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Opportunities For Bulgarian Property Investment still Exist 07/03/2008
It may have been an international property hotspot for some time but opportunities still exist for savvy investors in the Bulgarian market. According to industry experts a number of high-end projects are being planned in the country, which is expected to attract a new wave of investment. These will be situated in previously underdeveloped areas close to coastal towns, and will be much more sophisticated than many of the cheaper properties that have appealed to investors in the past. "There is a swing now from budget properties to those in better locations, of good build and good management," Brian Conneely of West Properties International told the Financial Times. And Veneta Krasteva, the organiser of Sofia's annual Balkan Real Estate Conference, believes long-term growth is... more

Environmentalists Lodge New Complaint In Brussels Over Natura 2000 14/03/2008
The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) announced it has alerted the European Commission about infringement on the Europe-wide network of protected sites Natura 2000, the organisation said in a statement on February 25 2008. The complaint claims that unique natural habitats in the north-eastern Kaliakra region have been destroyed in the process of building a wind farm. It has been backed by 12 other environmental and civil non-governmental organisations. The environmentalists believe that Kaliakra "is emblematic of how innovations and investment are used to mask criminal encroachment on bio-diversity". The complaint package includes documents, photos and maps showing the damage that the wind farm projects have done to nature. The past few weeks alone have seen the... more