Bulgaria

  • Nov 8, 2007
  • 6 min read

BULGARIA: Local GERB success poses no threat as yet

A second round of local elections was held on November 4. The local elections confirmed the new...

Bulgaria
  • Nov 6, 2007
  • 2 min read

BULGARIA: Teachers give up pay dispute

Schools reopened yesterday after striking teachers unwillingly accepted that their six-week pay...

Bulgaria
  • Nov 5, 2007
  • 1 min read

BULGARIA: Socialists and new party share mayoralties

Sofia Mayor Boyko Borisov called yesterday for fresh parliamentary elections on the strength of...

Bulgaria
  • Oct 31, 2007
  • 8 min read

BALKANS/CIS: Russian FDI inflow belies its potential

In 2006, FDI flowed fastest into South-eastern Europe and the CIS, inflows that are expected to...

Balkans
  • Oct 31, 2007
  • 2 min read

UNITED KINGDOM: Restrictions may harm economy

The government yesterday confirmed that restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian workers will stay...

United Kingdom
  • Oct 29, 2007
  • 2 min read

BULGARIA: Local elections show voter dissatisfaction

The Socialist party (BSP), the biggest party in a tripartite government coalition, emerged as the...

Bulgaria
  • Oct 26, 2007
  • 2 min read

EUROPE: Strikes cannot prevent eventual labour reforms

Italian public sector employees, including health workers, waste collectors and fire-fighters,...

  • Oct 24, 2007
  • 7 min read

BULGARIA: Reform is best defence from market turmoil

A widening risk premium may prompt those investing in countries with large external imbalances,...

Bulgaria