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Carrefour In Sofia Sold For To Greek Fund For 200 Million Euro 18/03/2008
French retail giant Carrefour sold its development, which is currently being constructed on Sofia’s Tsarigradsko Chausse Blvd, to Greek fund Assos Capital, for roughly 200 million euro, Alexandros Papageorgiou, the new fund's managing director, said in a statement, as quoted by Kapital weekly. This is the biggest transaction in Bulgaria’s real estate sector since the start of the year and second-biggest re-sale in the segment, topped only by Landmark’s sale for 210 million euro, but ahead of the 180-million deal for Business Park Sofia. Carrefour’s transaction includes the land and the buyer's commitment to invest in the completion of the adjoining commercial centre, which now at its initial building phase. The world’s second-largest retail chain will retain the ownership of... more

Most Roma Leave Voluntarily Illegal Sofia Ghetto Designated For ... - Sofia News Agency 08/05/2008
More than half of the Roma living in the illegally constructed shantytown in the Mladost 4 Quarter of the Bulgarian capital have moved out from the site voluntarily. Thus, they have obeyed the order of the District Mayor Petko Dyulgerov for demolition of the ghetto located on municipal property. "We are going to talk to the remaining Roma who include women and children so that they can find another accommodation", Dyulgerov said before the Bulgarian private Darik Radio. He also announced that the shantytown was visited by the local police in the morning, who warned its remaining inhabitants to leave as soon as possible. Yesterday Dyulgerov threatened that the illegal residents would be evicted with aid from the police unless they left before Wednesday morning. The seven dozens of... more