Popular Bulgarian brands of yoghurt, yellow cheese, lyutenitsa, cheese etc. will receive European protection within 2 – 3 months. Legislative changes will be voted then for trademarks and geographical indications, so the national protection of the products will drop. Those amendments were actually due 9 years ago, in order for those foods to enter a European register, keeping their original Bulgarian names. As the authorities in charge didn’t inform the Bulgarian producers for the criteria of the European register, now the state had urgent negotiations with Brussels for keeping the rights for producing Bulgarian foods. Entities from other EU member-states will have to mark their production with a label, pointing at the Bulgarian origin.
The German company Kayser Automotive will invest in a production facility for components such as piping systems, valves and tank parts in Pleven, Bulgarian Property Developments (BPD) said. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. The factory..
Retail fuel prices in Bulgaria rose by an average of 10 cents for diesel and 4 cents for petrol last month . "The prices are fully justified. They are related to what is happening on the international oil markets," said Svetoslav Benchev of the..
Bulgaria's public external debt at the end of 2023 was €10.888 billion, an increase of 22.7 per cent, or more than €2 billion, compared with the end of 2022. This is 11.6 per cent of GDP, the Bulgarian National Bank said. In December 2023, Bulgaria's..
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) forecasts an acceleration in Bulgaria's economic growth from 1.8% in 2023 to 2.5% in..
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