One of the largest companies in the automotive industry – Behr-Hella Thermocontrol (BHTC) has invested 16.2 million euros to expand its plant in Bulgaria, located in the economic zone of Bozhurishte. Thus, production in the company may double. With the creation of 250 new jobs, the number of employees will exceed 700 people. After expanding the plant, it will be able to produce 150,000 units a week and over 7 million a year. Together with the production base in Bozhurishte, in 2015 the company also opened a development center for the production of panels for the management of car air conditioning systems, and among the major clients are companies like Audi, BMW, Bentley, Daimler, Ford, Renault, Volvo and others.
The Romanian company OMV Petrom, which is part of the Austrian OMV, has taken over as operator of the Han Asparuh perimeter in Bulgaria. OMV Petrom replaced Total Energies as the operator of the Han Asparuh deep water perimeter in Bulgaria, according to..
Bulgaria's GDP per capita, expressed in purchasing power standards (PPS), remains the lowest in the EU, according to preliminary data from Eurostat, the official European statistics agency. In 2023, the purchasing power of European citizens ranges..
The National Assembly voted, at second reading, to give the go-ahead to cooperation with the US for the construction of reactors 7 and 8 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. Parliament greenlights nuclear project with US technology..
The poverty threshold in Bulgaria was BGN 637.92 (EUR 323) per person per month in 2023. This is an increase of 21.3 per cent compared with the previous..
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