Business news about Varna, Bulgaria

Varna Airport saw its passenger traffic climb 2.3 per cent on the year to 400 000 in the first half of 2011, the airport’s concessionaire, Fraport Twinstat Airport Management, said on July 13 2011. The highest rise was registered in tourists from Russia, Finland, Norway and Iran, the company’s spokesperson Ivelina Koeva said. The largest [...]

A waste recycling plant, an investment worth about BGN 50 M, was formally opened near the  city of Varna. The recycling factory of Ecoinvest Assets, a consortium, is located in the village of Ezerovo, 10 km east of Varna, and was opened Saturday by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. It has a built-up area of 16 [...]

Ships with length more than 12 meters long fish mainly for turbot and veined rapa whelk in North Black Sea, Yordan Harasimov, a member of Black Sea Sunrise Association, told FOCUS – Varna Radio. Varna’s fishermen sometimes catch also scad, bluefish and red mullet. Fishermen in the northeastern district of Varna rarely fish for sprat, [...]

A regular speedboat service has been set up to carry tourists from the coastal city of Varna to the southern coastal town of Sozopol, where the relics of St. John the Baptist are exhibited. The service will become fully operational as of next month …

Bulgaria’s anti-monopoly watchdog fined a BGN 232,242 Dalkia unit, which runs the heating utility in the coastal city of Varna, for market position abuse. Dalkia Varna has breached Bulgarian laws by attempting to sell its services directly to customers …

Varna Airport will be closed four months for renovation. This will happen after the end of the tourist season -  from the end of October 2011 at the end of February 2012, according to a statement from the company that manages the airport. Airlines have announced that they will redirect flights to Burgas Airport because [...]

The municipal waste treatment plant near the village of Ezerovo, near the Bulgarian port city of Varna, will be given trial-run on April 19 2011, after two years of postponement, Darik Radio reported. The plant was supposed to be complete and ready to use in the summer 2010 but due to “unforeseeable circumstances, such as [...]

The European Commission has agreed to finance the Sofia – Varna (Hemus) motorway and 4 high-speed roads : Ruse- Shumen and Varna – Durankulak, Plovdiv – Rudozem and Dupnitsa – Ihtiman

Com­mis­sion for the Pro­tec­tion of Com­pe­ti­tion (CPC) author­ized the merg­er through acqui­si­tion of joint con­trol of a new­ly estab­lished soci­e­ty – Var­na Fer­ry Ltd. from the Bul­gar­i­an Mar­i­time Ship­ping Com­pa­ny Ltd. and the Bul­gar­i­an Riv­er Ship­ping AD.

The summer schedule of Varna Airport enters into force as of March 27, 2011; the first foreign tourists for the nearby Black Sea resorts are expected to arrive on Monday, March 28.


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