equal basis with Svishtov municipality, complete reconstruction of several roads, state funding for a potable water purification plant. The plan demands also a storage for... more

World Bank Floats 109 M Eur Loan To Local Municipalities 18/03/2008
The board of the directors of World Bank took a decision to float a loan to Bulgaria for the development of the municipality infrastructure on the amount of 109 million EUR. The loan will be approved in May and local municipalities could use the sources from June. Two main components in spending per 52 million EUR will be used for energy-savings in Water Supplies in the cities of Dobrich, Razgrad, Stara Zagora, Sliven, Turgovishte and Smoliyan. Part of the money will be given for repairs of the dams ‘Luda Yana', ‘Studena', ‘Nejkovtsi' and ‘Plovdivtsi' and for building of purification stations for drinking water. The money will be used for the whole improvement of the water sector in Stara Zagora . more

Bulgaria Has The Highest Budget Surplus 12/05/2008
The money of the budget surplus should be somehow returned to the tax payers. That claims Georgy Angelov, economist of the ‘Open Society' foundation. Since the beginning of the year to the moment the surplus has raised to 1,660 000 000 BGN (880 million EUR). The data of the Finance Ministry's last report shows this amount is triple than the same period of the last year. ‘Part of the surplus of this overfulfilment of the budget, could be returned to the tax payers, firms and citizens in the form of lower fees, increasing of the assurance payments, for example. This act will also stimulate the economics - the firms and the workers themselves to invest, to work and to qualify and to receive more money. Actually, big surplus is not necessary, even in nowadays situation of... more

Germany To Boost Its Presence On Bulgarian Construction Market 14/03/2008
German construction firms should focus on the Romanian and Bulgarian building markets, said Helmut Echterhoff, vice-president of the German Construction Industry HDB (Hauptverbandes der Deutschen Bauindustrie) at the 13th International trade fair for building and construction Bautec 2008, held in Berlin. The two new EU members offer good perspectives for 20 to 30 per cent annual growth, particularly creating  excellent entrepreneurial opportunities for medium-sized construction companies, said Echterhoff at the second CEEC (Central and East European countries) enterprise conference, which was held during Bautec 2008 under the aegis of the German Minister of Economics and Technologies Michael Gloss and was organised by the economics and technologies ministry and the Central Union of... more

Securing Your Dream To Live Abroad 30/04/2008
The dream of living abroad is one that is shared by many people – increasing numbers of people in fact, according to the latest statistics and figures from independent sources, banks and governmental think tanks.  But the numbers of people who relocate overseas every year is almost equally matched by the numbers of people who return to the UK having failed to make a go of their new expatriate lifestyle. In this article we’ll look at securing your dream to live abroad by explaining why some expatriates succeed and why some expats fail.  We will be frank and straight with you so that you can ensure that you are likely to survive a move abroad before you make the decision to do so – and if you find that in fact, you are unlikely to like living anywhere other than the UK, at least you’ll... more