Greek investments in Bulgaria are up significantly during the first quarter of 2010 on annual basis, cited by the Bulgarian news agency BTA. Greek investors brought to Bulgaria in the first three months of the year EUR 37.5 M compared to the mere EUR 500 000 during the same period last year. According to experts, [...]

Jumbo, the Greek chain of toy hypermarkets, announced plans to open six more stores, including two in Bulgaria, by the end of 2010, six months earlier than initial plans. “Three of the new outlets will be located in Greece, one – in Cyprus and another two in Bulgaria,” Evangelos Vakakis, Managing Director of Jumbo, said. [...]

Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency (API) had ranked as number one the bid of the Greek company Aktor to build Lot 3 of the “Trakiya” highway. Greece’s Aktor placed the lowest price offer of EUR 111.6 M in a tender for the construction of 35.7 kilometers of Bulgaria’s Trakiya highway, that would link the town of [...]

Greek hotel company Ghotels offers to cover the gas expenses of Bulgarian holidaymakers visiting any of its establishments. The offer is valid until June 30, and reservations can be made on its website www.ghotels.gr. The portfolio of the Greek hotel operator features – three-, four-, and five-star hotels in on the Halkidiki Peninsula in Northern [...]

As many as 250 pupils (7 – 17 years old) from about 30 towns in Bulgaria have entered the second competition “Greece through the eyes of children” with a total of 300 works. The painting competition was organized for the second year in a row by the Centre of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture in [...]

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, is arring Tuesday on a two-day visit to Bulgaria. His All Holiness, the first among equals from among the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, will go first to the Black Sea city of Burgas. There he will be welcomed by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and [...]