30.7.2007

The US congress has approved a bill that could allow citizens of some countries, mainly from Eastern Europe, to enter the US without being required to apply for visas in advance. Bulgaria was among the countries listed in the bill, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) reported. The bill included new border security measures, as well as provisions to ease...

30.7.2007

Citizens of the “new” EU member states worked harder than those of the “older” countries in the union, according to research by th European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Citizens of the 12 countries that joined the EU from May 2004 onwards worked an average of 2.5 weeks more than the...

30.7.2007

The Czech Republic, Qatar, Slovakia and Bulgaria made payments to the Benghazi International Fund, Libyan prime minister Baghdadi Mahmudi said. France promised to provide equipment and qualified personnel for a period of five years, for the training of Libyan medics, he said as quoted by Reuters. The fund received 600 million Libyan dinars from...

30.7.2007

Those looking to invest in property need to be aware of the issue of transport at certain times of the year, international property portal propertyshowrooms.com has said. Andy Welland, a spokesperson for the firm, said that while certain destinations in Europe may seem attractive, one of the difficulties is that they have a limited tourist season,...

30.7.2007

Pensions in Bulgaria are to increase by 10 per cent from October 1 2007. The increase resulted from the budget surplus, the Cabinet said after a meeting on July 29 2007. Budget 2008’s macro-economic framework was confirmed, Focus news agency said. According to the framework, incomes should rise by six per cent while inflation will be 3.7 per...

27.7.2007

Two-room apartments top the list of most-sold properties by Address real estate agency for a second consecutive year. Such apartments account for 47 per cent of all transactions. Two-room property buyers fall in two distinct categories – young families who mortgage finance their purchase or people older than 50 years who typically pay...

27.7.2007

The number of mortgages granted in June 2007 exceed that for December 2009, Credit Center reports. This is a new trend on the market, because typically the last month of the year is the most active. According to Address, the boom resulted from the increase in the number of solvent clients and the greater variety of competitive mortgaging...

27.7.2007

Ski, seaside, spa, and eco are the quartet of siren calls that allure Europeans to holiday destinations. Now there is a fifth: across the green comes the call of golf. “Golfers like to play on more than just one golf course," Seven years have passed since the first golf course in Bulgaria, Ihtiman, opened for those willing to have a go...

27.7.2007

THE French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, has met the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, clinching accords on defence and nuclear power a day after helping solve a dispute between Tripoli and the West. Ministers of the two countries signed agreements on a military-industrial partnership, a nuclear energy project and co-operation in science research and...

27.7.2007

Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Economic Area in an agreement signed on July 25 in Brussels, according to an Economy Ministry statement. The EEA agreement facilitates relations between EU member states and a small group of non-EU European countries in the context of the European domestic market. The results of the negotiations mean that...