Thu, Feb 09 2012
AUDI SPARE PARTS
Montupet vice president Didier Crozet said the French company would start manufacturing spare car parts for Germany's Audi at its plant in Rousse, Bulgarian-language daily Pari reported. Montupet will produce spare parts Renault and Dacia as well, employing 70 specialist for the production. The first parts have to be ready by December 2007. The approval of the samples by the client will take a few months and mass production will most likely begin in May 2008. Montupet's plant will be the first one to start operating in Industrial Park Rousse. The construction of the production facilities, which will have a total area of 20 000 sq m, is supposed to be completed in June 2007.
PORSCHE CENTRE SOFIA
Investment company Orchid Developments Group Limited sold its daughter company Snowside Limited to Landmark Property Management for 13 million euro, Bulgarian-language Dnes.bg reported. Snowside Limited owns the office building Porsche Centre.
Orchid Developments benefits by about six million euro from the deal. The construction of Porsche Centre, near Sofia Airport, was finished at the end of 2006. The rental area is 8000 sq m, including offices and showrooms. Nova Televisia and the Porsche distributor for Bulgaria are among the key tenants of the place, which has 114 parking spots under and above ground level.
Under the terms of the agreement, Globul will offer the club’s fans in Bulgaria access to exclusive Manchester United news, interviews, special features and other content over its mobile network.
The switch to digital television broadcasting in Bulgaria cannot progress before a transition plan is approved
Bulgarian Government doing its best to drive strategic investors away from BDZ Cargo privatisation
Services at several banks in Bulgaria were disrupted because of the network disruption which lasted several hours on February 6 2012.
Some passengers entitled to rerouting, the Hungarian airline says, announcing a shutdown after 66 years of operations.

Lyubov Kostova was appointed country manager of British Council Bulgaria effective January 1, replacing Tony Buckby, who left in October 2011 to take a similar position at British Council Greece. Kostova has been with British Council Bulgaria for 11 years, as public communications manager and, since 2008, as the head of project and partnerships department. Prior to joining the British Council, Kostova was head of international activities at the National Academy for Theatre and Cinema Arts (NATFIZ). She has a degree in Indian studies from Kliment Ohridski Sofia University.

Stefan Apostolov is the new chief executive of CEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria, the power transmission subsidiary of Czech energy company CEZ in the country. He replaces interim chief executive Ales Damm, who remains the chairperson of the CEZ Razpredelenie management board. Apostolov has 30 years of experience in the energy sector, joining CEZ in 2007 as director of customer service and was later appointed as head of business development. Apostolov has a master's degree in electric systems from the Belorussian National Technical University in Minsc, management diplomas from Open University London and New Bulgarian University, as well as a master's degree in business administration from Plovdiv University.

Alexander Albin has been appointed chief executive of fuel distributor Rompetrol Bulgaria, replacing Nichita Sorin, who left to become chief executive of Rompetrol Gaz in Romania. Albin was previously chief executive of Rompetrol Georgia. He has more than 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry; prior to joining Romania's oil group Rompetrol in 2008 as an adviser, he oversaw operations at Atyrau refinery in Kazakhstan, owned by Rompetrol's parent company KazMunaiGaz. He previously held top management positions at two other leading Kazakh oil and gas companies.

Valentina Dikanska is the new general manager of chemical industry giant BASF subsidiary in Bulgaria, taking over from Herbert Fisch, BASF vice president for Southeastern Europe. Dikanska, who started her career as an expert in the Finance Ministry, joined BASF Bulgaria as director of finance and administration in 2002. She becomes the first Bulgarian to hold the top management position in the company in its 40-year history on the Bulgarian market. Dikanska holds a master's degree in economics from the University for National and World Economy in Sofia.