Bozhurishte

A fire stopped the power supply in the southwestern parts of the Bulgarian capital last night. For more than three hours there was no electricity in the Vitosha district, Krasna Polyana, Bankya, Triaditsa, Kremikovtsi, Lozenets, Lyulin, Ovcha Kupel, Krasno Selo.

The incidence of coronavirus in Sofia district is 916 per 100,000 people in all 22 municipalities. "This indicator determines that Sofia region is in the second stage of the spread of the epidemic," Sofia regional governor Ivan Ivanov was quoted as saying by BTA.

COVID-19 in Bulgaria: 4667 New Cases in the Last 24 hours

,,Bulgaria has not given up trying to be a Schengen member, but is pushing for more European support.'' This was stated by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov in connection with his speech a few days ago in Berlin. He explained that Bulgaria complies with all technical and legal requirements and that it perfectly protects Europe's external borders.

Three final and one preliminary contract with investors were signed in the last month by "National Company of Industrial Zones" EAD for Sofia-Bozhurishte Economic Zone. The projects are of LIM Technics Ltd, Zora Logistics MMC, AIKO EOOD and RGS Invest. Their value is about BGN 52 million, and the new jobs will be close to 100.

Bulgaria needs more industrial zones in the south and in the north, Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev told Prime Minister Boyko Borissov yesterday, as they both traveled to the industrial zone near Bozhurishte. According to him, Bulgaria needs 4-5 new zones in the north and up to 3 in the south. 

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov announced in a video on Facebook that he is going to inspect the highway near Dragoman together with Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev.

The section is part of the new highway "Europe", which will connect Sofia with the border crossing "Kalotina".

Danish furniture and household goods chain JYSK plans to open five new stores on the Bulgarian market by the end of August.

Meanwhile, the company's distribution base in the Bozhurishte area, where investments amount to 100 million euros, must reach its full capacity in the autumn of this year. There are yet to be opened 100 more jobs.

Danish furniture chain JYSK achieved 68.6% growth in Bulgaria's turnover for the financial year 2017/2018, reaching sales of BGN 43.3 million, reported moneybg.

Profit before tax for the 12 months to end of September increases by impressive 354% to 1.27 million. Globally, the turnover reached € 3.58 billion and the pre-tax profit was € 474 million.

49 investment projects worth BGN 1,379 billion have been filed in the Bulgarian Investment Agency. They are expected to open 6,157 new jobs, Economy Minister Emil Karanikov said today, quoted by the departmental press office.

Three companies - "Ber-Hella Thermocontrol", "Axidia" and "Turbo Garant" will invest over BGN 36 mln and will open nearly 400 jobs in Bulgaria. They received investment certificates under the Investor Encouragement Act by Emil Karanikolov, Minister of Economy, announced the Ministry of Economy.