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Opportunities are being explored to build a plant for the production and assembly of automotive components for electric vehicles in Bulgaria. Investments are expected to exceed EUR 40 million and the number of new jobs created to reach 800. The project was presented to the Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stojanov by representatives of the management […]

Investments amounting to BGN 70 million are launched in the Industrial Zone — Kostinbrod. This became clear during the visit of the Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stojanov to the zone. So far, private companies have invested over BGN 200 million in the Kostinbrod area and have created hundreds of new jobs. The Minister of Economy visited […]

Foreign direct investments made by French and Italian companies in Bulgaria amount to nearly 4 billion euros. This was announced by the Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stojanov during a joint event organized by the French-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Confindustria Bulgaria. In his words, this value is a clear sign of […]

The caretaker cabinet has reversed the rate of inflation, despite the record high levels we saw in early August last year. This was announced by the Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stojanov during the government report today. He added that in October 2022, for the first time in the last 18 months, a decline in inflation […]

A Japanese-Bulgarian R&D Centre, which will be set up, is planned to develop new dairy and other products containing the bacterium Lactobacillus bulgaricus. This was discussed at a meeting between the Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stojanov and H.E. Hiroshi Narahira, Ambassador of Japan in Bulgaria, and representatives of the Meiji company, who are […]

Fuel prices in Bulgaria have fallen by about 20% in the last 5 months. This was announced by the Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stojanov in the studio of the Nova TV morning block. He presented data comparing fuel prices in several European countries for the period from August 2022 to date. It shows […]

Bulgaria and Saudi Arabia will sign an Agreement for the Promotion and Mutual Protection of Investments. This became clear during a meeting between the Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stojanov and the Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Falih. Minister Stojanov handed his Saudi counterpart the draft agreement, prepared by the Bulgarian side, […]

A joint project with the state-owned LB Bulgaricum is being prepared and the finished product will be exported to the Gulf as a priority. Saudi Arabia is interested in a joint investment in the construction of a dairy farm in Bulgaria, with the potential for it to become the largest in the country and the […]

More than ⅓ of all Saudi investments in the country were made in 2021 A Memorandum of Understanding is being prepared between the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy and Industry and the Saudi Ministry of Economy and Planning. This was discussed at a meeting between Bulgarian Ministers Nikola Stojanov and Alexander Pulev and Saudi Arabian Minister […]

The experience of Bulgarian companies and the achievements of our mining industry were presented by the Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stojanov during the international conference ‘Future Minerals Forum’. This is one of the most significant economic events in the Middle East and is expected to be the largest global forum in the mining […]