Sun, Nov 22 2009
Photo: Nadezhda Chipeva
Belgian people invest not only their money in Bulgaria; people-to-people contacts are also building bridges, ambassador Marc Michielsen explains in an interview with The Sofia Echo
Company rejects reports that it is contemplating withdrawing from the Eastern European market.
Anheuser-Busch InBev was considering the sale of its operations in Central and Eastern Europe, Belgian newspaper Le Soir reported on June 13.
The global economic crisis has had an impact on consumer behaviour in Bulgaria, but there were no major changes yet, one survey showed
Bulgarian breweries have started making a mark on the international scene with beer exports rising in Romania, Macedonia, Spain, Portugal, the US and Hungary, Vladimir Ivanov, president of the Union of Brewers in Bulgaria (UBB), told Bulgarian National Radio. To back his statement UBB's data showed that beer production and exports have increased significantly in the past 12 months, ending this
Strong public opposition to price hikes prompted Prime Minister Boiko Borissov to axe the Finance Ministry proposal to increase the excise duty on spirits, but MPs have put it back on the agenda.
Bulgaria’s Cabinet seeks to reverse recent changes in the telecommunications sector
Kremikovtzi’s prospects for a recovery plan appear increasingly distant
Bulgarians are getting the hang of debit and credit cards, MasterCard says
The two telecoms, both set up to challenge former fixed-line state monopoly BTC, will merge operations and expect to report 20 million euro in revenue and a gross profit of five million euro in 2010.