Bulgaria's gambling authority suspends Eurofootball's licence over unpaid fees Bulgaria's State Commission on Gambling (SCG) said it has suspended the licence of local private betting operator Eurofootball for a period of three months due to unpaid state fees.

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Bulgarian units of WITTE Automotive, Montupet to suspend ops over COVID-19 - industry chamber The Bulgarian units of German vehicle access systems manufacturer WITTE Automotive and French auto parts manufacturer Montupet will suspend operations due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Bulgarian machine building industry chamber (BBCMB) said on Thursday. view more

EC gives green light to 77 mln euro investment in Sofia CHP plant The European Commission (EC) said it has approved an investment of over 77 million euro ($83.2 million) which will support the construction of a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Bulgaria's capital Sofia.  view more

Bulgarian govt decides to inject up to 358 mln euro in development bank's capital Bulgaria's government said that it has decided on Wednesday to increase the capital of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) via cash contributions of up to 700 million levs ($387 million/358 million euro), in order to allow the BDB to support businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. view more

Acronis targets 1,000 headcount in Bulgaria by end-2022 Swiss-Singaporean software company Acronis will continue with new hirings, aiming to reach a headcount of 1,000 in its Sofia research and development (R&D) centre by the end of 2022, CEO Sergei Beloussov told SeeNews.  view more

Aegean Airlines suspends flights abroad except for Brussels, March 26-April 30 Aegean Airlines is suspending all flights abroad from March 26 to April 30 in both directions, it said on Monday.

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FinMin Staikouras after Ecofin: 'We have the flexibility we need to deal with the pandemic' Finance Minister Christos Staikouras on Monday evening said that "we have the flexibility we need to deal with the pandemic", speaking after the end of a teleconference of EU member states' Ministers of Finance, was carried out via streaming due to COVID-19 precautionary measures.

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Russia's Aeroflot to suspend flights to Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece over COVID-19 Russian flag carrier Aeroflot said it will suspend regular flights from Moscow to Bulgaria, Croatia and Greece starting from late March due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Bulgaria's jobless numbers on the rise due to COVID-19 pandemic - labour min The number of unemployed people in Bulgaria is rising sharply as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic and this trend is expected to persist, labour minister Daniela Sacheva said on Monday as quoted by local media.  view more

First support measures begin, with postponement of outstanding tax payments to August The government's package of measures to support businesses and individuals affected by coronavirus measures began its implementation on Friday (March 20) with two ministerial decisions signed by Deputy Finance Minister Apostolos Vesyropoulos.

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