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Tsvetan Simeonov, BCCI President had a discussion about the state of the commercial and economic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Bulgaria with Elena Kaloshkina, Commercial Counselor at the Embassy of Belarus in Sofia. It was ascertained that in order to boost the bilateral trade individual companies contacts needed to be developed and various forms of cooperation used – e.g. exhibitions, fairs, business forums, presentations, setting up business development...

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  The President of BCCI Tsvetan Simeonov and members of the Board of Directors of BCCI met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Senegal. Minister Madicke Niang got acquainted with the activity of BCCI, its regional structures and the work of the Arbitration court with the Chamber. He said that he sees opportunities for cooperation both on state level and with chambers of commerce. For this purpose, a joint intergovernmental committee may be established to expand the...

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  On 28 October 2011, the President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tsvetan Simeonov met with the new Head of Commercial and Economic Section in Athens Maria Boyadzhieva, who occupied the position before in the period 2003 – 2006. Ms. Boyadzhieva shared that despite the crisis in our neighbouring country, she expects the interest of Greece companies to import industrial goods from Bulgaria to increase.  During the meeting mutual cooperation with BCCI was...

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On 26 October 2011, the management of BCCI met with the Chairman & CEO, Franco Valletta and the Business Development Director, Chris Grech, of Dhalia Real Estate Services, a leading Maltese real estate services company. The President of BCCI Tsvetan Simeonov and the President of National Real Estate Association and member of the Executive Council of BCCI Ivan Iskrov discussed with the guests the state of the real estate market in Europe. According to Mr. Valletta, the real estate market...

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  The President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tsvetan Simeonov met with the Ambassador of Armenia H.E. Arsen Shoyan and representatives of the Embassy to discuss the idea of establishing a joint Bulgarian – Armenian Business Council. Mr. Simeonov referred to the excellent economic, historical and cultural relations between the two countries and said that BCCI will readily support the initiative. He proposed several options for its realization – registering...

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  The President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tsvetan Simeonov got acquainted with the work of the strategic alliance of Spanish and Bulgarian Companies “Bulgaria 360”, which works to promote bilateral partnership in the process of internationalization and development of business in our country. The President of the Bulgarian-Spanish Business Council with BCCI Dimitar Pampulov also took part in the meeting, which was held on 25 October 2011 at the...

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  On 25 October 2011, the new Head of Commercial and Economic Section of the Embassy of Bulgaria in New Delhi, India Mr. Stefan Yonkov visited BCCI and met with its President Mr. Tsvetan Simeonov. Bilateral commercial and economic relations were discussed. It was explained that Bulgaria purchases basic pharmaceutical substances from India. There are great opportunities to distribute products of the Bulgarian machine-building and military industry in India. Mr. Yonkov emphasized the...

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Tsvetan Simeonov was re-elected as member of the Board of Directors of EUROCHAMBRES for 2012. The President of BCCI Tsvetan Simeonov took part in the Plenary Assembly of the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (EUROCHAMBRES) in Brussels and the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Association. He was re-elected as member of the Board of Directors of EUROCHAMBRES for 2012.  The former President Alessandro Barberis (President of Turin Chamber of...

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  On 26 – 28 October 2011, the Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Senegal Mr. Madike Niang will attend Bulgaria on an official visit. He will be accompanied by Mr. Ngor Ndiaye – Counselor in “Europe, America and Oceania” Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Christian Alain Joseph  Assogba, Second Counselor at the Embassy of Senegal in Rome, El Hadji Malick Camara, Assistant to the Minister and Ndeye Fatu Si...

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On 24 October 2011 in Brussels, the President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tsvetan Simeonov will participate in the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry EUROCHAMBRES, of which BCCI has been a full member since 2006. During the meeting elections for new management of the Association will be held, due to the end of term of the present President and Deputy Presidents. The organization’s new Board of...

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Tsvetan Simeonov: As far as the system of Chambers of commerce is concerned, I would only like to clarify that we indeed assisted restoring the system of chambers of commerce in Bulgaria, but above all we wanted (this was the vision of our management back then) to see whether there was enough critical mass of serious Bulgarian companies willing to restore the Chamber, and only after they had taken the decision to do this on their own, we lent them our support. We mark 20 years of the...

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  BCCI received the First Ambassador of Malawi accredited for Bulgaria. On 21 October 2011 the Vice-President of BCCI Georgi Stoev met with H.E. Prof. Dr. Isaak Lamba, Ambassador of Malawi. The Ambassador is situated in Berlin, Germany and covers 23 more countries. He briefly presented Malawi as a country, which is a little larger than Bulgaria with area of 180 thousand sq. km. and population of 13.5 million people. The African country is experienced in agriculture, on which the entire...

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  On 20 October 2011, the Bulgarian – Spanish Business Council with BCCI and the Spanish – Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism organized a seminar “Utilization of European Funds in the present macroeconomic context – good Spanish practices”. Experts from the European Parliament and the European People’s Party took part in the seminar and shared good practices from Spain’s work with European funds. Bulgarian experience in the area...

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  The Management of BCCI held a working meeting the candidate for mayor of Sofia, nominated by NDSV Party, Vladimir Karolev and the candidates for municipal councilors Lubomir Datsov and Lubka Kachakova. The Chamber was represented by its Secretary General Vasil Todorov, and members of BCCI’s Management Board - Lachezar Iskrov, Andon Piperevski, Yosif Avramov and Stanimir Tsotsov. The interlocutors discussed business conditions in the capital, the use of EU programmes,...

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  According to BCCI, the Social Minister’s proposal to introduce an amendment to the Labour Code so that, as of next year, employers who have reached retirement age cannot be dismissed without their consent, is an attempt of the state to restrict employers and to interfere in the labour market. In the conditions of crisis this could have a negative impact and is yet another example of legislative changes made without prior impact assessment. BCCI has experience in keeping...

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  “There must be respect for those who manufacture and pay taxes. The topic of efficiency and transparency of public expenditures is of utmost importance. It is not enough to talk about budget allocation, we should talk more about budget revenues, which are based on consumption and manufacture”, the Candidate for President of the Republic of Bulgaria nominated by BSP, Mr. Ivaylo Kalfin said at a meeting with the heads of the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA),...

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  The Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has the pleasure to invite you to a seminar  “Utilization of European Funds in the present macroeconomic context – the good Spanish practices”, which will take place on 20th October 2011 (Thursday), at Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan, Sredetz conference room. ORGANIZERS: Bulgarian – Spanish Business Council with BCCI and Spanish – Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.  Renowned...

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  Implementation of the GS1 Databar family of barcode symbols, mobile phone applications and cooperation between sectors for the identification of consumer product goods will be discussed at the GS1 in Europe Regional Forum, which is about to take place in Hungary. 46 national GS1 organizations out of 108 GS1 organizations worldwide are members of the GS1 in Europe Council. The Bulgarian delegation is led by the Chairman of the GS1 Bulgaria Board and President of the Bulgarian Chamber of...

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  BCCI’s President Tsvetan Simeonov, presidents of regional chambers of commerce and industry, and representatives of the business community in the region participated in the official celebration of the 20th anniversary of Kazanlak Chamber of Commerce and Industry. After 20 years, the meaning of BCCI’s idea to establish independent regional chambers operating in a unified system to assist and support the business was confirmed, the President of Kazanlak Chamber of Commerce...

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  It is unacceptable to have available jobs and a huge “army” of unemployed unwilling to occupy them or unable to occupy them due to lack of qualification. Enormous sums are spent for re-qualification and we are not against this, but the spending should be more efficient, said Tsvetan Simeonov, President of BCCI.  According to analysts, the new project “Support for Enterprising Bulgarians” has already been criticized. The project will soon be launched under...

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On 13 October 2011 a meeting of the Bulgaria – Turkmenistan Bilateral Trade Group, with the participation of a representative of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was held. The meeting was organized in pursuance of the recommendations of the minutes of the first session of the Intergovernmental Bulgarian – Turkmen Commission on Economic Cooperation, which took place in March this year, in Sofia. Representatives of ministries, sectorial organizations and companies...

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  The Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates Rosen Plevneliev and Margarita Popova, nominated by Political Party GERB met with the heads of the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA), the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) and the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI). The presidential institution plays huge part in the country’s foreign policy and we are not indifferent to the success of the European Union, so we would like to see a more active...

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  On 12 October 2011, the President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry met with the newly appointed Commercial Counselor of Bulgaria in Poland Angel Angelov. Mr. Angelov occupied the same position in the period 1999 – 2002 and the meeting was aimed at renewing plans for future cooperation. Mr. Angelov said that Bulgarian export of wines and food products for Poland has been growing. There has been a larger interest for cooperation in the energy sector –...

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  The new Minister Counsellor and Charge d’Affaires at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Sofia, Pranowo Prawirokusumo visited BCCI on 12 October 2011 and met with its President Mr. Tsvetan Simeonov. Mr. Simeonov presented the current economic environment in Bulgaria and outlined the advantages our county provides for doing business. It was noted that trade between Bulgaria and Indonesia needs to be stimulated and encouraged. According to BCCI’s President advantage...

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  At a meeting with the three nationally representative employers’ organizations – Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA), Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) – the Candidate for President Ms. Meglena Kuneva promised the business representatives that their voice will be heard by politicians and there will be a timely reaction to their problems. In an announcement to the media at the end of the meeting, Mr....

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  Today at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a Memorandum of Cooperation between Business and Science was signed by the President of the Federation of the Scientific-Engineering Unions in Bulgaria, Academician Vassil Sgurev and the President of BCCI, Mr. Tsvetan Simeonov. At a brief ceremony, Academician Vassil Sgurev, President of the Federation, expressed the desire of the scientific community a Bulgarian venture fund to start real work for financing of Bulgarian...

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  The management of the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA), the Bulgarian Industrial Association – Union of the Bulgarian Business (BIA) and the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) will hold a series of meetings with the Candidates for President of the Republic of Bulgaria. The meetings are organized at the invitation of the three nationally representative employers’ organizations and will be held in accordance with the preliminary agreement in the...

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  The Council of Sectorial Organizations with the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry alarmed that for the previous nine months of this year only BGN 20 million investment credits were granted, which means that credit lending in Bulgaria has practically stopped. Bulgarian investors need to pay higher prices for their loans, which impedes the development of economy and makes the communication between banks and business impossible. When there is no partnership between them, there...

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  On October 4th – 6th, 2011 the 20th Global GS1 Healthcare Conference was held in Amsterdam. It provided a unique opportunity for experts and main healthcare supply chain participants to meet and exchange experience in the implementation of global standards which increase supply chain visibility in healthcare, and ultimately improve every patient’s safety. The Conference, which once started mainly as standards development working sessions, has now evolved to an event...

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  The President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tsvetan Simeonov opened in Sofia the first business conference “Brazil – Bulgaria: Sustainable Partnerships”, organized jointly by BCCI and the Embassy of Brazil in Sofia. In his welcoming remarks Mr. Simeonov noted the similarities and differences between the two countries regarding their achievements in the polar expeditions to Antarctica, astronautics and football. There are opportunities for...

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  The President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tsvetan Simeonov is the only Bulgarian representative invited to speak at the seminar organized by the European Commission “Civil Society Trade Seminar: Looking East”, which started in Warsaw.  The event is hosted by EC Directorate-General for Trade and discusses EU trade policy and its practical effects on stakeholders in Central Europe and how it will contribute to achieving the objectives of the...

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  A meeting of the Women Entrepreneurs Council with the Association of Balkan Chambers /ABC/ was held in Istanbul. During the first meeting, presided by Ms. Radka Stamenova, President of the Bulgarian Association of Women Entrepreneurs, it was agreed that BCCI will help develop a website of the Women Entrepreneurs Council in order to improve the correspondence and coordination between the members of the Council.   The Bulgarian side was also represented by the President of the...

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