Technology development

Ljubljana – Emilija Stojmenova Duh, the candidate for minister of digital transformation, has pledged to build on what has been done well in the field in the past. Her priorities would be to narrow the digital divide and pave the way for society’s effective digital transformation, she told the relevant parliamentary committee before getting its nod Saturday.

Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) received the green light from the government on Tuesday to hire contractors for the construction of a section of a motorway that will link Sofia with Kalotina crossing on the border with Serbia.

High level representatives of development finance institutions, long-term investors and major multilateral financial institutions gathered in Istanbul on May 26 on the occasion of the third D-20 conference. 

BELGRADE - The best anti-recession measure available to Serbia right now is an increase of public investments which should increase from 3 to 3.5 percent of the GDP this year, the Fiscal Council (FC) released.

There is enough money to achieve this, and there are also projects which can be realised to this end, states the Council in the latest analysis.

The 2015 liberalization of Bulgaria's electricity market will increase the prices by 30-40%, if energy efficiency is not improved, warn experts. 

The decreased electricity consumption might bring BGN 8 M losses to Bulgaria's nuclear power plant Kozlodui. 

Because of the unusually warm weather and low electricity consumption, Bulgaria's Electricity System Operator ordered the limiting of energy production by all power stations. 

BELGRADE - Serbia created a good investment environment, and the field of renewable energy sources is the most attractive for investment, Assistant Energy Minister Dejan Trifunovic said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The energy situation in Serbia is stable, and developments in Ukraine are not undermining the security of supply of energy sources, it was concluded at Tuesday's meeting of the working group tasked with monitoring the security of supply of energy and energy sources.