Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Biggest technology expo Sofia Startup Expo 2018 takes place in Sofia

БНР Новини
Photo: BGNES

“Procedures for over 150 million euro aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship in Bulgaria are on the agenda”, said Alexander Manolev, Deputy Minister of Economy at the conference “Perspectives for startup companies in Bulgaria”, which took place in Sofia. The forum was part of Sofia Startup Expo 2018, held in the Bulgarian capital on March 13 and 14, the biggest technology exposition in

Bulgaria, bringing together the most innovative startups, along with executives from some of the top corporations, government agencies, investors, venture capital funds and technology companies from all over the world.

“Some of the things going on in the economy go unnoticed and we do not pay them enough attention,” said Alexander Manolev. In his words 82 contracts with startups are currently being implemented under the OP Innovations and Competitiveness. He explained that a 67 million Leva programme of support to entrepreneurship will be launched in the spring of this year. Manolev says that there is a startup community in Bulgaria, a developing startup ecosystem, demonstrated by the fact that last year Bulgaria hosted the European Startup Awards.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

The lack of political direction and priorities empowers the administration

“Civil servant is not a dirty word” – with these words, civil servants organized a protest in front of the Council of Ministers building at the beginning of April. The reason was the fact that salaries in public administration had dramatically fallen..

updated on 6/12/24 12:15 PM
Facebook /Faculty of Law of Sofia University

The language of European law is the basis of the oldest specialized master's program in Bulgaria

In the midst of this year's student candidate campaign, the question what the most desired major at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski” would be, sounds like a rhetorical one. In the past four years, the undisputed number one..

published on 6/11/24 1:08 PM

Bulgaria has voted! Where are we heading to now?

Election fatigue, extremely low voter turnout (just over 30%), more young people at the polls and a fragile, barely perceptible hope for stability and political normality. This is how we can describe the past election Sunday for..

published on 6/10/24 4:11 PM