Bulgarias Industrial Properties Market Remains Underdeveloped 14/03/2008
Due to the lack of significant supply of contemporary industrial space, the vacancy rate in Sofia remains very low, about three per cent. Rental rates retained the same levels in all markets as in the first six months of 2007. Only in Sofia did secondary rents go up slightly - to four euro a sq m (from 3.5 a sq m in H1 2007), driven by the shortage in the supply of high quality industrial space. more

Razlog Will Boast A 12 Million Leva Sports Hall 28/03/2008
A new sports hall, seating 3 500 people, will be built in Pazlog, Dnevnik daily reported on March 27. The municipality has already prepared the project and, according to preliminary calculations, investment will come to 12 million leva, half of which will be sought under international financing schemes.   Construction of the multi-purpose facility, accommodating competitions from different sports disciplines, could start before the end of the year. However, it is not yet clear whether the hall will be built on the site of an existing building or elsewhere. more

Bulgaria Ranks 68th In It Technologies Usage 14/04/2008
Bulgaria ranks 68th in network development, according to a new report announced by the World economic forum in Geneva, informed technews.bg. The study, which is published for a seventh successive year, encompasses a record number of countries – 127. It became the most prestigious international source of information about the influence of the information technologies on the development processes and the competitiveness of the national economies. Denmark is the most developed country in terms of network, followed by Sweden and Switzerland. Among the first 10 countries are also South Korea (9th place) and USA (3rd place), which have the highest growth climbing up respectively with 10 and 3 positions compared to last year. The consistent efforts and the vision of the governments for the... more